2-172 - Investigating Contextual Influences on Multiple Facets of Behavioral Disinhibition

Session Type: Paper Symposium

Integrative Statement

Contextual factors have been reported to have direct and/or modifying effects on behavioral disinhibition. However, behavioral disinhibition is multi-faceted and these different facets are associated with different maladaptive outcomes. Therefore, it is important to examine the interplay between contextual influences and specific facets of behavioral disinhibition in developmentally sensitive models. Understanding this interplay will both illuminate the development of externalizing outcomes and inform the design of preventive interventions. This symposium presents three papers that examine contextual influences in adolescence as predictors and moderators of different facets of behavioral disinhibition. The papers draw on samples at high-risk as a function of elevated prevalence of parent substance use disorder or adolescent ADHD. The first paper examined trajectories of impulsivity-hyperactivity, inattention, and anger-irritability from childhood to adulthood, testing whether these trajectories were associated with one another and with parent-child conflict. The second paper examined whether the effects of adolescent sensation seeking on later drinking were moderated by effortful control and parent consistent discipline. Finally, the third paper examined the influence of family disorganization on adolescent executive functioning, delay discounting, and substance use, while incorporating polygenic risk scores to consider the role of gene-environment correlation and gene-environment interaction. Taken together, these papers provide a rich picture of the interplay between contextual factors and facets of behavioral disinhibition and externalizing outcomes among high-risk youth, including the possibility that testing interactions with genetic risk illuminate parenting effects. The discussant will provide both a methodological perspective on the findings and their implications for preventive intervention.

Sub Unit

• Developmental Psychopathology

Chair

• Laurie Chassin, Arizona State University

Discussant

• Brady Reynolds, Univ of Kentucky

Individual Presentations

• The Role of Parent-Adolescent Relationships in Trajectories of ADHD Symptoms and Anger from Childhood to Young Adulthood - Presenting Author: Christine A. P. Walther, University of Houston, Clear Lake; Brooke S.G. Molina, University of Pittsburgh; William E Pelham, Florida International University

• Individual and Familial Protections against Sensation Seeking Risk for Adolescent Alcohol Use - Presenting Author: Michaeline Jensen, Arizona State University; Laurie Chassin, Arizona State University; Nancy A Gonzales, Arizona State University

• Family Disorganization and Presumed Genetic Risk Predicting Adolescent Executive Functioning, Delay Discounting, and Substance Use - Presenting Author: Frances L. Wang, Arizona State University; Laurie Chassin, Arizona State University