Margaret E Ensminger

Biographic Data

ID79706
NAMEMargaret E Ensminger
GIVEN NAMESMargaret E
FAMILY NAMEEnsminger
SIGNATUREENSMINGER M E
AFFILIATIONSJohns Hopkins University
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS50
TOTAL CITATIONS440
AUTHOR COUNT50
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1982
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2017
H-INDEX13

  • Social Stigma Toward Persons With Prescription Opioid Use Disorder

    Alene Kennedy‐Hendrick, Alene Kennedy-Hendricks et al.ARTICLEPsychiatric Services2017

    OBJECTIVE: Prescription opioid use disorder and overdose have emerged as significant public health challenges in the past 15 years. Little is known about public attitudes toward individuals who have developed a prescription opioid use disorder and whether these attitudes affect support for policy interventions. This study examined social stigma toward individuals with prescription opioid use disorder and tested whether stigma was associated with …

  • Predictors of Religiosity in a Cohort of African Americans

    Open AccessJanice Bowie, Hee Soon Juon et al.ARTICLERace and Social Problems2017Cited by: 3References: 54

  • Pathways from Early Childhood Adversity to Later Adult Drug Use and Psychological Distress

    Open AccessKate E Fothergill, Kate Fothergill et al.ARTICLEJournal of Health and Social…2016Cited by: 4References: 90

    Drawing on the life course perspective, this research addresses the direct and indirect pathways between childhood adversity and midlife psychological distress and drug use across a majority of the life span in an African American cohort ( N = 1,242) followed from age 6 to 42 (1966 to 2002). Results from structural equation models highlight the impact of low childhood socioeconomic status (SES), poor maternal mental health, and the role of first-…

  • Early Life Conditions of Overall and Cause-Specific Mortality Among Inner-City African Americans

    Hee-Soon Juon, Rebecca J Evans-Polce et al.ARTICLEAmerican Journal of Public Health2014Cited by: 2References: 25

    Objectives. We examined how early life conditions influence midlife overall and cause-specific mortality in a community cohort of disadvantaged African Americans. Methods. Using a prospective design, we assessed first-grade children and their teachers and families when children were 6 years old, with follow-up at ages 16, 32, and 42 years. We obtained information on death from family members, neighbors, and the National Death Index (NDI). We cond…

  • Do the adult criminal careers of African Americans fit the “facts”

    Open AccessElaine Eggleston Doherty, Margaret E EnsmingerARTICLEJournal of Criminal Justice2014Cited by: 9References: 33

  • Long-term Effects of Adolescent Smoking on Depression and Socioeconomic Status in Adulthood in an Urban African American Cohort

    Open AccessCatherine Strong, Hee-Soon Juon et al.ARTICLEJournal of Urban Health2013References: 6

  • Early Life Predictors of Adult Depression in a Community Cohort of Urban African Americans

    Open AccessKerry M Green, Kate E Fothergill et al.ARTICLEJournal of Urban Health2012Cited by: 1References: 10

  • A Prospective Study of Childhood and Adolescent Antecedents of Homelessness among a Community Population of African Americans

    Open AccessKate E Fothergill, Elaine Eggleston Doherty et al.ARTICLEJournal of Urban Health2012Cited by: 6References: 5

  • Marriage Trajectories and Health Risk Behaviors Throughout Adulthood Among Urban African Americans

    Open AccessKerry M Green, Elaine Eggleston Doherty et al.ARTICLEJournal of Family Issues2012Cited by: 7References: 46

    Although previous studies have identified a protective effect of marriage on risky health behaviors, gaps remain in our understanding of how marriage improves health, particularly among African Americans. This study uses longitudinal data to take selection into account and examines whether marital trajectories that incorporate timing, stability, and duration of marriage affect health risk behaviors among a community cohort of urban African Americ…

  • The Impact of Adolescent Deviance on Marital Trajectories

    Elaine Eggleston Doherty, Kerry M Green et al.ARTICLEDeviant Behavior2012Cited by: 2References: 55

    Marriage is a key life event that has numerous benefits. Recent research extends these benefits to include desistance from crime and drug use yet there has been little investigation regarding whether deviant behavior in adolescence impacts long-term marital patterns. Since rates of marriage are low among African Americans and rates of adolescent deviance and crime are high, we investigate the long-term relationship between the two drawing on long…

  • Risk Factors for Intimate Partner Violence Initiation and Persistence among High Psychosocial Risk Asian and Pacific Islander Women in Intact Relationships

    Open AccessSarah Shea Crowne, Hee-Soon Juon et al.ARTICLEWomen s Health Issues2011

  • Effects of social integration on health

    Open AccessKate E Fothergill, Margaret E Ensminger et al.ARTICLESocial Science & Medicine2011Cited by: 15References: 55

  • Welfare Receipt Trajectories of African-American Women Followed for 30 Years

    Open AccessHee-Soon Juon, Kerry M Green et al.ARTICLEJournal of Urban Health2009Cited by: 5References: 9

  • Pathways to Adult Marijuana and Cocaine Use

    Open AccessKate E Fothergill, Margaret E Ensminger et al.ARTICLEJournal of Health and Social…2009Cited by: 7References: 47

    This study examines pathways to adult marijuana and cocaine use in a cohort of African Americans from Woodlawn, an inner city community in Chicago. Assessments were conducted in first grade (age 6), adolescence (age 16), early adulthood (age 32), and in mid-adulthood (age 42). The 'social adaptation life course' framework guided the focus on social adaptation, social bonds, and economic resources as predictors of adult drug use. Results indicate …

  • Living Arrangements During Childrearing Years and Later Health of African American Mothers

    Open AccessKate E Fothergill, Margaret E Ensminger et al.ARTICLEJournal of Marriage and the Family2009Cited by: 1References: 36

    Using longitudinal data from the Woodlawn Project (N=680), this study examined how patterns of living arrangements among a community cohort of African American mothers were associated with later physical and emotional health. We identified eight patterns of stability and transition in living arrangements during the childrearing years. Health outcomes include SF-36 Physical Functioning, SF-36 Bodily Pain, depressed mood, and anxious mood. Specific…

  • Long-Term Patterns of Drug Use Among an Urban African-American Cohort

    Open AccessElaine Eggleston Doherty, Kerry M Green et al.ARTICLEJournal of Urban Health2008Cited by: 6References: 5

  • Effects of Poverty and Family Stress Over Three Decades on the Functional Status of Older African American Women

    Judith D Kasper, Margaret E Ensminger et al.ARTICLEThe Journals of Gerontology…2008Cited by: 13References: 9

    Despite similar earlier life circumstances and health, there was substantial heterogeneity in functioning in early old age. Long-term poverty and family stress were strongly associated with being low functioning. Early poverty and transient family problems did not have lasting health effects, underscoring the plasticity of human development and the importance of interventions that can alter life course trajectories

  • Variations in Parenting and Adolescent Outcomes Among African American and Latino Families Living in Low-Income, Urban Areas

    Open AccessKathleen M Roche, Margaret E Ensminger et al.ARTICLEJournal of Family Issues2007Cited by: 15References: 25

    Drawing from social disorganization theory, this study examined how perceived neighborhood conditions modified associations between parenting and delinquency, depressive symptoms, and school problem behavior among more than 800 African American and Latino 10- to 14-year-olds participating in Welfare, Children, and Families: A Three-City Study. Permissive and disengaged parenting, maternal involvement, and punitive parenting were associated with y…

  • Aggressive behavior among girls and boys during middle childhood

    Open AccessTracy W Harachi, Charles B Fleming et al.ARTICLEAggressive Behavior2006Cited by: 11References: 52

    Using longitudinal data spanning early elementary through middle school, aggression behavior trajectory groups were identified for boys and girls. Early elementary school predictors of trajectory group membership were examined as well as whether trajectory group predicted physical aggression, covert delinquency, and substance use in 9th grade. Semiparametric group modeling identified aggression behavior trajectory groups. We identified four aggre…

  • Adult social behavioral effects of heavy adolescent marijuana use among African Americans

    Kerry M Green, Margaret E EnsmingerARTICLEDevelopmental Psychology2006Cited by: 12References: 2

    The authors examined the effects of heavy adolescent marijuana use on employment, marriage, and family formation and tested both dropping out of high school and adult marijuana use as potential mediators of these associations among a community sample of African Americans followed longitudinally from age 6 to age 32-33. They used propensity score matching to reduce selection bias when estimating the effects of heavy adolescent marijuana use. Logis…

  • Early Entries Into Adult Roles

    Open AccessKathleen M Roche, Margaret E Ensminger et al.ARTICLEYouth & Society2006Cited by: 2References: 34

    This study examines how early entries into adult roles are associated with aggressive and violent behavior occurring from early adolescence to young adulthood among 499 males and 578 females living in low-income, central-city neighborhoods. Among males, engagement in adult roles accounted for the relationship between higher levels of aggressive behavior during early adolescence and violence in young adulthood. Males who lived independently and ma…

  • Impact of Adult Sons' Incarceration on African American Mothers' Psychological Distress

    Open AccessKerry M Green, Margaret E Ensminger et al.ARTICLEJournal of Marriage and the Family2006Cited by: 30References: 36

    This longitudinal study examines the effect of sons' incarceration on their mothers' psychological distress. Interviews were conducted over the life course with a community cohort of African American mothers who had children in first grade in 1966 - 1967 when the study began (N =615). Thirty years later, their sons had significant rates of incarceration (22.4%). Structural equation modeling showed that the more recent the incarceration, the great…

  • Parenting Influences on Early Sex Initiation Among Adolescents

    Open AccessKathleen M Roche, Debra Mekos et al.ARTICLEJournal of Family Issues2005Cited by: 17References: 38

    Building on social ecological research, this study considers whether neighborhood socioeconomic advantage modifies the relationship between parenting practices and sex initiation among young adolescents. Using data on a national sample of 2,559 middle school students, the authors examined two-way interactions between neighborhood socioeconomic status and parental involvement, decision making, and communication about sex. The parental decision-mak…

  • Preventing long-term welfare receipt

    Open AccessMarcia J Nielsen, Hee-Soon Juon et al.ARTICLESocial Science & Medicine2004

  • Childhood Adversity and Later Mortality in an Urban African American Cohort

    Hee-Soon Juon, Margaret E Ensminger et al.ARTICLEAmerican Journal of Public Health2003Cited by: 3References: 13

    The Woodlawn Project is a longitudinal study of the development of psychological well-being and social adaptation in an epidemiologically defined cohort of African American first graders interviewed as adolescents and again as adults. The identification of childhood factors predictive of mortality has clear public health importance. Family and childhood adversity and psychosocial factors have been shown to have long-term effects on later mental h…