Wesley K Thompson
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 1762825 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Wesley K Thompson |
| PRENOMES | Wesley K |
| SOBRENOME | Thompson |
| ASSINATURA | THOMPSON W K |
| AFILIAÇÕES | University of California San Diego |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1148-1976 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 20 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 16 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 20 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 1989 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 2 |
Retaining infants and young children who experience transitions in care in longitudinal studies of child health and development
A transition in care (TIC) is a significant change in the primary adults who provide care for a child, involving a move to informal or formal non‐parental care, including kinship and foster care. In this paper, we address three issues: (1) the theoretical and empirical reasons for retaining infants and children who experience TIC in longitudinal studies of child health and development; (2) the import of retaining infants and children who experien…
Spousal correlations for nine psychiatric disorders are consistent across cultures and persistent over generations
The longitudinal association between reward processing and symptoms of video game addiction in the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development Study
Prospective associations of family conflict with alcohol expectancies in the adolescent brain cognitive development study
The results indicate that family conflict is a potential risk factor for problematic alcohol expectancies for Black and White adolescents. Although we did not directly compare Black and White adolescents, our findings indicate that family conflict may operate differently for Black and White adolescents. Prevention and intervention efforts targeting family conflict may be relevant for different aspects of alcohol expectancies in Black and White fa…
The beneficial effect of sleep on behavioral health problems in youth is disrupted by prenatal cannabis exposure
Studies suggest prenatal cannabis exposure is associated with mood/behavioral problems in children. However, it is unclear if targeting modifiable domains like sleep behaviors would improve outcomes in exposed youth. Using a causal inference framework, the effect of changing sleep-hours on changing internalizing/externalizing problems in children was examined using the Adolescent Brain Cognitive DevelopmentTM study baseline (ages 9–10; collected …
Unique prediction of developmental psychopathology from genetic and familial risk
Background Early detection is critical for easing the rising burden of psychiatric disorders. However, the specificity of psychopathological measurements and genetic predictors is unclear among youth. Methods We measured associations between genetic risk for psychopathology (polygenic risk scores (PRS) and family history (FH) measures) and a wide range of behavioral measures in a large sample ( n = 5,204) of early adolescent participants (9–11 ye…
Developmental trajectories of Big Five personality traits among adolescents and young adults
OBJECTIVE: Individual differences in adolescent personality are related to a variety of long-term health outcomes. While previous studies have demonstrated sex differences and non-linear changes in personality development, these results remain equivocal. The current study utilized longitudinal data (n = 831) from the National Consortium on Alcohol and Neurodevelopment in Adolescence to examine sex differences in the development of personality and…
Earlier Bedtime and Effective Coping Skills Predict a Return to Low-Risk of Depression in Young Adults during the Covid-19 Pandemic
To determine the persistent effects of the pandemic on mental health in young adults, we categorized depressive symptom trajectories and sought factors that promoted a reduction in depressive symptoms in high-risk individuals. Specifically, longitudinal analysis investigated changes in the risk for depression before and during the pandemic until December 2021 in 399 young adults (57% female; age range: 22.8 ± 2.6 years) in the United States (U.S.…
Breastfeeding Duration Is Associated With Domain-Specific Improvements in Cognitive Performance in 9–10-Year-Old Children
Significant immunological, physical and neurological benefits of breastfeeding in infancy are well-established, but to what extent these gains persist into later childhood remain uncertain. This study examines the association between breastfeeding duration and subsequent domain-specific cognitive performance in a diverse sample of 9–10-year-olds enrolled in the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD) Study®. The analyses included 9,116 chil…
Neural vulnerability and hurricane-related media are associated with post-traumatic stress in youth
Longitudinal Impact of Life Events on Adolescent Binge Drinking in the National Consortium on Alcohol and Neurodevelopment in Adolescence (NCANDA)
Background: Life events experienced during adolescence are associated with risk and resilience to heavy episodic drinking (HED; i.e. binge drinking). The current study builds on prior research using latent class analysis (LCA) to examine heterogeneity in patterns of adolescent life events at baseline to HED over the course of three years (4 timepoints) as part of the National Consortium on Alcohol and Neurodevelopment in Adolescence (NCANDA). Met…
Screen media activity does not displace other recreational activities among 9–10 year-old youth
Results did not suggest that SMA largely displaces engagement in other recreational activities among 9-10-year-olds. Instead, socio-economic factors greatly contribute to rates of engagement. These findings are important considering recent shifts in time spent on SMA in childhood
Genetic predictors of educational attainment and intelligence test performance predict voter turnout
Although the genetic influence on voter turnout is substantial (typically 40-50%), the underlying mechanisms remain unclear. Across the social sciences, research suggests that 'resources for politics' (as indexed notably by educational attainment and intelligence test performance) constitute a central cluster of factors that predict electoral participation. Educational attainment and intelligence test performance are heritable. This suggests that…
Author Correction
No evidence for a bilingual executive function advantage in the ABCD study
Author Correction
Recruiting the ABCD sample
The ABCD study is a new and ongoing project of very substantial size and scale involving 21 data acquisition sites. It aims to recruit 11,500 children and follow them for ten years with extensive assessments at multiple timepoints. To deliver on its potential to adequately describe adolescent development, it is essential that it adopt recruitment procedures that are efficient and effective and will yield a sample that reflects the nation's divers…
Association Between Older Age and More Successful Aging
OBJECTIVE: There is growing public health interest in understanding and promoting successful aging. While there has been some exciting empirical work on objective measures of physical health, relatively little published research combines physical, cognitive, and psychological assessments in large, randomly selected, community-based samples to assess self-rated successful aging. METHOD: In the Successful AGing Evaluation (SAGE) study, the authors …
The Provision of Diabetes-Monitoring Exams to Older Latinos
There are considerable missed opportunities in the provision of diabetes monitoring for older Latinos, particularly those with limited English proficiency, less comprehensive insurance, and noninsulin therapy
Planning and setting up a home saftey check scheme—Belfast
Journal Article Planning and setting up a home saftey check scheme—Belfast: Setting up the project Get access WESLEY K. THOMPSON WESLEY K. THOMPSON Senior Environmental Health Officer (Health Promotion and Training), Environmental Health DepartmentBelfast City Council, United Kingdom Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar Health Promotion International, Volume 4, Issue 2, 1989, Pages 143–144, https://doi.o…
Genetic predictors of educational attainment and intelligence test performance predict voter turnout
Although the genetic influence on voter turnout is substantial (typically 40-50%), the underlying mechanisms remain unclear. Across the social sciences, research suggests that 'resources for politics' (as indexed notably by educational attainment and intelligence test performance) constitute a central cluster of factors that predict electoral participation. Educational attainment and intelligence test performance are heritable. This suggests that…
No evidence for a bilingual executive function advantage in the ABCD study
Neural vulnerability and hurricane-related media are associated with post-traumatic stress in youth
Planning and setting up a home saftey check scheme—Belfast
Journal Article Planning and setting up a home saftey check scheme—Belfast: Setting up the project Get access WESLEY K. THOMPSON WESLEY K. THOMPSON Senior Environmental Health Officer (Health Promotion and Training), Environmental Health DepartmentBelfast City Council, United Kingdom Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar Health Promotion International, Volume 4, Issue 2, 1989, Pages 143–144, https://doi.o…
The Provision of Diabetes-Monitoring Exams to Older Latinos
There are considerable missed opportunities in the provision of diabetes monitoring for older Latinos, particularly those with limited English proficiency, less comprehensive insurance, and noninsulin therapy
Association Between Older Age and More Successful Aging
OBJECTIVE: There is growing public health interest in understanding and promoting successful aging. While there has been some exciting empirical work on objective measures of physical health, relatively little published research combines physical, cognitive, and psychological assessments in large, randomly selected, community-based samples to assess self-rated successful aging. METHOD: In the Successful AGing Evaluation (SAGE) study, the authors …
Recruiting the ABCD sample
The ABCD study is a new and ongoing project of very substantial size and scale involving 21 data acquisition sites. It aims to recruit 11,500 children and follow them for ten years with extensive assessments at multiple timepoints. To deliver on its potential to adequately describe adolescent development, it is essential that it adopt recruitment procedures that are efficient and effective and will yield a sample that reflects the nation's divers…
Author Correction
No evidence for a bilingual executive function advantage in the ABCD study
Author Correction
Longitudinal Impact of Life Events on Adolescent Binge Drinking in the National Consortium on Alcohol and Neurodevelopment in Adolescence (NCANDA)
Background: Life events experienced during adolescence are associated with risk and resilience to heavy episodic drinking (HED; i.e. binge drinking). The current study builds on prior research using latent class analysis (LCA) to examine heterogeneity in patterns of adolescent life events at baseline to HED over the course of three years (4 timepoints) as part of the National Consortium on Alcohol and Neurodevelopment in Adolescence (NCANDA). Met…
Screen media activity does not displace other recreational activities among 9–10 year-old youth
Results did not suggest that SMA largely displaces engagement in other recreational activities among 9-10-year-olds. Instead, socio-economic factors greatly contribute to rates of engagement. These findings are important considering recent shifts in time spent on SMA in childhood
Genetic predictors of educational attainment and intelligence test performance predict voter turnout
Although the genetic influence on voter turnout is substantial (typically 40-50%), the underlying mechanisms remain unclear. Across the social sciences, research suggests that 'resources for politics' (as indexed notably by educational attainment and intelligence test performance) constitute a central cluster of factors that predict electoral participation. Educational attainment and intelligence test performance are heritable. This suggests that…
Breastfeeding Duration Is Associated With Domain-Specific Improvements in Cognitive Performance in 9–10-Year-Old Children
Significant immunological, physical and neurological benefits of breastfeeding in infancy are well-established, but to what extent these gains persist into later childhood remain uncertain. This study examines the association between breastfeeding duration and subsequent domain-specific cognitive performance in a diverse sample of 9–10-year-olds enrolled in the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD) Study®. The analyses included 9,116 chil…
Neural vulnerability and hurricane-related media are associated with post-traumatic stress in youth
Unique prediction of developmental psychopathology from genetic and familial risk
Background Early detection is critical for easing the rising burden of psychiatric disorders. However, the specificity of psychopathological measurements and genetic predictors is unclear among youth. Methods We measured associations between genetic risk for psychopathology (polygenic risk scores (PRS) and family history (FH) measures) and a wide range of behavioral measures in a large sample ( n = 5,204) of early adolescent participants (9–11 ye…
Developmental trajectories of Big Five personality traits among adolescents and young adults
OBJECTIVE: Individual differences in adolescent personality are related to a variety of long-term health outcomes. While previous studies have demonstrated sex differences and non-linear changes in personality development, these results remain equivocal. The current study utilized longitudinal data (n = 831) from the National Consortium on Alcohol and Neurodevelopment in Adolescence to examine sex differences in the development of personality and…
Earlier Bedtime and Effective Coping Skills Predict a Return to Low-Risk of Depression in Young Adults during the Covid-19 Pandemic
To determine the persistent effects of the pandemic on mental health in young adults, we categorized depressive symptom trajectories and sought factors that promoted a reduction in depressive symptoms in high-risk individuals. Specifically, longitudinal analysis investigated changes in the risk for depression before and during the pandemic until December 2021 in 399 young adults (57% female; age range: 22.8 ± 2.6 years) in the United States (U.S.…
The beneficial effect of sleep on behavioral health problems in youth is disrupted by prenatal cannabis exposure
Studies suggest prenatal cannabis exposure is associated with mood/behavioral problems in children. However, it is unclear if targeting modifiable domains like sleep behaviors would improve outcomes in exposed youth. Using a causal inference framework, the effect of changing sleep-hours on changing internalizing/externalizing problems in children was examined using the Adolescent Brain Cognitive DevelopmentTM study baseline (ages 9–10; collected …
The longitudinal association between reward processing and symptoms of video game addiction in the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development Study
Prospective associations of family conflict with alcohol expectancies in the adolescent brain cognitive development study
The results indicate that family conflict is a potential risk factor for problematic alcohol expectancies for Black and White adolescents. Although we did not directly compare Black and White adolescents, our findings indicate that family conflict may operate differently for Black and White adolescents. Prevention and intervention efforts targeting family conflict may be relevant for different aspects of alcohol expectancies in Black and White fa…
Spousal correlations for nine psychiatric disorders are consistent across cultures and persistent over generations
Retaining infants and young children who experience transitions in care in longitudinal studies of child health and development
A transition in care (TIC) is a significant change in the primary adults who provide care for a child, involving a move to informal or formal non‐parental care, including kinship and foster care. In this paper, we address three issues: (1) the theoretical and empirical reasons for retaining infants and children who experience TIC in longitudinal studies of child health and development; (2) the import of retaining infants and children who experien…
Psychology (14 obras) · Clinical Psychology (12 obras) · Medicine (11 obras) · Developmental psychology (9 obras) · Psychiatry (8 obras) · Cognition (6 obras) · Demography (5 obras) · Longitudinal study (4 obras) · Social Psychology (4 obras) · Clinical Psychology (3 obras)