New York State Psychiatric Institute, Columbia University Medical Center, New York.
Behavioral Sciences Research Institute, University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine, San Juan.
J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 2021 Mar;60(3):398-409. doi: 10.1016/j.jaac.2020.02.015. Epub 2020 Apr 11.
Developmental psychopathology processes pertinent to underserved ethnically diverse youths may not always coincide with those relevant to youths from nondisadvantaged groups. This article reports on the young adulthood assessment (fourth wave; April 2013 to August 2017) of the Boricua Youth Study, which includes 2 population-based samples of children of Puerto Rican background (N = 2,491) aged 5-13 years (recruited in 2000), in the South Bronx, New York, and San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Study procedures included intensive participant tracking and in-person interviews of young adults and, when possible, their parents. Study participation rates, measures, and weights are described.
At Boricua Youth Study wave 4 (on average 11.3 years since last wave of participation), we reassessed 2,004 young adults (mean age = 22.9 years, range = 15-29 years; 51% women; retention rate adjusted for ineligibility = 82.7%) and available parents (n = 1,180). Nonparticipation was due to inability to locate/contact participants (8.6%); refusal (4.7%); and ineligible status (2.8%) owing to cognitive impairment, incarceration, or death. Among participants originally from Puerto Rico, 91% stayed in Puerto Rico during young adulthood. Of participants from the South Bronx, 52.4% remained in the area (85.8% within 100 miles). Most study measures had good internal consistency (Cronbach α ≥ .70).
Our results support the viability of retaining a population-based cohort of children from the same ethnic group across 2 contexts during a life stage when individuals are likely to move. Longitudinal samples that are generalizable to underserved populations can elucidate developmental processes of relevance for curtailing the risk of psychopathology in disadvantaged contexts.
与来自非弱势群体的年轻人相关的发展心理病理学过程，可能并不总是与服务不足的、种族多样化的年轻人相关。本文报告了波多黎各青年研究的成年评估（第四波；2013 年 4 月至 2017 年 8 月），该研究包括两个基于人群的波多黎各裔儿童样本（N=2491），年龄在 5-13 岁（2000 年招募），分别来自纽约南布朗克斯和波多黎各圣胡安。
研究程序包括对年轻人进行密集的参与者跟踪和面对面访谈，并且在可能的情况下，对其父母进行访谈。研究参与率、措施和权重都有描述。
在波多黎各青年研究第四波（自上次参与以来平均 11.3 年），我们重新评估了 2004 名年轻人（平均年龄 22.9 岁，范围 15-29 岁；51%为女性；调整后无资格参与率为 82.7%）和可获得的父母（n=1180）。不参与的原因是无法找到/联系到参与者（8.6%）；拒绝（4.7%）；以及由于认知障碍、监禁或死亡而无资格（2.8%）。在最初来自波多黎各的参与者中，91%在成年期仍留在波多黎各。来自南布朗克斯的参与者中，52.4%留在该地区（85.8%在 100 英里范围内）。大多数研究措施具有良好的内部一致性（Cronbach α≥.70）。
我们的结果支持在个人可能移动的生命阶段，在两个环境中保留一个基于同一族裔群体的人群队列的可行性。可推广到服务不足人群的纵向样本，可以阐明在不利环境中减少心理病理学风险的相关发展过程。
