TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2022//
TI  - A defensive mindset: a pattern of social information processing that develops early and predicts life course outcomes
JO  - Child development
A1  - Dodge, Kenneth A.
A1  - Bai, Yu
A1  - Godwin, Jennifer
A1  - Lansford, Jennifer E.
A1  - Bates, John E.
A1  - Pettit, Gregory S.
A1  - Jones, Damon
SP  - ePub
EP  - ePub
VL  - ePub
IS  - ePub
N2  - The hypothesis was tested that some children develop a defensive mindset that subsumes individual social information processing (SIP) steps, grows from early experiences, and guides long-term outcomes. In Study 1 (Fast Track [FT]), 463 age-5 children (45% girls; 43% Black) were first assessed in 1991 and followed through age 32 (83% retention). In Study 2 (Child Development Project [CDP]), 585 age-5 children (48% girls, 17% Black) were first assessed in 1987 and followed through age 34 (78% retention). In both studies, measures were collected of early adverse experiences, defensive mindset and SIP, and adult outcomes. Across both studies, a robust latent construct of school-age defensive mindset was validated empirically (comparative fit index = .99 in each study) and found to mediate the impact of early child abuse (38% in FT and 29% in CDP of total effect) and peer social rejection (14% in FT and 7% in CDP of total effect) on adult incarceration.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0009-3920
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/cdev.13751
ID  - ref1
ER  -