A dual-system, machine-learning approach reveals how daily pubertal hormones relate to psychological well-being in everyday life

The two studies presented in this paper seek to resolve mixed findings in research linking activity of pubertal hormones to daily adolescent outcomes. In study 1 we used a series of Confirmatory Factor Analyses to compare the fit of one and two-factor models of seven steroid hormones (n = 994 partic...

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Main Authors: Julia E. Chafkin, Joseph M. O’Brien, Fortunato N. Medrano, Hae Yeon Lee, Robert A. Josephs, David S. Yeager
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Published: Elsevier 2022-12-01
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1878929322001013
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author Julia E. Chafkin
Joseph M. O’Brien
Fortunato N. Medrano
Hae Yeon Lee
Robert A. Josephs
David S. Yeager
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Joseph M. O’Brien
Fortunato N. Medrano
Hae Yeon Lee
Robert A. Josephs
David S. Yeager
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description The two studies presented in this paper seek to resolve mixed findings in research linking activity of pubertal hormones to daily adolescent outcomes. In study 1 we used a series of Confirmatory Factor Analyses to compare the fit of one and two-factor models of seven steroid hormones (n = 994 participants, 8084 samples) of the HPA and HPG axes, using data from a field study (https://www.icpsr.umich.edu/web/ICPSR/studies/38180) collected over ten consecutive weekdays in a representative sample of teens starting high school. In study 2, we fit a Bayesian model to our large dataset to explore how hormone activity was related to outcomes that have been demonstrated to be linked to mental health and wellbeing (self-reports of daily affect and stress coping). Results reveal, first that a two-factor solution of adolescent hormones showed good fit to our data, and second, that HPG activity, rather than the more often examined HPA activity, was associated with improved daily affect ratios and stress coping. These findings suggest that field research, when it is combined with powerful statistical techniques, may help to improve our understanding of the relationship between adolescent hormones and daily measures of well-being.
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spelling doaj.art-08e5f1085e7647eabaf30152b8ba9ffa2022-12-22T03:52:58ZengElsevierDevelopmental Cognitive Neuroscience1878-92932022-12-0158101158A dual-system, machine-learning approach reveals how daily pubertal hormones relate to psychological well-being in everyday lifeJulia E. Chafkin0Joseph M. O’Brien1Fortunato N. Medrano2Hae Yeon Lee3Robert A. Josephs4David S. Yeager5Department of Psychology, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA; Correspondence to: 1202 North Duke Street, Durham, NC 27701, USA.Department of Psychology, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USADepartment of Psychology, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USADepartment of Psychology, Yale-NUS, SingaporeDepartment of Psychology, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USADepartment of Psychology, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USAThe two studies presented in this paper seek to resolve mixed findings in research linking activity of pubertal hormones to daily adolescent outcomes. In study 1 we used a series of Confirmatory Factor Analyses to compare the fit of one and two-factor models of seven steroid hormones (n = 994 participants, 8084 samples) of the HPA and HPG axes, using data from a field study (https://www.icpsr.umich.edu/web/ICPSR/studies/38180) collected over ten consecutive weekdays in a representative sample of teens starting high school. In study 2, we fit a Bayesian model to our large dataset to explore how hormone activity was related to outcomes that have been demonstrated to be linked to mental health and wellbeing (self-reports of daily affect and stress coping). Results reveal, first that a two-factor solution of adolescent hormones showed good fit to our data, and second, that HPG activity, rather than the more often examined HPA activity, was associated with improved daily affect ratios and stress coping. These findings suggest that field research, when it is combined with powerful statistical techniques, may help to improve our understanding of the relationship between adolescent hormones and daily measures of well-being.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1878929322001013DevelopmentPsychopathologyEndocrinologyAdolescence
spellingShingle Julia E. Chafkin
Joseph M. O’Brien
Fortunato N. Medrano
Hae Yeon Lee
Robert A. Josephs
David S. Yeager
A dual-system, machine-learning approach reveals how daily pubertal hormones relate to psychological well-being in everyday life
Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience
Development
Psychopathology
Endocrinology
Adolescence
title A dual-system, machine-learning approach reveals how daily pubertal hormones relate to psychological well-being in everyday life
title_full A dual-system, machine-learning approach reveals how daily pubertal hormones relate to psychological well-being in everyday life
title_fullStr A dual-system, machine-learning approach reveals how daily pubertal hormones relate to psychological well-being in everyday life
title_full_unstemmed A dual-system, machine-learning approach reveals how daily pubertal hormones relate to psychological well-being in everyday life
title_short A dual-system, machine-learning approach reveals how daily pubertal hormones relate to psychological well-being in everyday life
title_sort dual system machine learning approach reveals how daily pubertal hormones relate to psychological well being in everyday life
topic Development
Psychopathology
Endocrinology
Adolescence
url http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1878929322001013
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