A defensive mindset: A pattern of social information processing that develops early and predicts life course outcomes

Kenneth A. Dodge; Yu Bai; Jennifer Godwin; Jennifer E. Lansford; John E. Bates; Gregory S. Pettit; Damon Jones

doi:10.1111/cdev.13751

A defensive mindset: A pattern of social information processing that develops early and predicts life course outcomes

Kenneth A. Dodge, Yu Bai, Jennifer Godwin, Jennifer E. Lansford, John E. Bates, Gregory S. Pettit, Damon Jones

Edna Bennett Pierce Prevention Research Center (PRC)

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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.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	e357-e378
Journal	Child development
Volume	93
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/cdev.13751
State	Published - Jul 1 2022

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