Subproject
4: Children of Adolescent Mothers
How
do children of adolescent mothers develop after school entry?
Location: Aachen 
The aim of this subproject is to study the developmental course of
children (aged 6 to 7 years) of teenage mothers compared to
children of adult mothers. These mother-child dyads were examined
from the age of 3 months until kindergarten age at four
measurement points within UBICA I. From the age of 6 to 7 years,
it is now possible to record the development of the child from
different perspectives (teacher's judgement, self-judgement of the
child) and also to depict the neuronal correlates of the
children's social-cognitive abilities by making use of fMRI
examinations. In particular, we now want to investigate
differences between children of teenage and adult mothers with
respect to long-term childhood (i) emotional and cognitive
development, (ii) health-related quality of life and
psychopathology, and (iii) social-cognitive abilities (empathy,
theory of mind (ToM)). Furthermore, risk and protective factors
for favorable versus unfavorable developmental trajectories of the
children of teenage mothers will be identified.
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