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Examining the association between cognitive ability and emotional problems across childhood using a genetically informative design: could there be a causal relationship? J. Child Psychol. Psyc. (IF 7.0) Pub Date : 2025-07-16 Meredith X Han,Ivan Voronin,Margherita Malanchini,Tom A McAdams
BACKGROUND Emotional problems co-occur with difficulties in verbal and nonverbal cognitive ability, yet the pathways underlying their association remain poorly understood: It is unclear whether effects may be causal, and to what extent they may run from cognition to emotion, or vice versa. METHODS Our preregistered analyses included 5,124 twin pairs from the Twins Early Development Study (TEDS)
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Fostering positive mental health outcomes in vulnerable children: Pathways to resilience after preterm birth. J. Child Psychol. Psyc. (IF 7.0) Pub Date : 2025-07-16 E Sabrina Twilhaar,Dieter Wolke
BACKGROUND Children born preterm (<37 weeks' gestation) are at increased risk of mental health problems, and their mental health outcomes have not improved in the past decades. This study aims to (1) determine the degree of mental health resilience in preterm-born children; (2) identify modifiable factors at individual, parent-child, family, peer group, and neighbourhood levels associated with resilience;
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Childhood Mild Traumatic Brain Injury is Reliably Associated with Anxiety but Not Other Examined Psychiatric Outcomes at Two‐Year Follow‐up, After Adjusting for Prior Mental Health J. Child Psychol. Psyc. (IF 7.0) Pub Date : 2025-07-15 Grace Revill, Norman Poole, Christina Carlisi, Anthony S. David, Vaughan Bell
BackgroundEvidence that mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) causes psychiatric problems in children has been mixed. Investigating this issue has been difficult due to the lack of representative longitudinal data that includes adequate measures of mTBI, subsequent mental health symptoms and service use.MethodsWe used data from the ABCD longitudinal cohort study to examine the association between mTBI
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Research Review: What we have learned about early detection and intervention of borderline personality disorder J. Child Psychol. Psyc. (IF 7.0) Pub Date : 2025-07-15 Michael Kaess, Marialuisa Cavelti
BackgroundBorderline personality disorder (BPD) typically emerges during adolescence and early adulthood and has severe personal, social and economic consequences. Despite significant research efforts on early intervention over the past two decades, delays in diagnosis and treatment are still common, and exclusion of individuals with BPD from mental health services is prevalent.MethodsIn order to bridge
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Parent-child similarity on autism and ADHD traits and children's social functioning and psychological well-being at 3 years. J. Child Psychol. Psyc. (IF 7.0) Pub Date : 2025-07-11 Daniel L Wechsler,Emily J H Jones,Greg Pasco,Tessel Bazelmans,Jannath Begum-Ali,Mark H Johnson,Tony Charman,
BACKGROUND There is a pressing need for research on neurodevelopmental conditions to focus on predictors of resilient or positive outcomes, rather than core symptoms and impairment. One promising avenue is to consider whether child-parent similarity contributes to a protective family environment. For instance, investigations of the similarity-fit hypothesis have shown that parent-child attention-
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Research Review: What we have learned about the endocannabinoid system in developmental psychopathology J. Child Psychol. Psyc. (IF 7.0) Pub Date : 2025-07-10 Ryann C. Tansey, Marc D. Ferger, Hilary A. Marusak, Leah M. Mayo
BackgroundThe endocannabinoid (eCB) system, the primary target of cannabis, has gained significant attention as a potential novel therapeutic approach for treating a range of psychiatric disorders characterized by dysregulation of stress, emotion, and social behavior. The use of cannabis itself as a pharmacotherapeutic in children and adolescents is limited due to various constraints, including legal
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Anxiety severity in peri‐adolescents is associated with greater generalization of negative memories following a period of sleep relative to wake J. Child Psychol. Psyc. (IF 7.0) Pub Date : 2025-07-10 Liga Eihentale, Adam Kimbler, Nathan A. Sollenberger, Logan R. Cummings, Carlos E. Yeguez, Guadalupe C. Patriarca, Jeremy W. Pettit, Dana L. McMakin, Aaron T. Mattfeld
Background: Sleep may facilitate preferential selection and reactivation of emotional information for memory consolidation, contributing to negative overgeneralization (i.e., an increased tendency to generalize negative information) in anxious individuals. We examined two aspects of emotional memory—recognition and generalization—in peri‐adolescents across a spectrum of anxiety severity using a sleep–wake
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Predicting adolescent disordered eating and behaviours: exploring environmental moderators of polygenic risk J. Child Psychol. Psyc. (IF 7.0) Pub Date : 2025-07-09 Madeleine Curtis, Lucia Colodro‐Conde, Sarah E. Medland, Scott Gordon, Nicholas G. Martin, Tracey D. Wade, Sarah Cohen‐Woods
BackgroundBoth genetic and environmental factors contribute to the risk of developing disordered eating, with twin studies demonstrating environmental factors moderate genetic susceptibility. To date, gene–environment interactions leveraging polygenic risk scores (PRS) have not been studied in disordered eating phenotypes beyond anorexia nervosa (AN). This study investigated if polygenic risk for AN
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Capturing change in restricted and repetitive behaviour in preschoolers with ASD: A comparison of direct behavioural observation and parent report J. Child Psychol. Psyc. (IF 7.0) Pub Date : 2025-07-09 Naisan Raji, Janina Kitzerow‐Cleven, Ziyon Kim, Solvejg K. Kleber, Leonie Polzer, Christian Lemler, Melanie Ring, Regina Taurines, Julia Geißler, Ulrike Fröhlich, Michele Noterdaeme, Nico Bast, Christine M. Freitag
BackgroundRestricted and repetitive behaviour (RRB) in autism spectrum disorder (ASD) can be assessed by different measures, which diverge in item quantity, dimensionality or source of information. However, change sensitivity has not been systematically investigated among commonly used measures, albeit its importance for clinical trials and longitudinal studies.MethodsLongitudinal data resulting from
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Implications of cooccurring ADHD for the cognitive behavioural treatment of anxiety in autistic children J. Child Psychol. Psyc. (IF 7.0) Pub Date : 2025-07-09 Elise Ng‐Cordell, Eric A. Storch, Philip C. Kendall, Jeffrey J. Wood, Amori Yee Mikami, Connor M. Kerns
BackgroundChildhood mental health conditions commonly cooccur, with potential treatment implications. Autistic children frequently experience anxiety and attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). We investigated the implications of this cooccurrence for Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), a front‐line treatment for anxiety in autistic children. We tested whether (1) ADHD predicts anxiety treatment
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Editorial: Sleep privilege – research and clinical recommendations for when sleep cannot be optimal J. Child Psychol. Psyc. (IF 7.0) Pub Date : 2025-06-30 Alice M. Gregory, Allison G. Harvey, Roz Shafran
Sleep has historically been undervalued, with its significance in public health and child development often disregarded. More recently, there has been immense and growing public interest in sleep. Guidelines emphasise the amount and quality of sleep that we should obtain. However, some people, and notably parents and caregivers of children and youth, and particularly those with special needs, are not
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Mother‐preschooler RSA synchrony and self‐regulation as antecedents of developmental psychopathology in early childhood J. Child Psychol. Psyc. (IF 7.0) Pub Date : 2025-06-26 Longfeng Li, Sara Such, Erika Lunkenheimer
BackgroundWe examined whether mother‐preschooler respiratory sinus arrhythmia (RSA) synchrony and self‐regulation, as potential biological antecedents of developmental psychopathology, interacted to shape children's later behavior problems directly and indirectly via harsh parenting.MethodsMother‐preschooler dyads (N = 135; 53% female) were oversampled for familial risk. Mother‐rated harsh parenting
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Research Review: Are sampling biases masking long‐term effects of hormonal contraceptive use in adolescence on risk for depression? J. Child Psychol. Psyc. (IF 7.0) Pub Date : 2025-06-20 Frances S. Chen, Bita Zareian, Marisa A. Nelson, Nina Edwards, Christine Anderl
BackgroundGrowing evidence suggests that the use of hormonal contraceptives (HCs) during adolescence may be linked to an increased risk for depression. This review examines major inconsistencies that have been reported regarding this relationship, and in particular, how the common practice of combining ‘never users’ and ‘former users’ of HCs in analyses obscures patterns that are detectable when these
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Impact of a Pediatric Mental Health Crisis Service in the emergency department on hospital resource utilization: an interrupted time series analysis J. Child Psychol. Psyc. (IF 7.0) Pub Date : 2025-06-19 Vineet Padmanabhan, Cayla A. Bellagarda, Laura Dondzilo, Sarah MacDonald, Alexander Hegarty, Michelle Morris, Zamia Pedro
BackgroundLengthening waitlists, reduced outpatient care availability, and increased numbers of children experiencing mental health (MH) crises have strained emergency departments (EDs). EDs facilitate access to immediate intervention and triage to acute services but are often underresourced and undertrained to manage the unique needs of mental health crises. The combination of demand, complexity,
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Predictors of Environmental Sensitivity in Syrian refugee children J. Child Psychol. Psyc. (IF 7.0) Pub Date : 2025-06-10 Andrew K. May, Demelza Smeeth, Fiona McEwen, Elie Karam, Michael Pluess
BackgroundAlthough more prone to psychopathology on average, refugee children differ in their response to adversity. Growing evidence attributes some of these individual differences to varying levels of Environmental Sensitivity – the extent to which children perceive and process contextual influences. However, there is limited knowledge of how Environmental Sensitivity is developmentally influenced
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Predictive and incremental validity of adolescent callous‐unemotional traits: longitudinal prediction of antisocial and social outcomes in early adulthood J. Child Psychol. Psyc. (IF 7.0) Pub Date : 2025-06-10 Erin P. Vaughan, Paul J. Frick, James V. Ray, Laura C. Thornton, Tina D. Wall Myers, Emily L. Robertson, Toni M. Walker, Laurence Steinberg, Elizabeth Cauffman
BackgroundCallous‐unemotional (CU) traits were recently added as a diagnostic specifier for disruptive behavior disorders, largely due to their prognostic utility. However, past longitudinal research has yielded mixed results when investigating associations between CU traits and long‐term outcomes, particularly when controlling for the individual's level of antisocial behavior.MethodsThe current study
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Dynamics of depression symptoms in adolescents during three types of psychotherapy and post-treatment follow-up. J. Child Psychol. Psyc. (IF 7.0) Pub Date : 2025-06-09 Madison Aitken,Sharon A S Neufeld,Clement Ma, ,Ian M Goodyer
BACKGROUND According to the network theory of mental disorders, psychopathology emerges from symptoms that causally influence one another and create interconnections and feedback loops that maintain atypical mental states. Analysis of symptom networks during and following psychotherapy may provide clues to some of the mechanisms through which change occurs. Youth with depression are an important population
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Research Review: Conceptualizing and measuring ‘problem behavior’ in early intervention autism research – a project AIM secondary systematic review J. Child Psychol. Psyc. (IF 7.0) Pub Date : 2025-06-01 Kristen Bottema‐Beutel, Ruoxi Guo, Jessica Hinson‐Wiliams, Yueyang Shen, Shannon LaPoint, Tiffany Woynaroski, Micheal Sandbank
BackgroundSome autistic children exhibit behavior that caregivers, clinicians, and researchers consider problematic. However, there is little consensus about the types of behaviors that should be treated as a problem and reduced via intervention. In autism intervention research, problem behaviors range from inherently harmful behaviors such as aggression and self‐injury to nonnormative but not harmful
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Gaze behavior, facial emotion processing, and neural underpinnings: A comparison of adolescents with autism spectrum disorder and conduct disorder J. Child Psychol. Psyc. (IF 7.0) Pub Date : 2025-05-27 Antonia Tkalcec, Alessandro Baldassarri, Alex Junghans, Vithusan Somasundaram, Willeke M. Menks, Lynn V. Fehlbaum, Réka Borbàs, Nora Raschle, Gudrun Seeger‐Schneider, Bettina Jenny, Susanne Walitza, David M. Cole, Philipp Sterzer, Francesco Santini, Evelyn Herbrecht, Ana Cubillo, Christina Stadler
BackgroundFacial emotion processing deficits and atypical eye gaze are often described in individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and those with conduct disorder (CD) and high callous unemotional (CU) traits. Yet, the underlying neural mechanisms of these deficits are still unclear. The aim of this study was to investigate if eye gaze can partially account for the differences in brain activation
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Large‐scale cohort studies in mental health research – strengths and limitations J. Child Psychol. Psyc. (IF 7.0) Pub Date : 2025-05-20 Isabel Morales‐Muñoz
In recent years, the use of longitudinal studies in mental health research has grown, particularly in the United Kingdom. These studies provide numerous benefits and improvements in mental health research, such as facilitating the early detection of risk factors for mental health problems. Nevertheless, they also come with drawbacks, including their high financial costs and the complexity involved
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Each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way† – a call for clearer conceptualization of adverse family factors in biosocial research on child and adolescent mental health problems J. Child Psychol. Psyc. (IF 7.0) Pub Date : 2025-05-09 Lucres M.C. Jansen, Patty Leijten
Child and adolescent mental health problems stem from an interaction between biological and environmental factors. In the past decades, conceptualizations of genetic and neurobiological factors have become increasingly detailed. Development of our conceptualizations of environmental factors, in contrast, is lacking behind. Environmental adversity is usually conceptualized as one rather global factor
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Childhood trauma, adolescent risk behaviours and cardiovascular health indices in the 2004 Pelotas Birth Cohort J. Child Psychol. Psyc. (IF 7.0) Pub Date : 2025-04-30 Megan Bailey, Graeme Fairchild, Gemma Hammerton, Ina S. Santos, Luciana Tovo‐Rodrigues, Joseph Murray, Alicia Matijasevich, Sarah L. Halligan
BackgroundChildhood trauma has been associated with increased risk of substance use and poor sleep, with these factors linked to subsequent poor cardiovascular health. However, there has been little longitudinal research exploring these associations in adolescence, especially in low‐ and middle‐income countries (LMICs). To address this, we investigated longitudinal pathways from trauma to risk behaviours
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Editorial: Beyond the usual suspects – broadening the scope of environmental influences in child and adolescent mental health research J. Child Psychol. Psyc. (IF 7.0) Pub Date : 2025-04-24 Jasmin Wertz, Angelica Ronald
When we think about which environmental influences affect children and young people's mental health, answers that are ‘close to home’ tend to come to mind, such as relationships, screen time, bullying, stressful life events and poverty. These same factors are also often prioritised in child and adolescent mental health research. More distal factors receive less attention, such as the air we breathe
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The roles of parental verbal communication and child characteristics in the transmission and maintenance of social fears J. Child Psychol. Psyc. (IF 7.0) Pub Date : 2025-04-11 Selin Zeytinoglu, Lauren K. White, Santiago Morales, Kathryn Degnan, Heather A. Henderson, Koraly Pérez‐Edgar, Daniel S. Pine, Nathan A. Fox
BackgroundAlthough social anxiety runs in families, little is known about how parents and children contribute to the intergenerational transmission of social fears. We examined whether mothers transfer social fear beliefs to their children through verbal communication and how children's behavioral inhibition and social anxiety contribute to this transmission. The associations of children's social fear
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Research Review: Assessment of early‐life adversity and trauma – cumulative risk and dimensional approaches J. Child Psychol. Psyc. (IF 7.0) Pub Date : 2025-04-10 Laura Machlin, Margaret A. Sheridan, Angelina Pei‐Tzu Tsai, Katie A. McLaughlin
In this research review, we present approaches and recommendations for assessing early‐life adversity and childhood trauma aligned with two leading conceptual models of adversity: cumulative risk and dimensional models. We summarize the measurement implications of each conceptual model and common approaches for assessing early‐life adversity in studies utilizing each of these models. We consider other
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Maternal caregiving moderates relations between maternal childhood maltreatment and infant cortisol regulation J. Child Psychol. Psyc. (IF 7.0) Pub Date : 2025-04-08 Miriam Chasson, Jennifer Khoury, Michelle Bosquet Enlow, Karlen Lyons‐Ruth
BackgroundChildren of maltreated mothers are at increased risk for adverse physical and psychological health. Both prenatal and postnatal alterations in offspring biological stress systems have been proposed as mechanisms contributing to such transmission. The aim of the current study was to assess whether maternal postnatal care of the infant moderated any effect of maternal childhood maltreatment
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Sex differences and implications in outcome in children and adolescents at clinical high risk for psychosis J. Child Psychol. Psyc. (IF 7.0) Pub Date : 2025-03-29 Jordina Tor, Inmaculada Baeza, Xavier Alvarez‐Subiela, Marta Rodriguez‐Pascual, Daniel Muñoz‐Samons, Anna Sintes‐Estevez, Elena de la Serna, Olga Puig, Gisela Sugranyes, Daniel Ilzarbe, Josep Maria Haro, Montserrat Dolz
BackgroundSex differences have been identified in young adults along the psychosis continuum, but studies in children and adolescents are scarce. This study aimed to evaluate possible sex differences in clinical characteristics and outcomes in children and adolescents with clinical high risk for psychosis (CHR).MethodsA naturalistic longitudinal cohort study assessed sociodemographics, CHR symptoms
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Complex, low‐intensity, individualised naturalistic developmental behavioural intervention in toddlers and pre‐schoolers with autism spectrum disorder: The multicentre, observer‐blind, parallel‐group randomised‐controlled A‐FFIP trial J. Child Psychol. Psyc. (IF 7.0) Pub Date : 2025-03-29 Christine M. Freitag, Marietta Kirchner, Lukas D. Sauer, Solvejg K. Kleber, Leonie Polzer, Naisan Raji, Christian Lemler, Ulrike Fröhlich, Tomasz Jarczok, Julia Geissler, Franziska Radtke, Melanie Ring, Veit Roessner, Regina Taurines, Michelle Noterdaeme, Karoline Teufel, Ziyon Kim, Janina Kitzerow‐Cleven
BackgroundNaturalistic developmental behavioural interventions (NDBI) may improve social communication in toddlers/pre‐school aged children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Here, we study efficacy of the low‐intensity, complex NDBI ‘Frankfurt Early Intervention Program for ASD’ (A‐FFIP) over 1 year by a confirmatory phase‐III, prospective, randomised, controlled, parallel‐group study with two treatment
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Examining the association between placental malperfusion assessed by histopathological examination and child and adolescent neurodevelopment: a systematic review J. Child Psychol. Psyc. (IF 7.0) Pub Date : 2025-03-29 Noha Ibrahim, Sydni A. Weissgold, Lucy Brink, Ibtihal Mahgoub, Ben Carter, Vaheshta Sethna, Hein Odendaal
BackgroundPlacental malperfusion, categorised into maternal vascular malperfusion (MVM) and foetal vascular malperfusion (FVM), is a main placental pathology known to affect placental functioning and offspring outcomes. The aim of this review is to evaluate the association between exposure to placental malperfusion and offspring neurodevelopment from birth to 18 years of age.MethodsFollowing the registered
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Autistic traits in childhood and post‐traumatic stress disorder as young adults: a cohort study J. Child Psychol. Psyc. (IF 7.0) Pub Date : 2025-03-28 Alice M.G. Quinton, Freya Rumball, Angelica Ronald, Helen L. Fisher, Louise Arseneault, Francesca Happé, Andrea Danese
BackgroundDespite the higher prevalence of childhood traumatic experiences and post‐traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in autistic adults, research on trauma‐related psychopathology and autistic traits in young people is lacking. This study examined if high autistic traits in childhood predispose individuals to traumatic experiences, the development of PTSD and general psychopathology, and greater functional
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Scaling up home‐visiting to promote early childhood development and prevent violence in Rwanda: a hybrid type‐2 effectiveness‐implementation trial J. Child Psychol. Psyc. (IF 7.0) Pub Date : 2025-03-28 Candace J. Black, Matias Placencio‐Castro, Gabriela Phend, Jean Marie Vianney Havugimana, Grace Umulisa, Pacifique Uwamahoro, Marie Gaudence Nyirahabimana, Laura Bond, Kayla Hernandez, Sarah KG Jensen, Ursula Kajani, Shauna M. Murray, Laura B. Rawlings, Vincent Sezibera, Theresa S. Betancourt
BackgroundChildren in impoverished families–especially those affected by violence–face risks to healthy development. In the years of strong economic recovery since the 1994 Genocide Against the Tutsi, the Rwandan Government has invested in early child development, social and child protection and violence prevention, but few strategies for scaling evidence‐based interventions (EBIs) in these areas have
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Combined effects of prenatal ozone exposure and school/neighborhood environments on youth brain, cognition, and psychotic‐like experiences J. Child Psychol. Psyc. (IF 7.0) Pub Date : 2025-03-27 Tianjiao Kong, Yumeng Yang, Feng Ji, Jia Liu, Ran Liu, Liang Luo
BackgroundHumans are inevitably exposed to multiple physical and social environmental risk factors, potentially contributing to psychiatric problems and cognitive deficits; however, the combined effects of prenatal air pollution and psychosocial environments on youth remain unclear. This longitudinal study aimed to examine how prenatal ozone exposure interacts with psychosocial environments at 9–10
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Sexual and gender minority identity, peer victimization, and suicidality in adolescents: A mediation study using the ABCD Study J. Child Psychol. Psyc. (IF 7.0) Pub Date : 2025-03-25 Sen Liu, Devin English, Yunyu Xiao, Yan Li, Li Niu
BackgroundSexual and gender minority (SGM) youth are more susceptible to suicidal ideation and attempts compared to their heterosexual and cisgender peers. Yet, it is unclear how interpersonal and online victimization experiences account for the elevated suicide risks in this population. This study investigates the extent of peer and cyber victimization among SGM youth and its contribution to their
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Trajectories of parent criticism across treatment for youth self‐harm J. Child Psychol. Psyc. (IF 7.0) Pub Date : 2025-03-24 Madison Aitken, Florence Perquier, Bomi Park, Daniela Carvalho, Alexandra Wright‐Hughes, David Cottrell, Peter Szatmari
BackgroundCriticism from parents is a risk factor for poor youth mental health, including self‐harm and limited response to psychosocial interventions. We identified trajectories of change in parent criticism across treatment for youth self‐harm (suicide attempts and non‐suicidal self‐injury) and compared these trajectories on treatment outcomes.MethodsThis is a preregistered secondary analysis of
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Psychoneuroendocrine stress response in female and male youth with major depressive disorder J. Child Psychol. Psyc. (IF 7.0) Pub Date : 2025-03-24 Anka Bernhard, Nikola Fann, Andreas G. Chiocchetti, Katharina Ackermann, Anne Martinelli, Christine M. Freitag
BackgroundExposure to psychosocial stress is one of the strongest risk factors for major depressive disorder (MDD) in youth, but underlying neurobiological mechanisms are poorly understood. Previous studies on the neuroendocrine stress response in youth with MDD are scarce, limited to cortisol, and rarely considered sex differences. Due to puberty‐associated neuroendocrine transitions increasing the
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Navigating early risks: Differential outcomes in middle childhood and the compensatory role of kindergarten experiences J. Child Psychol. Psyc. (IF 7.0) Pub Date : 2025-03-23 Katharina Haag, Tyler Watts, Laurie Hannigan, Helga Ask, Nina Alexandersen, Mari Vaage Wang, Ragnhild Eek Brandlistuen
BackgroundIt has been proposed that early risk constellations link differentially to later developmental outcomes. However, existing studies often use a limited set of risk indicators, excluding genetic and child‐based risks. It is also unclear if the protective effects of potential moderators, such as kindergarten experiences, differ across risk groups.MethodsUsing data from the Norwegian Mother,
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Early social interactions and young school‐aged children's behavioral problems: Converging evidence from theory‐ and data‐driven approaches J. Child Psychol. Psyc. (IF 7.0) Pub Date : 2025-03-23 Jiahao Liang, Yiji Wang
BackgroundAlthough prior studies have established the relation between social interactions and behavioral adjustment, it remains unclear whether aspects of early social interactions are uniquely related to behavioral problems and the relative importance of each in predicting internalizing and externalizing problems. Using traditional theory‐driven and novel data‐driven perspectives, this longitudinal
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Sudden gains in modular CBT for mental health disorders in children and young people with epilepsy. J. Child Psychol. Psyc. (IF 7.0) Pub Date : 2025-03-20 Alvin Richards-Belle,Daniela Linton,J Helen Cross,Isobel Heyman,Emma Dalrymple,Bruce Chorpita,Sophia Varadkar,Mariam Shah, ,Roz Shafran,Sophie Bennett
BACKGROUND Sudden gains (rapid, large, stable improvements in symptoms) are common in psychological therapy and are associated with favourable outcomes, but no studies have investigated sudden gains in children and young people (CYP) with a chronic physical condition. METHODS Within-group study nested in the Mental Health Intervention for Children with Epilepsy (MICE) randomised trial of modular
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Parenting and adolescent anxiety within families: a biweekly longitudinal study J. Child Psychol. Psyc. (IF 7.0) Pub Date : 2025-03-19 Lucija Šutić, Ezgi Yıldız, F. Cemre Yavuz Şala, Aylin Duzen, Loes Keijsers, Savannah Boele
BackgroundAnxiety symptoms among adolescents have been increasing globally. The present study aimed to better understand the role of parenting, which is believed to act as both a risk and protective factor for anxiety while also being impacted by adolescent anxiety. Specifically, this preregistered study examined the bidirectional associations between parental autonomy support, intrusiveness, and symptoms
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DSM‐5 based algorithms for the Autism Diagnostic Interview‐Revised for children ages 4–17 years J. Child Psychol. Psyc. (IF 7.0) Pub Date : 2025-03-19 Linnea A. Lampinen, Shuting Zheng, Lindsay Olson, Vanessa H. Bal, Audrey E. Thurm, Amy N. Esler, Stephen M. Kanne, So Hyun Kim, Catherine Lord, China Parenteau, Kerri P. Nowell, Jane E. Roberts, Nicole Takahashi, Somer L. Bishop
BackgroundThe Autism Diagnostic Interview, Revised (ADI‐R) is a caregiver interview that is widely used as part of the diagnostic assessment for Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). Few large‐scale studies have reported the sensitivity and specificity of the ADI‐R algorithms, which are based on DSM‐IV Autistic Disorder criteria. Kim and Lord (Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2012, 42, 82)
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Annual Research Review: Exposure to environmental chemicals and psychosocial stress and the development of children's learning difficulties J. Child Psychol. Psyc. (IF 7.0) Pub Date : 2025-03-19 Amy E. Margolis, Alex Dranovsky, David Pagliaccio, Gazi Azad, Virginia Rauh, Julie Herbstman
Although awareness of the role of environmental exposures in children's cognitive development is increasing, learning difficulties have not yet been a major focus of environmental health science. Learning difficulties disproportionately affect children living in economic disadvantage, yielding an ‘achievement gap.’ Studies examining the neurobiology of reading and math have mostly included economically
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Editorial: The world is a changin’ and is a dangerous place for children's and adolescents' mental health J. Child Psychol. Psyc. (IF 7.0) Pub Date : 2025-03-19 Daniel Shaw
As the incoming editor of JCPP's Annual Research Review (ARR), I first would like to extend my appreciation to the outgoing editor, Sara Jaffee, who for 6 years assembled consistently strong, cutting‐edge reviews for the ARR during a time of upheaval in the world in general and child psychology and psychiatry in particular. Personally, I am indebted to Sara for providing invaluable insights into the
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Time–frequency and functional connectivity analysis in drug‐naive adolescents with depression based on electroencephalography using a visual cognitive task: A comparative study J. Child Psychol. Psyc. (IF 7.0) Pub Date : 2025-03-18 Yaru Zhang, Tingyu Yang, Xingyue Jin, Jinqiao Huang, Zexuan Li, Chunxiang Huang, Xuerong Luo, Yuqiong He, Xilong Cui
BackgroundPrevious research studies have demonstrated cognitive deficits in adolescents with depression; however, the neuroelectrophysiological mechanisms underlying these deficits remain poorly understood. Utilizing electroencephalography (EEG) data collected during cognitive tasks, this study applies time–frequency analysis and functional connectivity (FC) techniques to explore the neuroelectrophysiological
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Parsing the heterogeneity of social motivation in autism J. Child Psychol. Psyc. (IF 7.0) Pub Date : 2025-03-17 Lacey Chetcuti, Antonio Y. Hardan, Emily Spackman, Eva Loth, James C. McPartland, Thomas W. Frazier, Eric A. Youngstrom, Mirko Uljarevic
BackgroundSocial motivation is posited as a key factor in the expression of the autism phenotype. However, lack of precision in both conceptualization and measurement has impeded a thorough understanding of its diverse presentation and associated outcomes. This study addresses this gap by identifying subgroups of autism characterized by deficits in distinct facets of social motivation, relative to
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Cognitive disengagement syndrome and depressive symptoms in early adolescents: Examining the moderating role of a negative interpretation bias J. Child Psychol. Psyc. (IF 7.0) Pub Date : 2025-03-14 Melissa C. Miller, Olivia R. Baron, Jeffery N. Epstein, Leanne Tamm, Alex C. Nyquist, Stephen P. Becker
BackgroundDespite previous research demonstrating an independent association between cognitive disengagement syndrome (CDS; previously termed sluggish cognitive tempo) and depressive symptoms, studies have yet to examine what factors may moderate this link. A negative interpretation bias (i.e., maladaptive information processing whereby emotionally aversive meaning is perceived in ambiguous situations)
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Research Review: Help‐seeking intentions, behaviors, and barriers in college students – a systematic review and meta‐analysis J. Child Psychol. Psyc. (IF 7.0) Pub Date : 2025-03-13 Ruiying Zhao, Yagmur Amanvermez, Julia Pei, Franchesca Castro‐Ramirez, Charlene Rapsey, Claudia Garcia, David D. Ebert, Josep Maria Haro, Liviu A. Fodor, Oana A. David, Osiris Rankin, Sook Ning Chua, Vania Martínez, Ronny Bruffaerts, Ronald C. Kessler, Pim Cuijpers
BackgroundThe prevalence of mental health problems among college students has increased over the past decade. Even when mental health services are available, many students still struggle to access these services. This systematic review and meta‐analysis aimed to identify the rates at which students actively seek or consider using formal help and to determine the main reasons for not seeking help.MethodsA
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Evaluating a program to prevent anxiety in children of anxious parents: a randomized controlled trial J. Child Psychol. Psyc. (IF 7.0) Pub Date : 2025-03-13 Sigrid Elfström, Anna Rosengren, Rebecca Andersson, Johanna Engelbrektsson, Albin Isaksson, Micaela Meregalli, Livia van Leuven, Maria Lalouni, Lars‐Göran Öst, Ata Ghaderi, Johan Åhlén
BackgroundPediatric anxiety disorders are prevalent, particularly among children with anxious parents. This trial evaluated a program for anxious parents aimed at preventing offspring anxiety disorders and symptoms over 12 months.MethodsThis parallel, randomized, controlled, open‐label trial was conducted at Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden. Inclusion criteria comprised heightened parental
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The Nuffield Early Language Intervention (NELI) programme is associated with lasting improvements in children's language and reading skills J. Child Psychol. Psyc. (IF 7.0) Pub Date : 2025-03-13 Charles Hulme, Gillian West, Mariela Rios Diaz, Sarah Hearne, Caroline Korell, Mihaela Duta, Margaret J. Snowling
BackgroundOral language skills are a critical foundation for education and psychosocial development. Learning to read, in particular, depends heavily on oral language skills. The Nuffield Early Language Intervention (NELI) has been shown to improve the language of 4–5‐year‐old children entering school with language weaknesses in four robust trials. To date, however, there is limited evidence on the
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Neurodevelopmental and psychiatric conditions in 600 Swedish children with the avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder phenotype J. Child Psychol. Psyc. (IF 7.0) Pub Date : 2025-03-13 Manda Nyholmer, Marie‐Louis Wronski, Liv Hog, Ralf Kuja‐Halkola, Paul Lichtenstein, Sebastian Lundström, Henrik Larsson, Mark J. Taylor, Cynthia M. Bulik, Lisa Dinkler
BackgroundAvoidant restrictive food intake disorder (ARFID) is a feeding and eating disorder characterized by extremely restricted dietary variety and/or quantity resulting in serious consequences for physical health and psychosocial functioning. ARFID often co‐occurs with neurodevelopmental conditions (NDCs) and psychiatric conditions, but previous data are mostly limited to small clinical samples
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Exploring the role of post‐error processing in social anxiety across age J. Child Psychol. Psyc. (IF 7.0) Pub Date : 2025-03-12 Olivia A. Stibolt, Fabian A. Soto, Jeremy W. Pettit, Yasmin Rey, George A. Buzzell
BackgroundError monitoring, a neurocognitive process reflecting self‐detection of errors, has been proposed as a marker of social anxiety. However, the way in which this marker relates to social anxiety is not consistent across age, as older children and adolescents with anxiety exhibit heightened error monitoring and younger children with anxiety exhibit diminished error monitoring. One way to contextualize
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Efficacy of guided and unguided web‐assisted self‐help for parents of children with attention‐deficit/hyperactivity disorder and oppositional defiant disorder: A three‐arm randomized controlled trial J. Child Psychol. Psyc. (IF 7.0) Pub Date : 2025-03-12 Manfred Döpfner, Julia Plück, Kerstin Daniela Rosenberger, Marie‐Theres Klemp, Judith Mühlenmeister, Laura Wähnke, Martin Hellmich, Stephanie Schürmann, Christina Dose
BackgroundEmpirical evidence supports the efficacy of behavioral online parent training. However, further large trials in school‐age children with externalizing behavior problems and analyses on the impact of additional therapist support are needed. This three‐arm randomized controlled trial examined the efficacy of guided and unguided web‐assisted self‐help (WASH) for parents of children with externalizing
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The influence of deprivation on cortical development and psychotic symptoms in youth J. Child Psychol. Psyc. (IF 7.0) Pub Date : 2025-03-11 Megan Thomas, Sarah Whittle, Vanessa Cropley
BackgroundPeople with early‐life experiences of deprivation are more likely to develop psychotic symptoms. While the mechanisms of this relationship are poorly understood, research suggests a role of cortical development.MethodsIn 6323 youth from the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development study, we examined associations between total, material, interpersonal, cognitive and neighbourhood deprivation
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Interactions between infant characteristics and parenting factors rarely replicate across cohorts and developmental domains J. Child Psychol. Psyc. (IF 7.0) Pub Date : 2025-03-11 Robert Eves, Finiki Nearchou, Dieter Wolke, Michael Pluess, Sakari Lemola
BackgroundWhether, and how, infant characteristics and parenting quality interact is one of developmental psychology's key questions. However, whether specific interaction patterns replicate across cohorts or developmental outcomes is largely unknown. This study investigates whether infant characteristics and parenting quality are independent predictors (additive effects) of child outcomes or interact
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Reciprocal relations between ADHD and risky behavior in adolescence: a between and within‐person longitudinal analysis J. Child Psychol. Psyc. (IF 7.0) Pub Date : 2025-03-11 Natali Goueta, Naama Gershy, Yehuda Pollak
BackgroundThe present study sought to extend the existing knowledge on the relationship between risky behavior and ADHD by studying transactions between these two variables within participants and across various time scales.MethodsParticipants were 281 adolescents (170 girls), age 13–18 years old (M = 14.8, SD = 1.3), and 1 of their parents. Risky behavior and ADHD symptoms measurements were taken
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The role of pubertal development in the association between trauma and internalising symptoms in female youth J. Child Psychol. Psyc. (IF 7.0) Pub Date : 2025-03-11 Niamh MacSweeney, Phoebe Thomson, Tilmann von Soest, Christian K. Tamnes, Divyangana Rakesh
BackgroundExposure to trauma in childhood is associated with an increased risk for internalising symptoms. Alterations in pubertal development has been proposed as a potential mechanism underpinning this association. However, longitudinal studies, which are needed to examine pubertal development over time, are scarce. The goal of this pre‐registered study was to examine how trauma exposure shapes the