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The Association Between Mindful Parenting and Adolescent Internalizing and Externalizing Problems: The Role of Mother–Child Communication Child Psychiatry Hum. Dev. (IF 1.889) Pub Date : 2021-04-09 Wanting Yang, Ju Deng, Yuyin Wang
This study aimed to explore the mediation process from maternal mindful parenting to adolescent internalizing and externalizing problems through mother–child communication and adolescent self-disclosure. A total of 496 mother-adolescent dyads participated in the current study. Mother-reported mindful parenting and mother–child communication and adolescent-reported self-disclosure and behavior problems
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Mental Health Service Urgency in Children’s Mental Health: Factors Impacting the Need for Expedited Services Child Psychiatry Hum. Dev. (IF 1.889) Pub Date : 2021-04-09 Valbona Semovski, Colin B. King, Shannon L. Stewart
Delayed access to mental health services for children and adolescents has been linked to an increased risk of harm and nonattendance to scheduled appointments. While studies suggest that the lack of standardized assessments for prioritizing individuals has contributed to long wait times, the inconsistent use of assessments across service sectors in Ontario continues to persist. This has contributed
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Effects of Comorbid Developmental Coordination Disorder and Symptoms of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder on Physical Activity in Children Aged 4–5 Years Child Psychiatry Hum. Dev. (IF 1.889) Pub Date : 2021-04-09 Maeghan E. James, Sara King-Dowling, Jeffrey D. Graham, Cheryl Missiuna, Brian W. Timmons, John Cairney
Developmental coordination disorder (DCD) is often comorbid with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). While children with DCD engage in less moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) compared to typically developing (TD) children, research pertaining to how ADHD affects this relationship is limited. We investigated the effect of ADHD on MVPA among children at risk for DCD (DCDr). 507
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How Do Fathers Help? A Moderation Analysis of the Association between Adverse Childhood Experiences and Child Behavioral Health in Fragile Families Child Psychiatry Hum. Dev. (IF 1.889) Pub Date : 2021-04-08 Xiafei Wang, Qiong Wu, Benjamin John Phelps
Existing research has built concrete links between trauma exposure and lifelong behavioral health outcomes. However, the ways by which father engagement buffers the detrimental effects of trauma on early childhood behavioral health remains unexplored. Using the data of 3001 mothers from the Fragile Families and Child Well-being Study, we conducted a moderation analysis to examine the associations between
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Indicators of suicidal outcomes among 6- to 12‐year‐old treatment seeking youth Child Psychiatry Hum. Dev. (IF 1.889) Pub Date : 2021-04-07 Rachel L. Doyle, Paula J. Fite
Suicide among elementary school-age youth is vastly understudied despite being a major health concern. This study utilized mediation and moderation models to elucidate the nature of risk factors for suicide by examining the effect emotion dysregulation (of anger, sadness, and worry) has on the relation between ADHD symptoms (hyperactivity/impulsivity and inattention) and suicidal outcomes (suicidal
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Are We Comparing Apples with Oranges? Assessing Improvement Across Symptoms, Functioning, and Goal Progress for Adolescent Anxiety and Depression Child Psychiatry Hum. Dev. (IF 1.889) Pub Date : 2021-04-07 Karolin Rose Krause, Julian Edbrooke-Childs, Rosie Singleton, Miranda Wolpert
Strategies for comparing routinely collected outcome data across services or systems include focusing on a common indicator (e.g., symptom change) or aggregating results from different measures or outcomes into a comparable core metric. The implications of either approach for judging treatment success are not fully understood. This study drew on naturalistic outcome data from 1641 adolescents with
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Development and Preliminary Validation of the Child & Adolescent Social Cognitions Questionnaire Child Psychiatry Hum. Dev. (IF 1.889) Pub Date : 2021-04-03 Eleanor Leigh, David M. Clark
Negative cognitions play a central role in adolescent social anxiety, and yet there is a lack of empirically validated measures assessing these in detail. This study describes the adaptation of the Child & Adolescent Social Cognitions Questionnaire (CASCQ) from the adult version of the scale and its preliminary validation in a general adolescent school sample (N = 671). Exploratory and confirmatory
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Predicting Child Maltreatment over the Early Life Course: A Prospective Study Child Psychiatry Hum. Dev. (IF 1.889) Pub Date : 2021-03-31 Jake M. Najman, James G. Scott, Gail M. Williams, Alexandra M. Clavarino, Steve Kisely, Tara R. McGee
A large number of early life exposures predict child maltreatment. Using data from a 30-year birth cohort study we examine 12 early life course risk factors of four types of self-reported childhood maltreatment recalled at the 30-year follow-up. Of the 7223 children in the sample at birth, 2425 responded to the Child Trauma Questionnaire at the 30-year follow-up. On adjusted analysis being a teenage
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Latent Class Analysis Reveals Distinct Groups Based on Executive Function and Socioemotional Traits, Developmental Conditions, and Stuttering: A Population Study Child Psychiatry Hum. Dev. (IF 1.889) Pub Date : 2021-03-30 Sara Ashley Smith, Ai Leen Choo, Matthew E. Foster
A growing body of research has reported associations between weaker Executive Functions (EF), the set capacities that are needed to manage and allocate one’s cognitive resources during cognitively challenging activities and various neurodevelopmental conditions, including stuttering. The majority of this research has been based on variable-centered approaches, which have the potential to obscure within-population
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Maternal Psychological Problems During Pregnancy and Child Externalizing Problems: Moderated Mediation Model with Child Self-regulated Compliance and Polygenic Risk Scores for Aggression Child Psychiatry Hum. Dev. (IF 1.889) Pub Date : 2021-03-20 Mannan Luo, Irene Pappa, Charlotte A. M. Cecil, Philip Jansen, Marinus H. van IJzendoorn, Rianne Kok
A potential pathway underlying the association between prenatal exposure to maternal psychological problems and childhood externalizing problems is child self-regulation. This prospective study (N = 687) examined whether self-regulated compliance mediates the relation between maternal affective problems and hostility during pregnancy and childhood externalizing problems, and explored moderation by
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Developmental Changes in the Association Between Cognitive Control and Anxiety Child Psychiatry Hum. Dev. (IF 1.889) Pub Date : 2021-03-18 Courtney A. Filippi, Anni Subar, Sanjana Ravi, Sara Haas, Sonya V. Troller-Renfree, Nathan A. Fox, Ellen Leibenluft, Daniel S. Pine
Anxiety has been associated with reliance on reactive (stimulus-driven/reflexive) control strategies in response to conflict. However, this conclusion rests primarily on indirect evidence. Few studies utilize tasks that dissociate the use of reactive (‘just in time’) vs. proactive (anticipatory/preparatory) cognitive control strategies in response to conflict, and none examine children diagnosed with
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A Prospective Longitudinal Study of Mother–Child Attachment and Externalizing Trajectories in Boys and Girls Child Psychiatry Hum. Dev. (IF 1.889) Pub Date : 2021-03-18 Kelly A. Warmuth, E. Mark Cummings, Patrick T. Davies
In clinically referred children, boys and those with disorganized mother–child attachments tend to show the most maladaptive externalizing trajectories; however, additional research is necessary to test whether these findings hold in a community sample. Therefore, 235 community children (106 boys) were followed from ages 6 to 15 years across six time points. Multiple-group linear growth curves with
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Adult-Onset ADHD: A Critical Analysis and Alternative Explanations Child Psychiatry Hum. Dev. (IF 1.889) Pub Date : 2021-03-18 Lea E. Taylor, Elizabeth A. Kaplan-Kahn, Rachel A. Lighthall, Kevin M. Antshel
Attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is characterized as a neurodevelopmental disorder. However, data from several recent studies suggest that there may be adults who meet current criteria for ADHD, yet did not experience symptoms until adulthood (i.e., “adult-onset ADHD”). This systematic review evaluated and synthesized the empirical evidence on adult-onset ADHD to answer the question:
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Are Children High on Callous-Unemotional Traits Emotionally Blind? Testing Eye-Gaze Differences Child Psychiatry Hum. Dev. (IF 1.889) Pub Date : 2021-03-18 Chara A. Demetriou, Kostas A. Fanti
Callous-unemotional traits have been associated with difficulties in identifying and responding to others’ emotions. To inform this line of research, the current study investigated the eye gaze behavior of children (n = 59; mean-age = 6.35) with varying levels of callous-unemotional (CU) traits with the use of eye-tracker methodology, as well as their ability to accurately identify emotional expressions
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Youth Top Problems and Early Treatment Response to the Unified Protocols for Transdiagnostic Treatment of Emotional Disorders in Children and Adolescents Child Psychiatry Hum. Dev. (IF 1.889) Pub Date : 2021-03-17 Lauren Milgram, Niza A. Tonarely, Jill Ehrenreich-May
The Top Problems assessment is an idiographic measure of client concerns that may allow clinicians to identify early treatment response. Few studies have examined early response to evidence-based therapies using Top Problems. We collected weekly Top Problems ratings from 95 youth with emotional disorders who received treatment using the Unified Protocols for Transdiagnostic Treatment of Emotional Disorders
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Child Abuse Potential in Young German Parents: Predictors, Associations with Self-reported Maltreatment and Intervention Use Child Psychiatry Hum. Dev. (IF 1.889) Pub Date : 2021-03-17 Katrin Lang, Christoph Liel, Ulrike Lux, Heinz Kindler, Marc Vierhaus, Andreas Eickhorst
Since child maltreatment has highly negative effects on child adjustment, early identification of at-risk families is important. This study focuses on longitudinal risk factors for child maltreatment and associations between abuse risk and occurrence. It also examines whether abuse risk and involvement in early childhood intervention are associated. The sample comprises 197 German caregivers with children
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A Preliminary Examination of the Interaction between Maternal Generalized Anxiety Disorder and Offspring Negative Affect in Relation to Maternal Worry about Offspring and Perceptions of Psychological Control Child Psychiatry Hum. Dev. (IF 1.889) Pub Date : 2021-03-15 Sarah A. Bilsky, Hannah P. Friedman
Both maternal symptoms and adolescent offspring characteristics are associated with maladaptive parenting among families at risk for anxiety. One disorder that may be particularly associated with maladaptive parenting behaviors is generalized anxiety disorder (GAD). Previous work suggests that offspring negative affect (NA) is associated with different levels of maladaptive parenting behaviors among
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Psychometric Evaluation of the Pediatric Quality of Life Enjoyment and Satisfaction Questionnaire in a General Youth Population Child Psychiatry Hum. Dev. (IF 1.889) Pub Date : 2021-03-13 Jacqueline R. Anderson, Michael Killian, Anne Fuller, Jennifer L. Hughes, Matthew Byerly, Janet Lindow, A. John Rush, Madhukar H. Trivedi
Pediatric Quality of Life Enjoyment and Satisfaction Questionnaire is a brief 15-item self-report measure of quality of life and life satisfaction originally developed for clinical populations (6 to 17 years old). The current paper examines the initial factor structure proposed by the developers and underlying psychometric properties of the measure in a non-clinical population of teens. A cross-sectional
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Exploring Elementary Schoolteachers’ Perceptions of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) in Northern Jordan Child Psychiatry Hum. Dev. (IF 1.889) Pub Date : 2021-03-10 Manar AlAzzam, Loai Tawalbeh, Majedah Abu Al-Rub, Abdullah Khamaiseh, Mohammed ALBashtawy, Mohammad Barahemah, Manar Eyadat, Robin J. Poedel
The purpose of this study was to ascertain elementary schoolteachers’ perceptions of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in northern Jordan. This study utilized a descriptive cross-sectional research design using a self-reporting questionnaire to gather data from elementary schoolteachers in northern Jordan from February to June 2019. The results indicate that elementary schoolteachers
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Changes in Affective Network Variability Among Youth Treated for Anxiety Disorders Child Psychiatry Hum. Dev. (IF 1.889) Pub Date : 2021-03-03 Matthew M. Carper, Jennifer S. Silk, Cecile D. Ladouceur, Erika E. Forbes, Dana McMakin, Neal Ryan, Philip C. Kendall
Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) has been shown to be an efficacious treatment for youth anxiety, but we need to know more about the process of change. Affective network variability, or the “spread” of positive and negative emotions activated across a given time period, has been found to be positively associated with anxiety disorder symptomatology, but it is not yet known how this construct changes
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Familial Risk Factors in Relation to Recurrent Depression Among Former Adolescent Psychiatric Inpatients Child Psychiatry Hum. Dev. (IF 1.889) Pub Date : 2021-03-02 Joonas Halonen, Helinä Hakko, Kaisa Riala, Pirkko Riipinen
Treating recurrent depression is a challenge for clinical practitioners. We investigated which family environmental factors contribute to differences between recurrent and non-recurrent depression by the young adulthood of the former adolescent inpatients. The initial sample covered 237 adolescent psychiatric inpatients with depression, of which 35.4% had later diagnosed with recurrent depression.
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Role of Maternal Depression on Child Development: A Prospective Analysis from Pregnancy to Early Childhood Child Psychiatry Hum. Dev. (IF 1.889) Pub Date : 2021-03-01 Guido G. Urizar, Ricardo F. Muñoz
Few studies have examined how different characteristics of maternal depression may be associated with developmental outcomes among low-income children. The current study prospectively examined whether the timing (pregnancy vs. early postpartum), severity, and chronicity of maternal depression were associated with child cognitive and social-emotional development in two cohorts of primarily low-income
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Investigating the Measurement Invariance and Method-Trait Effects of Parent and Teacher SNAP-IV Ratings of Preschool Children Child Psychiatry Hum. Dev. (IF 1.889) Pub Date : 2021-02-27 Patrícia Silva Lúcio, Michael Eid, Hugo Cogo-Moreira, Marina Leite Puglisi, Guilherme V. Polanczyk
The Swanson, Nolan, and Pelham scale version IV (SNAP-IV) is widely used to assess symptoms of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and oppositional defiant disorder (ODD) in children and adolescents. Nevertheless, there is insufficient data to support its use in preschool children. The study had three goals: First, to test the factorial validity of the three correlated-factors model of
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Interpretation Bias and Anticipated Distress in the Face of Ambiguity: Predictors of Change in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Youth Anxiety Child Psychiatry Hum. Dev. (IF 1.889) Pub Date : 2021-02-26 Megan Baumgardner, Jennifer S. Silk, Kristy Benoit Allen
This study examined associations among children’s anxiety, interpretation bias, and anticipated distress before and after cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) and investigated baseline levels of interpretation bias and anticipated distress as well as changes in these cognitive biases following treatment as predictors of treatment outcome. Clinically anxious youth (N = 39) were treated with brief CBT
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Impact of a Behavioral Parenting Intervention in Infancy on Maternal Emotion Socialization Child Psychiatry Hum. Dev. (IF 1.889) Pub Date : 2021-02-26 Nicole E. Lorenzo, Daniel M. Bagner
Research has demonstrated the effect of parent emotion socialization on later child emotion development and behavior. Given these findings, the goal of the present study was to examine the effect of an early parenting intervention on a component of emotion socialization: parent emotion talk. We also examined the indirect effect of behaviorally-based parenting skills on the relation between the intervention
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COVID-19 threatens maternal mental health and infant development: possible paths from stress and isolation to adverse outcomes and a call for research and practice Child Psychiatry Hum. Dev. (IF 1.889) Pub Date : 2021-02-22 Amanda Venta, Johanna Bick, Jeremy Bechelli
The COVID-19 pandemic exposed mothers to stress and social isolation during the pre- and post-natal periods. The deleterious effects of stress on both pregnant women and their infants are well documented, with research suggesting that effects are exacerbated by reduced social support. In this brief report, we summarize evidence linking stress and social isolation to negative outcomes for mothers and
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The Influence of Negative Feedback and Social Rank on Feelings of Shame and Guilt: A Vignette Study in 8- to 13-Year-Old Non-Clinical Children Child Psychiatry Hum. Dev. (IF 1.889) Pub Date : 2021-02-22 Eline Hendriks, Peter Muris, Cor Meesters
This experimental study examined the role of negative feedback and social rank in the experience of self-conscious emotions, shame and guilt, in typically developing children aged 8 to 13 years. Participants were tested by means of a vignette paradigm in which feedback and social rank were systematically manipulated and levels of shame and guilt were assessed after listening to each of the vignettes
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Dyadic Analysis of a Self-report Physical Activity Measure for Adult-Youth Dyads Child Psychiatry Hum. Dev. (IF 1.889) Pub Date : 2021-02-21 Zachary J. Kunicki, Kendra K. Kattelmann, Melissa D. Olfert, Lisa Franzen-Castle, Sarah E. Colby, Douglas R. Mathews, Adrienne A. White
Adult physical activity levels influence youth physical activity levels, but the nature of this relationship is still unknown. Most research focusing on this topic has been conducted with accelerometers, which are ideal since self-report physical activity measures can be biased. However, self-report measures for physical activity are useful to include in studies to gather information at low-cost. The
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Do Patterns of Levels of Socio-emotional Competence During Early Childhood Predict Executive Function at 4.5 Years? Child Psychiatry Hum. Dev. (IF 1.889) Pub Date : 2021-02-21 Sahrish Ahmad, Karen E. Waldie, Susan M. B. Morton, Elizabeth R. Peterson
Socio-emotional competence and executive function both work together to meet the demands of the everyday environment. While many studies have focused on how various domains of socio-emotional competence are predicted by, or associated with executive function, the predictive influence of socio-emotional competence on executive function has largely been ignored despite strong theoretical links. In addition
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Post-traumatic Stress and Depressive Symptoms Among Adolescents After the 2015 Earthquake in Nepal: A Longitudinal Study Child Psychiatry Hum. Dev. (IF 1.889) Pub Date : 2021-02-19 Sanju Silwal, Roshan Chudal, Ragnhild Dybdahl, Lauri Sillanmäki, Lars Lien, Andre Sourander
Few longitudinal studies have focused on mental health problems among adolescents after earthquakes. We investigated changes in post-traumatic stress symptoms (PTSS) and depressive symptoms from 18 to 31 months after the 2015 earthquake in Nepal and explored potential risk factors associated with the change in psychiatric symptoms. This study comprised of 515 adolescents, aged 11–17 years from two
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Recognition of Emotions from Situational Contexts and the Impact of a Mind Reading Intervention in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder Child Psychiatry Hum. Dev. (IF 1.889) Pub Date : 2021-02-18 Denise Davidson, Elizabeth Hilvert, Adrien M. Winning, Michael Giordano
The present research examined recognition of basic (happy, fear, sad) and self-conscious (pride, embarrassment, guilt) emotions from situational contexts in children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and neurotypical children (Study 1). Results showed that children with ASD were less accurate in recognizing fear, embarrassment, and guilt situations than neurotypical children. Additionally, the research
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A Multi-level Longitudinal Model of Risk Factors for Generalized and Separation Anxiety Symptoms in a Community Sample of 6-year-olds Child Psychiatry Hum. Dev. (IF 1.889) Pub Date : 2021-02-15 Karen R. Gouze, Joyce Hopkins, John V. Lavigne, Fred B. Bryant
The current longitudinal study examined the relations between variables in four domains—contextual (SES, family conflict, stress), parent (caretaker depression), parenting (support hostility, autonomy granting), and child (negative affect, effortful control, sensory regulation, attachment)—and both the presence of generalized and separation anxiety symptoms at age 6 in a community sample of 796 children
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Empathy, Self-control, Callous-Unemotionality, and Delinquency: Unique and Shared Developmental Antecedents Child Psychiatry Hum. Dev. (IF 1.889) Pub Date : 2021-02-12 Magda Javakhishvili, Alexander T. Vazsonyi
The current investigation tested childhood developmental antecedents of adolescent empathy, self-control, callous-unemotionality, and delinquency, namely difficult temperament, positive socialization experiences, and intelligence; it also tested potential mediation effects of temperament via socialization. Data were collected as part of the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Early
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Internalizing Symptoms Among Youth in Foster Care: Prevalence and Associations with Exposure to Maltreatment Child Psychiatry Hum. Dev. (IF 1.889) Pub Date : 2021-02-11 Yasmin Moussavi, Gro Janne Wergeland, Tormod Bøe, Bente Storm Mowatt Haugland, Marit Larsen, Stine Lehmann
Among youth in foster care (N = 303, aged 11–17 years), we investigated prevalence of internalizing symptoms; associations between symptom level and maltreatment types and numbers; and the interaction between gender and maltreatment, on internalizing symptoms. Youth completed Spence Children Anxiety Scale, Short Mood Feelings Questionnaire, and Child and Adolescent Trauma Screen. Compared to community
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Association Between Exposure to Suicidal Behaviors and Suicide Attempts Among Adolescents: The Moderating Role of Prior Psychiatric Disorders Child Psychiatry Hum. Dev. (IF 1.889) Pub Date : 2021-02-10 Emily A. Kline, Ana Ortin-Peralta, Lillian Polanco-Roman, Regina Miranda
Theories suggest that adolescents exposed to suicide attempts and/or deaths are at higher risk of attempting suicide, themselves. However, research findings have been mixed, with most studies not accounting for psychiatric vulnerability. We examined past psychiatric diagnosis as a moderator of the association between lifetime exposure to suicide attempts and/or deaths and adolescents’ suicide attempts
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A Two-to-Five Year Follow-Up of a Pediatric Acute-Onset Neuropsychiatric Syndrome Cohort Child Psychiatry Hum. Dev. (IF 1.889) Pub Date : 2021-02-09 Caroline Gromark, Eva Hesselmark, Ida Gebel Djupedal, Maria Silverberg, AnnaCarin Horne, Robert A. Harris, Eva Serlachius, David Mataix-Cols
Little is known about the long-term prognosis of children with pediatric acute-onset neuropsychiatric syndrome (PANS). Out of the 46 eligible patients from the Karolinska PANS cohort, 34 consented to participate in a follow-up (median 3.3 years). Participants underwent a thorough clinical evaluation and were classified according to their clinical course. Resulting groups were compared on clinical characteristics
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The Positive Effect of the Rational Addiction Prevention Program (RAPP) on Adolescents with High Risk for Drug Consumption Child Psychiatry Hum. Dev. (IF 1.889) Pub Date : 2021-02-08 Enrique López-Ramírez, Mary J. Huber, Olga Inozemtseva
The aim of this longitudinal study was to determine the effect of an original prevention program (RAPP) on the behavioral and cognitive characteristics of adolescents with high risk for substance consumption. Seventy-six Mexican adolescents 12–15 years old (38 with high risk (HR) and 38 with low risk (LR)) were selected. RAPP was applied for 3 months. Resilience, social skills, attitudes towards substance
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Does Parenting Explain the Link Between Cumulative SES Risk and Child Problems in the Context of Parental Depression? Child Psychiatry Hum. Dev. (IF 1.889) Pub Date : 2021-02-07 Alexandra D. W. Sullivan, Rex Forehand, Allison Vreeland, Bruce E. Compas
The accumulation of socioeconomic stressors, such as being a single parent and having a limited income, is associated with childhood maladjustment and prospective poor health. Evidence suggests both positive and negative parenting strategies (e.g., warmth and praise; criticism and neglect) may account for the relationship between socioeconomic adversity and child outcomes. However, despite the common
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Understanding Phasic Irritability: Anger and Distress in Children’s Temper Outbursts Child Psychiatry Hum. Dev. (IF 1.889) Pub Date : 2021-02-06 Emily Hirsch, Kaley Davis, Zihuan Cao, Amy Krain Roy
Pediatric irritability can be highly impairing and is implicated in adverse outcomes. The phasic component, characterized by temper outbursts, is a frequent impetus to seek treatment. This study tested whether a previously described anger-distress model of tantrums applies to an outpatient sample of school-age children with clinically impairing temper outbursts (TO; 5.0–9.9 years; N = 86), and examined
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Serum Galanin in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder Child Psychiatry Hum. Dev. (IF 1.889) Pub Date : 2021-02-03 Khaled Saad, Ahmed A. Abdel-Rahman, Abdulrahman A. Al-Atram, Alam-Eldin M. Abdallah, Amira Elhoufey, Eman M. Nagiub Abdelsalam, Dalia A. Nigm, Ola Elshora, Ahmad Roshdy Ahmad, Mohamed M. El-Tellawy, Khaled Hashim Mahmoud
Recent studies have attempted to measure several biomarkers to understand the complex interactions of the anatomic systems that may be involved in autism spectrum disorder (ASD). In CNS, galanin takes part in a variety of pathological and physiological processes. Prior research has indicated it is involved in several neuropsychiatric disorders and has a role in inhibiting the neuronal firing and release
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The Study of Developmental Risk Factors for Early Fire Involvement Child Psychiatry Hum. Dev. (IF 1.889) Pub Date : 2021-02-03 Ayah Ellithy, Lisa D. Hawke, Ashley Ward, Joanna Henderson
Child fireplay may be regarded as developmentally appropriate, yet can negatively impact those who engage in it and those around them. This study discusses the mental health, fire-specific, and psychosocial risk factors of children who set fires. Fifty-seven caregivers reported on their children’s demographics, firesetting behaviors, mental health symptoms, and family history. Children were aged 2–6 years
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Emergency Department Visits for Non-suicidal Self-harm, Suicidal Ideation, and Suicide Attempts in Children and Adolescents Child Psychiatry Hum. Dev. (IF 1.889) Pub Date : 2021-02-01 Onur Tuğçe Poyraz Fındık, Ayşe Burcu Erdoğdu, Eray Fadıloğlu, Ayşe Rodopman Arman
Self-harm presentations to emergency departments (ED) have become a growing concern, yet little is known about self-harm visits in pediatric EDs. This study aimed to investigate the clinical and demographic characteristics of patients who presented to the pediatric ED between 2012 and 2017 with non-suicidal self-harm (NSSH, n = 63, 60.3% female, M = 14.25 years), suicidal ideation (SI, n = 75, 57.3%
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Fathers’ Mental Health and Children’s Aggressive Behaviour A Study Based on Data from the Norwegian Mother, Father and Child Cohort Study (MoBa) Child Psychiatry Hum. Dev. (IF 1.889) Pub Date : 2021-01-28 Anne lise Kvalevaag, Jörg Aβmus, Eva Biringer
The aim of the study was to examine the association between fathers’ prenatal psychological distress and children’s aggressive behaviour in terms of hitting others, and how children’s age, gender and temperament affect this association. The study is based on data from 20,155 fathers and mothers from the Norwegian Mother, Father and Child Cohort Study (MoBa). Fathers and mothers completed questionnaires
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Psychopharmacological Treatments in Children with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders: A Review Child Psychiatry Hum. Dev. (IF 1.889) Pub Date : 2021-01-27 Gaby J. Ritfeld, Julie A. Kable, Jennifer E. Holton, Claire D. Coles
Psychiatric symptoms in children with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD) present with high prevalence and morbidity, often across symptom domains, e.g. ADHD-like symptoms, emotional dysregulation and sleep problems. Polypharmacy is often used, but no empirically-based guidelines exist regarding optimal treatment for these children. Moreover, stimulant use in these children is controversial as
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Reducing the Nighttime Fears of Young Children Through a Brief Parent-Delivered Treatment—Effectiveness of the Hungarian Version of Uncle Lightfoot Child Psychiatry Hum. Dev. (IF 1.889) Pub Date : 2021-01-23 Krisztina Kopcsó, András Láng, Mary F. Coffman
The aims of the present study were to evaluate the efficacy of a brief intervention, and to determine for whom the treatment works. 73 children between 3 and 8 years of age with significant nighttime fears were enrolled in an intervention group (n = 36) or in a waitlist group (n = 37). The intervention involved a 5-week parent delivered therapy. Assessments took place at baseline, post-treatment, and
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Affective Dynamics and Mean Levels of Preschool Irritability and Sadness: Predictors of Children’s Psychological Functioning Two Years Later Child Psychiatry Hum. Dev. (IF 1.889) Pub Date : 2021-01-21 Emma Chad-Friedman, Katherine A. Leppert, Thomas M. Olino, Sara J. Bufferd, Lea R. Dougherty
Although irritability and sadness are cardinal symptoms of depression, they are also common in preschoolers. The daily experiences of these emotions are not well-understood during early childhood, yet may provide insight into identification of early depressive symptoms. The current longitudinal study examined daily mean levels and emotion dynamics of preschool-aged children’s irritability and sadness
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Screening for Adolescent Social Anxiety: Psychometric Properties of the Severity Measure for Social Anxiety Disorder Child Psychiatry Hum. Dev. (IF 1.889) Pub Date : 2021-01-20 Corinne N. Carlton, Katelyn M. Garcia, John A. Richey, Thomas H. Ollendick
Social anxiety disorder (SAD) is a debilitating disorder that emerges during adolescence and confers a significant burden on interpersonal functioning. Currently available diagnostic interviews are lengthy and generally require clinically-trained experts to administer. Consequently, the identification of clinically valid self-report measures of social anxiety is necessary for streamlining assessment
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Predictors of Suicidal Thoughts in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder and Anxiety or Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: The Unique Contribution of Externalizing Behaviors Child Psychiatry Hum. Dev. (IF 1.889) Pub Date : 2021-01-18 Valérie La Buissonnière Ariza, Sophie C. Schneider, Sandra L. Cepeda, Jeffrey J. Wood, Philip C. Kendall, Brent J. Small, Karen S. Wood, Connor Kerns, Kirti Saxena, Eric A. Storch
Children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) are at elevated risk of suicidal ideation, particularly those with comorbid anxiety disorders and/or obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). We investigated the risk factors associated with suicidal ideation in 166 children with ASD and comorbid anxiety disorders/OCD, and the unique contribution of externalizing behaviors. Suicidal ideation was reported in
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Long-Term Mental Health and Quality of Life Outcomes of Neonatal Insults in Kilifi, Kenya Child Psychiatry Hum. Dev. (IF 1.889) Pub Date : 2021-01-16 Dorcas N. Magai, Hans M. Koot, Charles R. Newton, Amina Abubakar
We examined the mental health and quality of life (QoL) outcomes and their correlates of school-aged survivors of neonatal jaundice (NNJ), hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy (HIE), and a comparison group. The Child Behavior Checklist and the Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory were administered to assess the mental health and QoL of 375 children (134 with NNJ, 107 with HIE, and 134 comparison group) aged
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Developmental Trajectories of Delinquent and Aggressive Behavior: Evidence for Differential Heritability Child Psychiatry Hum. Dev. (IF 1.889) Pub Date : 2021-01-15 Joshua Isen, Catherine Tuvblad, Diana Younan, Marissa Ericson, Adrian Raine, Laura A. Baker
The developmental course of antisocial behavior is often described in terms of qualitatively distinct trajectories. However, the genetic etiology of various trajectories is not well understood. We examined heterogeneity in the development of delinquent and aggressive behavior in 1532 twin youth using four waves of data collection, spanning ages 9–10 to 16–18. A latent class growth analysis was used
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Validity of Sluggish Cognitive Tempo in Turkish Children and Adolescents Child Psychiatry Hum. Dev. (IF 1.889) Pub Date : 2021-01-11 Ömer Başay, Erol Çiftçi, Stephen P. Becker, G. Leonard Burns
The internal and external validity of sluggish cognitive tempo (SCT) relative to attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder-inattention (ADHD-IN) was evaluated with Turkish children and adolescents. Parents completed the SCT, ADHD-IN, ADHD-hyperactivity/impulsivity (HI), oppositional defiant disorder (ODD), callous-unemotional (CU), anxiety, depression, social impairment, and academic impairment scales
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Sex Differences in Age at Onset and Presentation of Trichotillomania and Trichobezoar: A 120-Year Systematic Review of Cases Child Psychiatry Hum. Dev. (IF 1.889) Pub Date : 2021-01-08 Ivar Snorrason, Emily J. Ricketts, Aliza T. Stein, Hardian Thamrin, SoJeong J. Lee, Hannah Goldberg, Yuan Hu, Thröstur Björgvinsson
Trichotillomania (hair-pulling disorder) has high female preponderance. It has been suggested that onset in early childhood represents a distinct developmental subtype that is characterized by higher prevalence of males compared to later onset cases. However, the empirical literature is scarce. We conducted a systematic review of case reports to examine the distribution of age at onset/presentation
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Psychometric Properties of the Obsessive Compulsive Inventory-Child Version in Iranian Clinical and Community Samples Child Psychiatry Hum. Dev. (IF 1.889) Pub Date : 2021-01-06 Mehdi Zemestani, Omid Isanejad, Zohre Valiei, Eric A. Storch, Meredith E. Coles
This study evaluated the psychometric properties of the Persian version of the Obsessive–Compulsive Inventory–Child Version (OCI-CV) in clinical and community samples. Factor structure (confirmatory factor analysis), validity (convergent/discriminant, and predictive), and reliability (internal consistency, and 4-week retest) of the Persian version of the OCI-CV were investigated in a sample of 391
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Parenting and Child Personality as Modifiers of the Psychosocial Development of Youth with Cerebral Palsy Child Psychiatry Hum. Dev. (IF 1.889) Pub Date : 2021-01-06 Lana E. De Clercq, Bart Soenens, Lisa M. Dieleman, Peter Prinzie, Jolene Van der Kaap-Deeder, Wim Beyers, Sarah S. W. De Pauw
This two-year longitudinal study addressed the joint contribution of parent-rated parenting behaviors and child personality on psychosocial outcomes in 118 families of children with Cerebral Palsy (M age Time 1 = 10.9 years old, 64.4% boys). Latent change modeling revealed intra-individual changes in children’s psychosocial development as internalizing and externalizing behaviors increased from the
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The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Children’s Conduct Problems and Callous-Unemotional Traits Child Psychiatry Hum. Dev. (IF 1.889) Pub Date : 2021-01-06 Rebecca Waller, Tralucia Powell, Yuheiry Rodriguez, Natalie Corbett, Samantha Perlstein, Lauren K. White, Ran Barzilay, Nicholas J. Wagner
The COVID-19 pandemic has dramatically altered family life, but whether family exposures to and worries about the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted child conduct problems (CP) and callous-unemotional (CU) traits is unknown. Thus, we evaluated 303 parents (Mage = 38.04; SD = 5.21; 92.4% biological mothers) and children (Mage = 6.43; SD = 2.13; 51.8% female) during a four-month period early in the pandemic
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Emotion Regulation as a Transdiagnostic Risk Factor for (Non)Clinical Adolescents’ Internalizing and Externalizing Psychopathology: Investigating the Intervening Role of Psychological Need Experiences Child Psychiatry Hum. Dev. (IF 1.889) Pub Date : 2021-01-06 Katrijn Brenning, Bart Soenens, Maarten Vansteenkiste, Barbara De Clercq, Inge Antrop
This study investigated emotion regulation (i.e., emotional integration, suppression and dysregulation) as a transdiagnostic process underlying adolescents’ internalizing and externalizing symptoms. Basic psychological need experiences were investigated as a possible underlying mechanism explaining this association. A heterogeneous sample of non-clinical and clinically-referred adolescents reported
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Temperament Profiles Associated with Internalizing Symptoms and Externalizing Behavior in Adolescents with ADHD Child Psychiatry Hum. Dev. (IF 1.889) Pub Date : 2021-01-05 Angela Deotto, John D. Eastwood, Maggie E. Toplak
The current study investigated temperament profiles associated with internalizing symptoms and externalizing behavior in adolescents with ADHD. Participants were 121 adolescents (90 males) with ADHD, ranging in age from 13 to 18 years (M = 15.40, SD = 1.59). Emotional and behavioral ratings were obtained using the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) and temperament profiles were assessed
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An Eye-Tracking Study of Attention Biases in Children at High Familial Risk for Depression and Their Parents with Depression Child Psychiatry Hum. Dev. (IF 1.889) Pub Date : 2021-01-04 B. Platt, A. Sfärlea, C. Buhl, J. Loechner, J. Neumüller, L. Asperud Thomsen, K. Starman-Wöhrle, E. Salemink, G. Schulte-Körne
Attention biases (AB) are a core component of cognitive models of depression yet it is unclear what role they play in the transgenerational transmission of depression. 44 children (9–14 years) with a high familial risk of depression (HR) were compared on multiple measures of AB with 36 children with a low familial risk of depression (LR). Their parents: 44 adults with a history of depression (HD) and
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Parenting Stress and Child Externalizing and Internalizing Problems Among Low-Income Families: Exploring Transactional Associations Child Psychiatry Hum. Dev. (IF 1.889) Pub Date : 2021-01-04 Kristina Kochanova, Laura D. Pittman, Lauren McNeela
Although the association between parenting stress and child behavioral outcomes is well established (Deater-Deckard, Clin Psychol 5:314–332, 1998), longitudinal research examining the direction of these effects is limited. This study examined transactional associations between parenting stress and child externalizing and internalizing behaviors among 1209 low-income female caregivers (Mage = 34.51)
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Mental Health Literacy and Stigma Among Salvadorian Youth: Anxiety, Depression and Obsessive-Compulsive Related Disorders Child Psychiatry Hum. Dev. (IF 1.889) Pub Date : 2021-01-03 Nora Trompeter, Carly Johnco, Raquel M. Zepeda-Burgos, Sophie C. Schneider, Sandra L. Cepeda, Valérie La Buissonniѐre-Ariza, Daniel Guttfreund, Eric A. Storch
This study examined (1) adolescent mental health literacy (MHL) and stigma for depression, anxiety and obsessive-compulsive and related disorders (OCRDs), and (2) demographic moderators. Participants were 383 high school students (50.9% boys) aged 11–18 years (M = 14.12, SD = 1.91) in El Salvador. Participants read vignettes of adolescents with mental health problems and reported on their beliefs about
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