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Conduct disorder symptomatology is associated with an altered functional connectome in a large national youth sample Development and Psychopathology (IF 3.385) Pub Date : 2021-04-14 Scott Tillem, May I. Conley, Arielle Baskin-Sommers
Conduct disorder (CD), characterized by youth antisocial behavior, is associated with a variety of neurocognitive impairments. However, questions remain regarding the neural underpinnings of these impairments. To investigate novel neural mechanisms that may support these neurocognitive abnormalities, the present study applied a graph analysis to resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI)
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Pediatric sarcoma survivorship: A call for a developmental cascades approach Development and Psychopathology (IF 3.385) Pub Date : 2021-04-14 Peter M. Fantozzi, Gina Sprint, Anna Marie Medina
Survivors of pediatric sarcomas often experience greater psychological and psychosocial difficulties than their non-afflicted peers. We consider findings related to poorer outcomes from a developmental cascade perspective. Specifically, we discuss how physical, neurocognitive, psychological, and psychosocial costs associated with pediatric sarcomas and their treatment function transactionally to degrade
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Towards a better understanding of adolescent obsessive–compulsive personality traits and obsessive–compulsive symptoms from growth trajectories of perfectionism Development and Psychopathology (IF 3.385) Pub Date : 2021-04-12 Selim Sametoğlu, Jaap J.A. Denissen, Barbara De Clercq, Elien De Caluwé
Although there is increasing attention for the interrelationship between obsessive–compulsive personality disorder (OCPD) and obsessive–compulsive disorder (OCD), their shared characteristics in terms of childhood trait antecedents remain understudied. Perfectionism may be a viable candidate trait antecedent, given its role in the clinical manifestation of both OCPD and OCD in adulthood, and the evidence
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Impact of childhood maltreatment and resilience on behavioral and neural patterns of inhibitory control during emotional distraction Development and Psychopathology (IF 3.385) Pub Date : 2021-04-08 Lauren A. Demers, Ruskin H. Hunt, Dante Cicchetti, Julia E. Cohen-Gilbert, Fred A. Rogosch, Sheree L. Toth, Kathleen M. Thomas
Exposure to childhood maltreatment (CM) may disrupt typical development of neural systems underlying impulse control and emotion regulation. Yet resilient outcomes are observed in some individuals exposed to CM. Individual differences in adult functioning may result from variation in inhibitory control in the context of emotional distractions, underpinned by cognitive–affective brain circuits. Thirty-eight
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Family cohesion and the relations among peer victimization and depression: A random intercepts cross-lagged model Development and Psychopathology (IF 3.385) Pub Date : 2021-03-30 Stephanie S. Fredrick, Amanda B. Nickerson, Jennifer A. Livingston
The relation between peer victimization and depressive symptoms is complex, requiring the use of methodologically rigorous designs to examine these relations and potential mediating factors. The current study used a random intercepts cross-lagged panel model (RI-CLPM) to investigate both between-person and within-person associations in peer victimization, depressive symptoms, and family cohesion across
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Chronic early trauma impairs emotion recognition and executive functions in youth; specifying biobehavioral precursors of risk and resilience Development and Psychopathology (IF 3.385) Pub Date : 2021-03-29 Shai Motsan, Karen Yirmiya, Ruth Feldman
Exposure to chronic early trauma carries lasting effects on children's well-being and adaptation. Guided by models on resilience, we assessed the interplay of biological, emotional, cognitive, and relational factors in shaping two regulatory outcomes in trauma-exposed youth: emotion recognition (ER) and executive functions (EF). A unique war-exposed cohort was followed from early childhood to early
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The comparative and cumulative impact of different forms of violence exposure during childhood and adolescence on long-term adult outcomes Development and Psychopathology (IF 3.385) Pub Date : 2021-03-29 Carla Oberth, Natalie Goulter, Robert J. McMahon
Violence exposure during childhood and adolescence is associated with a range of negative psychosocial outcomes. Research examining the impact of violence exposure has been limited by the compartmentalization into separate bodies of research (e.g., community violence, domestic violence). There is also a paucity of research examining long-term adult outcomes. Using a large and racially diverse sample
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Mental health problems moderate the association between teacher violence and children's social status in East Africa: A multi-informant study combining self- and peer-reports Development and Psychopathology (IF 3.385) Pub Date : 2021-03-29 Tobias Hecker, Lars Dumke, Frank Neuner, Faustine B. Masath
School victimization has been negatively associated with children's social status. However, previous studies have primarily focused on peer victimization, leaving a significant knowledge gap regarding violence by teachers. We hypothesized that, when almost all children experience violence by teachers, not only the experience of violence, but also other factors, for example, mental health problems,
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Prenatal maternal transdiagnostic, RDoC-informed predictors of newborn neurobehavior: Differences by sex Development and Psychopathology (IF 3.385) Pub Date : 2021-03-29 Mengyu (Miranda) Gao, Brendan Ostlund, Mindy A. Brown, Parisa R. Kaliush, Sarah Terrell, Robert D. Vlisides-Henry, K. Lee Raby, Sheila E. Crowell, Elisabeth Conradt
We examined whether Research Domain Criteria (RDoC)-informed measures of prenatal stress predicted newborn neurobehavior and whether these effects differed by newborn sex. Multilevel, prenatal markers of prenatal stress were obtained from 162 pregnant women. Markers of the Negative Valence System included physiological functioning (respiratory sinus arrhythmia [RSA] and electrodermal [EDA] reactivity
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Culture and psychopathology: An attempt at reconsidering the role of social learning Development and Psychopathology (IF 3.385) Pub Date : 2021-03-26 Peter Fonagy, Chloe Campbell, Matthew Constantinou, Anna Higgitt, Elizabeth Allison, Patrick Luyten
This paper proposes a model for developmental psychopathology that is informed by recent research suggestive of a single model of mental health disorder (the p factor) and seeks to integrate the role of the wider social and cultural environment into our model, which has previously been more narrowly focused on the role of the immediate caregiving context. Informed by recently emerging thinking on the
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PCIT engagement and persistence among child welfare-involved families: Associations with harsh parenting, physiological reactivity, and social cognitive processes at intake Development and Psychopathology (IF 3.385) Pub Date : 2021-03-26 Amanda M. Skoranski, Elizabeth A. Skowron, Akhila K. Nekkanti, Carolyn M. Scholtes, Emma R. Lyons, David S. DeGarmo
Parent-Child interaction therapy (PCIT) has been shown to improve positive, responsive parenting and lower risk for child maltreatment (CM), including among families who are already involved in the child welfare system. However, higher risk families show higher rates of treatment attrition, limiting effectiveness. In N = 120 child welfare families randomized to PCIT, we tested behavioral and physiological
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Positive and negative valences of identities: Longitudinal associations of identity content valences with adaptive and maladaptive functioning among Japanese young adults Development and Psychopathology (IF 3.385) Pub Date : 2021-03-26 Shogo Hihara, Kazumi Sugimura, Tomotaka Umemura, Yasuhiro Iwasa, Moin Syed
Erikson's psychosocial developmental theory assumes that valence of one's identity (i.e., identity content valence) defined by positive and negative identity elements is important for understanding patterns of (mal)adaptation. However, previous empirical research on identity and (mal)adaptation has focused on how individuals deal with identity issues (e.g., exploration and commitment), while neglecting
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Addressing challenging behaviors in challenging environments: Findings from Ohio's early childhood mental health consultation system Development and Psychopathology (IF 3.385) Pub Date : 2021-03-25 Chin R. Reyes, Walter S. Gilliam
Early childhood mental health consultation (ECMHC) has been promoted by the federal government as a promising model for reducing early childhood expulsions and suspensions and is now implemented by numerous states. Despite growing ECMHC proliferation, this study is only the second randomized controlled trial of ECMHC, extending the methodologies of the first to include assessment of effects on random
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Adolescent girls’ stress responses as prospective predictors of self-injurious thoughts and behaviors: A person-centered, multilevel study Development and Psychopathology (IF 3.385) Pub Date : 2021-03-25 Jason José Bendezú, Casey D. Calhoun, Megan W. Patterson, Abigail Findley, Karen D. Rudolph, Paul Hastings, Matthew K. Nock, Mitchell J. Prinstein
Adolescent risk for self-injurious thoughts and behaviors (STBs) involves disturbance across multiple systems (e.g., affective valence, arousal regulatory, cognitive and social processes). However, research integrating information across these systems is lacking. Utilizing a multiple-levels-of-analysis approach, this person-centered study identified psychobiological stress response profiles and linked
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Building Healthy Children: A preventive intervention for high-risk young families Development and Psychopathology (IF 3.385) Pub Date : 2021-03-24 Elizabeth M. Demeusy, Elizabeth D. Handley, Jody Todd Manly, Robin Sturm, Sheree L. Toth
The Building Healthy Children (BHC) home-visiting preventive intervention was designed to provide concrete support and evidence-based intervention to young mothers and their infants who were at heightened risk for child maltreatment and poor developmental outcomes. This paper presents two studies examining the short- and long-term effectiveness of this program at promoting positive parenting and maternal
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Synergy between callous–unemotional traits and aggression in preschool children: Cross-informant and cross-cultural replication in the UK Wirral Child Health and Development Study, and the Colombian La Sabana Parent–Child Study Development and Psychopathology (IF 3.385) Pub Date : 2021-03-23 D. Obando, J. Hill, H. Sharp, A. Pickles, L. Fisher, N. Wright
Incremental prediction of aggression from callous–unemotional (CU) traits is well established, but cross-cultural replication and studies of young children are needed. Little is understood about the contribution of CU traits in children who are already aggressive. We addressed these issues in prospective studies in the United Kingdom and Colombia. In a UK epidemiological cohort, CU traits and aggression
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Trait attributions and threat appraisals explain why an entity theory of personality predicts greater internalizing symptoms during adolescence Development and Psychopathology (IF 3.385) Pub Date : 2021-03-23 Eunjin Seo, Hae Yeon Lee, Jeremy P. Jamieson, Harry Reis, Robert A. Josephs, Christopher G. Beevers, David S. Yeager
Adolescents who hold an entity theory of personality – the belief that people cannot change – are more likely to report internalizing symptoms during the socially stressful transition to high school. It has been puzzling, however, why a cognitive belief about the potential for change predicts symptoms of an affective disorder. The present research integrated three models – implicit theories, hopelessness
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Vulnerability and resiliency implications of human capital and linked inequality presence denial perspectives: Acknowledging Zigler's contributions to child well-being Development and Psychopathology (IF 3.385) Pub Date : 2021-03-23 Bronwyn Nichols Lodato, Jennifer Hall, Margaret Beale Spencer
Edward Zigler's groundbreaking research on child development resulted in the historic Head Start program. It is useful to examine the theoretical implications of his work by applying a human development theoretical perspective. Phenomenological variant of ecological systems theory (PVEST) is a strengths-based theoretical framework that engages the variability of resource access and coping strategies
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Child development as social action: Reflections on four underrated contributions of Edward Zigler to science and society Development and Psychopathology (IF 3.385) Pub Date : 2021-03-22 Arthur J. Reynolds
In a career spanning six decades, Edward Zigler redefined developmental psychology as the equal integration of scientific inquiry and evidence with social policy formulation and analysis to improve child well-being. The theme of his accumulated work was advancing child development as social action for children and families. Besides early childhood intervention and policy, for which he devoted most
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Exploring the autism spectrum: Moderating effects of neuroticism on stress reactivity and on the association between social context and negative affect Development and Psychopathology (IF 3.385) Pub Date : 2021-03-22 Jeroen van Oosterhout, Kim van der Linden, Claudia J.P. Simons, Thérèse van Amelsvoort, Machteld Marcelis
Neuroticism is associated with increased stress reactivity. In autism spectrum disorders (ASD), emotional stress reactivity is increased and there is some evidence for an increased negative affect (NA) when with less familiar people. The aim of this study was to compare adults with ASD and controls on levels of neuroticism and on interactions between neuroticism and appraised stress or social context
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Prefrontal cortex and amygdala anatomy in youth with persistent levels of harsh parenting practices and subclinical anxiety symptoms over time during childhood Development and Psychopathology (IF 3.385) Pub Date : 2021-03-22 Sabrina Suffren, Valérie La Buissonnière-Ariza, Alan Tucholka, Marouane Nassim, Jean R. Séguin, Michel Boivin, Manpreet Kaur Singh, Lara C. Foland-Ross, Franco Lepore, Ian H. Gotlib, Richard E. Tremblay, Françoise S. Maheu
Childhood adversity and anxiety have been associated with increased risk for internalizing disorders later in life and with a range of brain structural abnormalities. However, few studies have examined the link between harsh parenting practices and brain anatomy, outside of severe maltreatment or psychopathology. Moreover, to our knowledge, there has been no research on parenting and subclinical anxiety
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Examination of developmental pathways from preschool temperament to early adolescent ADHD symptoms through initial responsiveness to reward Development and Psychopathology (IF 3.385) Pub Date : 2021-03-16 Nóra Bunford, Autumn Kujawa, Margaret Dyson, Thomas Olino, Daniel N. Klein
To identify sources of phenotypic heterogeneity in attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) accounting for diversity in developmental/ pathogenic pathways, we examined, in a large sample of youth (N = 354), (a) associations between observed temperamental emotionality at age 3, an electrocortical index (i.e., reward positivity [RewP]) of initial responsiveness to reward at age 9, and ADHD symptoms
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Controlling contamination in child maltreatment research: Impact on effect size estimates for child behavior problems measured throughout childhood and adolescence Development and Psychopathology (IF 3.385) Pub Date : 2021-03-15 Chad E. Shenk, Joseph R. Rausch, Kenneth A. Shores, Elizabeth K. Allen, Anneke E. Olson
Contamination, when members of a comparison or control condition are exposed to the event or intervention under scientific investigation, is a methodological phenomenon that downwardly biases the magnitude of effect size estimates. This study tested a novel approach for controlling contamination in observational child maltreatment research. Data from The Longitudinal Studies of Child Abuse and Neglect
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Leveraging the developmental science of psychosocial risk to strengthen youth psychotherapy Development and Psychopathology (IF 3.385) Pub Date : 2021-03-15 Rachel A. Vaughn-Coaxum, John R. Weisz
More than 50 years of randomized clinical trials for youth psychotherapies have resulted in moderate effect sizes for treatments targeting the most common mental health problems in children and adolescents (i.e., anxiety, depression, conduct problems, and attention disorders). Despite having psychotherapies that are effective for many children, there has been a dearth of progress in identifying the
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A Monte Carlo evaluation of growth mixture modeling Development and Psychopathology (IF 3.385) Pub Date : 2021-03-15 Tiffany M. Shader, Theodore P. Beauchaine
Growth mixture modeling (GMM) and its variants, which group individuals based on similar longitudinal growth trajectories, are quite popular in developmental and clinical science. However, research addressing the validity of GMM-identified latent subgroupings is limited. This Monte Carlo simulation tests the efficiency of GMM in identifying known subgroups (k = 1–4) across various combinations of distributional
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Seeing the forest and the trees: Disentangling autism phenotypes in the age of DSM-5 Development and Psychopathology (IF 3.385) Pub Date : 2021-03-15 Fred R. Volkmar, Marc Woodbury-Smith, Suzanne L. Macari, Roald A. Øien
This paper, written in honor of Professor Ed Zigler, focuses on some of the themes in developmental disabilities research that were so central to his work. It has now been nearly 80 years since Leo Kanner first identified the prototypic form – early infantile autism – of what is now autism spectrum disorder. In this article we summarize the development of the concept and the important accumulation
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Configural frequency trees Development and Psychopathology (IF 3.385) Pub Date : 2021-03-10 Wolfgang Wiedermann, Keith C. Herman, Wendy Reinke, Alexander von Eye
Although variable-oriented analyses are dominant in developmental psychopathology, researchers have championed a person-oriented approach that focuses on the individual as a totality. This view has methodological implications and various person-oriented methods have been developed to test person-oriented hypotheses. Configural frequency analysis (CFA) has been identified as a prime method for a person-oriented
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Disrupted caregiving behavior as a mediator of the relation between disrupted prenatal maternal representations and toddler social–emotional functioning Development and Psychopathology (IF 3.385) Pub Date : 2021-03-02 Katherine L. Guyon-Harris, Sarah M. Ahlfs-Dunn, Sheri Madigan, Elisa Bronfman, Diane Benoit, Alissa C. Huth-Bocks
The development of maternal representations of the child during pregnancy guides a mother’s thoughts, feelings, and behavior toward her child. The association between prenatal representations, particularly those that are disrupted, and toddler social-emotional functioning is not well understood. The present study examined associations between disrupted prenatal representations and toddler social-emotional
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Differential susceptibility 2.0: Are the same children affected by different experiences and exposures? Development and Psychopathology (IF 3.385) Pub Date : 2021-02-26 Jay Belsky, Xiaoya Zhang, Kristina Sayler
Differential susceptibility theory stipulates that some children are more susceptible than others to both supportive and adverse developmental experiences/exposures. What remains unclear is whether the same individuals are most affected by different exposures (i.e., domain general vs. specific). We address this issue empirically for the first time using, for illustrative and proof-of-principle purposes
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Lower implicit self-esteem as a pathway linking childhood abuse to depression and suicidal ideation Development and Psychopathology (IF 3.385) Pub Date : 2021-02-17 Azure Reid-Russell, Adam Bryant Miller, Dario Cvencek, Andrew N. Meltzoff, Katie A. McLaughlin
Identifying the potential pathways linking childhood abuse to depression and suicidal ideation is critical for developing effective interventions. This study investigated implicit self-esteem—unconscious valenced self-evaluation—as a potential pathway linking childhood abuse with depression and suicidal ideation. A sample of youth aged 8–16 years (N = 240) completed a self-esteem Implicit Association
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Early institutionalized care disrupts the development of emotion processing in prosody Development and Psychopathology (IF 3.385) Pub Date : 2021-02-15 Lisa K. Chinn, Irina Ovchinnikova, Anastasia A. Sukmanova, Aleksandra O. Davydova, Elena L. Grigorenko
Millions of children worldwide are raised in institutionalized settings. Unfortunately, institutionalized rearing is often characterized by psychosocial deprivation, leading to difficulties in numerous social, emotional, physical, and cognitive skills. One such skill is the ability to recognize emotional facial expressions. Children with a history of institutional rearing tend to be worse at recognizing
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Family Minds: A randomized controlled trial of a group intervention to improve foster parents’ reflective functioning Development and Psychopathology (IF 3.385) Pub Date : 2021-02-15 Tina Adkins, Samantha Reisz, Dilara Hasdemir, Peter Fonagy
Family Minds is a brief group psychoeducational parenting intervention designed to increase the reflective functioning (RF) and mentalization skills of foster parents. RF is important for foster parents who have to build relationships with children whose adverse experiences increase their risk for psychosocial challenges. A randomized controlled trial (RCT) for Family Minds was conducted in Texas with
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Pursuing the developmental aims of the triarchic model of psychopathy: Creation and validation of triarchic scales for use in the USC: RFAB longitudinal twin project Development and Psychopathology (IF 3.385) Pub Date : 2021-02-15 Bridget M. Bertoldi, Emily R. Perkins, Catherine Tuvblad, Sofi Oskarsson, Mark D. Kramer, Robert D. Latzman, Laura A. Baker, Adrian Raine, Christopher J. Patrick
The triarchic model was advanced as an integrative, trait-based framework for investigating psychopathy using different assessment methods and across developmental periods. Recent research has shown that the triarchic traits of boldness, meanness, and disinhibition can be operationalized effectively in youth, but longitudinal research is needed to realize the model's potential to advance developmental
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Associations between childhood maltreatment, poor sleep, and prenatal distress in pregnant adolescents Development and Psychopathology (IF 3.385) Pub Date : 2021-02-08 Sophie Foss, Hanna C. Gustafsson, Obianuju O. Berry, Alison E. Hipwell, Elizabeth A. Werner, Bradley S. Peterson, Catherine Monk
Childhood maltreatment (CM) is a known risk factor for adolescent pregnancy. Sleep disturbances and psychological distress, both common negative sequelae of CM, often co-occur during pregnancy, although directionality remains unclear. Furthermore, little is known about how CM affects sleep–distress associations during pregnancy. In pregnant adolescents, we examined: (a) whether there are significant
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Zigler's conceptualization of diversity: Implications for the early childhood development workforce Development and Psychopathology (IF 3.385) Pub Date : 2021-02-08 Cynthia García Coll, Kia L. Ferrer
The United States is entering a pivotal period in history, led by extraordinary shifts in the demographic makeup of children who are in need of medical, educational, and developmental services. For the first time in this country's history, the majority of children are being born to non-white populations. Simultaneously, racism (personal, institutional, and systemic) is now being recognized as a powerful
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Childhood poverty and psychological well-being: The mediating role of cumulative risk exposure Development and Psychopathology (IF 3.385) Pub Date : 2021-02-02 Gary W. Evans, Kalee De France
The current study assessed whether the proportion of childhood (age 0–9 years) in poverty altered the developmental trajectories (ages 9–24) of multimethodological indicators of psychological well-being. In addition, we tested whether exposure to cumulative risk over time mediated the association between poverty exposure and psychological well-being. Measures of psychological well-being included internalizing
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A bioecocultural approach to supporting adolescent mothers and their young children in conflict-affected contexts Development and Psychopathology (IF 3.385) Pub Date : 2021-02-01 Alice J. Wuermli, Hirokazu Yoshikawa, Paul D. Hastings
An estimated 12 million girls aged 15–19 years, and 777,000 girls younger than 15 give birth globally each year. Contexts of war and displacement increase the likelihood of early marriage and childbearing. Given the developmentally sensitive periods of early childhood and adolescence, adolescent motherhood in conflict-affected contexts may put a family at risk intergenerationally. We propose that the
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Explaining the accumulation of victimization in vulnerable children: Interpersonal violence among children traumatized by war and disaster in a children's home in Sri Lanka Development and Psychopathology (IF 3.385) Pub Date : 2021-02-01 Vathsalan Rajan, Frank Neuner, Claudia Catani
Research in postconflict settings indicated that children's exposure to war and natural disaster is a significant predictor of experiencing violence within their families. However, it is unclear if this effect is driven by characteristics of traumatized children or their parents. To disentangle these different factors we conducted a survey in a children's home in Sri Lanka. A total of 146 institutionalized
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How matrix metalloproteinase (MMP)-9 (rs3918242) polymorphism affects MMP-9 serum concentration and associates with autism spectrum disorders: A case-control study in Iranian population Development and Psychopathology (IF 3.385) Pub Date : 2021-02-01 Javid Rezaei Lord, Farhad Mashayekhi, Zivar Salehi
The aim of this project was to evaluate the relationship of matrix metalloproteinase-9 (MMP-9) genetic variation and its serum concentration with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). One hundred ASD and 120 controls were enrolled in this study. Genomic DNA was extracted from blood and MMP-9 polymorphism was determined by polymerase chain reaction restriction fragment length polymorphism and serum levels
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The joint development of externalizing and internalizing behaviors in black and Hispanic youth and the link to late adolescent substance use Development and Psychopathology (IF 3.385) Pub Date : 2021-02-01 Megan Bears Augustyn, Celia J. Fulco, Della Agbeke, Kimberly L. Henry
There is a need to understand how the joint development of externalizing and internalizing behaviors is related to substance use, particularly among historically understudied and often disadvantaged populations. Latent class models were used to estimate patterns of externalizing behaviors and internalizing behaviors in the form of depressive and anxious symptoms from age 6 to 14 among 390 Black and
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Transforming the paradigm of child welfare Development and Psychopathology (IF 3.385) Pub Date : 2021-02-01 Catherine Cerulli, Dante Cicchetti, Elizabeth D. Handley, Jody Todd Manly, Fred A. Rogosch, Sheree L. Toth
As a founder of the field of applied developmental psychology, Dr Edward Zigler promoted public policy that translated scientific knowledge into real-world programs to improve the outcomes of high-risk children and families. Many researchers, practitioners, and public policy proponents have sought to carry on his legacy through integration of empirical research, evidence-based prevention and intervention
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Adverse childhood experiences and transcriptional response in school-age children Development and Psychopathology (IF 3.385) Pub Date : 2021-01-28 A. Marie-Mitchell, S.W. Cole
This study evaluated whether children with higher adverse childhood experiences (ACE) scores had alterations in immune cell gene expression profiles. RNA sequencing was conducted on dried blood spot samples from 37 generally healthy English-speaking children (age 5–11) who were recruited from well-child visits at a university-affiliated pediatric practice. The Whole Child Assessment was used to assess
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Childhood maltreatment, personality vulnerability profiles, and borderline personality disorder symptoms in adolescents Development and Psychopathology (IF 3.385) Pub Date : 2021-01-26 Daniela Marchetti, Pasquale Musso, Maria Cristina Verrocchio, Giovanna Manna, Daniel C. Kopala-Sibley, Domenico De Berardis, Sandro De Santis, Giorgio Falgares
Adverse childhood experiences are significant risk factors in the development of adolescent borderline personality disorder symptoms (BPDs). Theorists have posited that two personality vulnerabilities factors, self-criticism and dependency, may inform our understanding of this relationship. However, no research has examined the associations between early negative experiences, personality vulnerabilities
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Epigenetic profiling of social communication trajectories and co-occurring mental health problems: a prospective, methylome-wide association study Development and Psychopathology (IF 3.385) Pub Date : 2021-01-26 Jolien Rijlaarsdam, Charlotte A. M. Cecil, Caroline L. Relton, Edward D. Barker
While previous studies suggest that both genetic and environmental factors play an important role in the development of autism-related traits, little is known about potential biological mechanisms underlying these associations. Using data from the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (ALSPAC), we examined prospective associations between DNA methylation (DNAm: nbirth = 804, nage 7 = 877)
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Increasing secure base script knowledge among parents with Attachment and Biobehavioral Catch-up Development and Psychopathology (IF 3.385) Pub Date : 2021-01-25 K. Lee Raby, Theodore E. A. Waters, Alexandra R. Tabachnick, Lindsay Zajac, Mary Dozier
This study evaluated whether Attachment and Biobehavioral Catch-up (ABC), a parenting intervention, altered the attachment representations of parents (average age of 34.2 years) who had been referred to Child Protective Services (CPS) due to risk for child maltreatment when their children were infants. Approximately 7 years after completing the intervention, parents who had been randomized to receive
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The mediating role of adolescents’ loneliness and social withdrawal in the association between maternal depressive symptoms and suicidality in adolescence: A 20-year population-based study Development and Psychopathology (IF 3.385) Pub Date : 2021-01-25 Lamprini Psychogiou, Marilyn N. Ahun, Michel Boivin, Richard E. Tremblay, Massimiliano Orri, Sylvana M. Côté
We examined whether adolescents’ loneliness and social withdrawal mediated the association between maternal depressive symptoms and adolescent suicidality. Secondary analyses on the Québec Longitudinal Study of Child Development data were conducted (n = 1,623). Each mother completed the Centre for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale (at child ages 5 months, 1.5, 3.5, 5, and 7 years). Adolescent's
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Neurobehavioral correlates of impaired emotion recognition in pediatric PTSD Development and Psychopathology (IF 3.385) Pub Date : 2021-01-25 Sara A. Heyn, Collin Schmit, Taylor J. Keding, Richard Wolf, Ryan J. Herringa
Despite broad evidence suggesting that adversity-exposed youth experience an impaired ability to recognize emotion in others, the underlying biological mechanisms remains elusive. This study uses a multimethod approach to target the neurological substrates of this phenomenon in a well-phenotyped sample of youth meeting diagnostic criteria for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Twenty-one PTSD-afflicted
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Prospective longitudinal associations between harsh parenting and corticolimbic function during adolescence Development and Psychopathology (IF 3.385) Pub Date : 2021-01-25 Arianna M. Gard, Tyler C. Hein, Colter Mitchell, Jeanne Brooks-Gunn, Sarah S. McLanahan, Christopher S. Monk, Luke W. Hyde
Childhood adversity is thought to undermine youth socioemotional development via altered neural function within regions that support emotion processing. These effects are hypothesized to be developmentally specific, with adversity in early childhood sculpting subcortical structures (e.g., amygdala) and adversity during adolescence impacting later-developing structures (e.g., prefrontal cortex; PFC)
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A latent class analysis of parent–child discrepancies in reports of peer victimization: Associations to child sexual abuse status and psychological adjustment Development and Psychopathology (IF 3.385) Pub Date : 2021-01-22 Amélie Tremblay-Perreault, Martine Hébert, Laetitia Mélissande Amédée
Researchers face an important challenge when assessing peer victimization in children, since self-reports are often discrepant with parent-reports. A latent class analysis identified patterns of response to items assessing peer victimization, which were either divergent or convergent between the parent and the child. Classes were then compared on the child sexual abuse status and on various behavioral
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Characterization of the effects of age and childhood maltreatment on ELOVL2 DNA methylation Development and Psychopathology (IF 3.385) Pub Date : 2021-01-19 Laura Ramo-Fernández, Alexander Karabatsiakis, Christina Boeck, Alexandra M. Bach, Anja M. Gumpp, R. Nehir Mavioglu, Ole Ammerpohl, Iris-Tatjana Kolassa
DNA methylation of the elongation of very long chain fatty acids protein 2 (ELOVL2) was suggested as a biomarker of biological aging, while childhood maltreatment (CM) has been associated with accelerated biological aging. We investigated the association of age and CM experiences with ELOVL2 methylation in peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC). Furthermore, we investigated ELOVL2 methylation in
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An examination of the joint effects of adolescent interpersonal styles and parenting styles on substance use Development and Psychopathology (IF 3.385) Pub Date : 2021-01-15 Samuel N. Meisel, Craig R. Colder
The current study examined how parenting and adolescent interpersonal styles jointly influence youths’ abilities to form close relationships – a central developmental milestone – yet avoid substance use, which predominantly occurs in the presence of peers. Nine annual waves from an adolescent sample (N = 387) were used to assess (a) combinations of interpersonal and parenting styles from early to middle
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Childhood trauma, attachment orientation, and complex PTSD (CPTSD) symptoms in a clinical sample: Implications for treatment Development and Psychopathology (IF 3.385) Pub Date : 2021-01-15 Thanos Karatzias, Mark Shevlin, Julian D. Ford, Claire Fyvie, Graeme Grandison, Philip Hyland, Marylene Cloitre
Although there has been significant work on the association between posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and attachment orientation, this is less the case for complex PTSD (CPTSD). The primary aim of this paper was to assess the strength of the association between the four adult attachment styles (i.e., secure, dismissing, preoccupied, and fearful) and severity of CPTSD symptoms (i.e., symptoms of
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Do you see what I mean?: Using mobile eye tracking to capture parent–child dynamics in the context of anxiety risk Development and Psychopathology (IF 3.385) Pub Date : 2021-01-15 Leigha A. MacNeill, Xiaoxue Fu, Kristin A. Buss, Koraly Pérez-Edgar
Temperamental behavioral inhibition (BI) is a robust endophenotype for anxiety characterized by increased sensitivity to novelty. Controlling parenting can reinforce children's wariness by rewarding signs of distress. Fine-grained, dynamic measures are needed to better understand both how children perceive their parent's behaviors and the mechanisms supporting evident relations between parenting and
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Infant temperament, early-childhood parenting, and early-adolescent development: Testing alternative models of Parenting × Temperament interaction Development and Psychopathology (IF 3.385) Pub Date : 2021-01-15 Xiaoya Zhang, Kristina Sayler, Sarah Hartman, Jay Belsky
Here we evaluate whether infant difficult temperament (6 months) functions as a vulnerability or more general plasticity factor when investigating effects of early-childhood parenting (8–42 months) on both positive and negative early-adolescent socioemotional development (age 8–11 years). Using data from the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (ALSPAC, N = 14,541) and a re-parameterized
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Noradrenergic activation induced by yohimbine decreases interoceptive accuracy in healthy individuals with childhood adversity Development and Psychopathology (IF 3.385) Pub Date : 2021-01-15 André Schulz, Christian E. Deuter, Ion-Hideo Breden, Claus Vögele, Katja Wingenfeld, Christian Otte, Linn K. Kuehl
Acute stress affects interoception, but it remains unclear if this is due to activation of the sympatho-adreno-medullary (SAM) or hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenocortical axis. This study aimed to investigate the effect of SAM axis activation on interoceptive accuracy (IAcc). Central alpha2-adrenergic receptors represent a negative feedback mechanism of the SAM axis. Major depressive disorder and adverse
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The value added of attachment theory, research, and intervention for US child care and early childhood education: Reflecting and carrying forward the legacy of Edward Zigler Development and Psychopathology (IF 3.385) Pub Date : 2021-01-15 Lisa J. Berlin
Edward Zigler pioneered and insisted upon the integration of science, practice, and policy development to support vulnerable children and families, reduce poverty, and improve US wellbeing, writ large. His far-reaching scholarship in turn critically shaped developmental science and US policy in multiple areas. This review reflects upon Zigler's influence on US child care, Head Start, Early Head Start
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Delineating the developmental sequelae of children's risky involvement in interparental conflict Development and Psychopathology (IF 3.385) Pub Date : 2021-01-13 Morgan J. Thompson, Patrick T. Davies, Rochelle F. Hentges, Melissa L. Sturge-Apple
The present study examined the developmental value of parsing different forms of children's risky involvement in interparental conflict as predictors of children's subsequent psychological adjustment. Participants included a diverse sample of 243 preschool children (Mage = 4.6 years) and their mothers across two measurement occasions spaced 2 years apart. Three forms of risky involvement (i.e., cautious
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The dynamics of two-session interviews with suspected victims of abuse who are reluctant to make allegations Development and Psychopathology (IF 3.385) Pub Date : 2021-01-13 Irit Hershkowitz, Michael E. Lamb, Uri Blasbalg, Yael Karni-Visel
Supportive forensic interviews conducted in accordance with the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Revised Protocol (RP) help many alleged victims describe abusive experiences. When children remain reluctant to make allegations, the RP guides interviewers to (a) focus on rapport building and nonsuggestive support in a first interview, and (b) plan a second interview to allow continued
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Gonadal and adrenal hormones interact with pubertal maturation to predict depressive symptoms in a group of high-school females Development and Psychopathology (IF 3.385) Pub Date : 2021-01-13 Julia E. Chafkin, David S. Yeager, Joseph M. O'Brien, Hae Yeon Lee, Ciara A. McAfee, Robert A. Josephs
Adolescent females are at elevated risk for the development of depression. In this study, we addressed two questions: Are pubertal hormones associated with adolescent mental health? Might this association depend on pubertal development? We tested the hypothesis that estradiol, which has been associated with adolescent social sensitivity, might interact with pubertal stage to predict depression risk
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Can facial emotion recognition be rapidly improved in children with disruptive behavior? A targeted and preventative early intervention study Development and Psychopathology (IF 3.385) Pub Date : 2021-01-12 Laura M. Hunnikin, Amy E. Wells, Daniel P. Ash, Stephanie H. M. van Goozen
An impairment in recognizing distress is implicated in the development and severity of antisocial behavior. It has been hypothesized that a lack of attention to the eyes plays a role, but supporting evidence is limited. We developed a computerized training to improve emotion recognition in children and examined the role of eye gaze before and after training. Children referred into an intervention program
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