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Analysis of Intensive Longitudinal Data: Putting Psychological Processes in Perspective Annu. Rev. Clin. Psychol. (IF 17.8) Pub Date : 2025-02-07 E.L. Hamaker
Research based on intensive longitudinal data (ILD)—consisting of many repeated measures from one or multiple individuals—is rapidly gaining popularity in psychological science. To appreciate the unique potential of ILD research for clinical psychology, this review begins by examining how our three traditional research approaches fall short when the goal is to investigate processes. It then explores
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A Naturalistic Test of Minority Stress Theory: Examining Social and Psychological Well-Being Trends Across Heterosexual and Sexual Minority Adults from 2009 to 2022. Journal of Sex Research (IF 2.7) Pub Date : 2025-02-07 Eden V Clarke,Kieren J Lilly,Danny Osborne,Deborah Hill Cone,Sam Fluit,Natalia M Simionato,Chris G Sibley,Fiona Kate Barlow
Minority stress theory suggests that shifts toward egalitarianism should reduce well-being disparities between heterosexual people and lesbian, gay, bisexual, and other sexual minorities (LGB+ people). However, few studies have examined well-being trends in these groups over periods of social change. We addressed this issue directly using a large nationwide random sample of New Zealand adults over
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What the general factor of psychological problems is-And is not. J. Psychopathol. Clin. Sci. (IF 3.1) Pub Date : 2025-02-06 Tyler M Moore,Brooks Applegate,Benjamin B Lahey
This article discusses the general factor of psychological problems. Hundreds of published studies have advanced understanding of the general factor of psychological problems, but confusion still surrounds the hypothesis. This partly results from critics conflating the hypotheses with those of other authors, but they have created confusion ourselves by stating two hypotheses involving the general factor
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Delineating empirically plausible causal pathways to suicidality among people at clinical high risk for psychosis. J. Psychopathol. Clin. Sci. (IF 3.1) Pub Date : 2025-02-06 Michael V Bronstein,Erich Kummerfeld,Carrie E Bearden,Barbara A Cornblatt,Elaine F Walker,Scott W Woods,Daniel Mathalon,Diana Perkins,Kristen S Cadenhead,Jean Addington,Tyrone D Cannon,Sophia Vinogradov
Suicidality is common among people at clinical high risk (CHR) for psychosis. Delineating causal pathways to suicidality and identifying its determinants would inform tailored intervention efforts for these individuals. To this end, we analyzed data on CHR samples from the second and third North American Prodrome Longitudinal Studies (NAPLS-2, n = 355; NAPLS-3, n = 266). Data on correlates of suicidality-including
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"We're Not Trained … and We're the First Point of Contact": The Emotional Overtime of Faculty Responding to Student Disclosures of Sexual Assault. Journal of Sex Research (IF 2.7) Pub Date : 2025-02-06 Cadi Imbody,Heather Hensman Kettrey
Campus sexual assault is a common problem in the United States, and students are often reluctant to report or seek support from official sources such as campus police or their Title IX office. Instead, they typically seek support from informal sources such as the people they know and trust. One common, yet often unacknowledged, source of support is university faculty. Yet, faculty are not typically
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Detecting Suicide Risk Among Pediatric Patients: Screening, Clinical Pathways, and Care Annu. Rev. Clin. Psychol. (IF 17.8) Pub Date : 2025-02-03 Lisa M. Horowitz, Nathan J. Lowry, Tesia Shi, Ritika Merai, Maryland Pao, Jeffrey A. Bridge
Youth suicide remains a leading cause of death in the United States and is especially pronounced in populations that have been historically underserved. Multipronged public health strategies aimed at addressing suicide may be particularly effective in pediatric medical settings, as most youth who die by suicide have visited a health care provider prior to their death. The finding that most youth suicide
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Where Is the Parent’s Voice? A Meta-Synthesis of Parental Experiences of Video Feedback Parenting Interventions Clin. Child Fam. Psychol. Rev. (IF 5.5) Pub Date : 2025-02-01 Ming Wai Wan, Tarendeep. K. Johal, Anja Wittkowski
Video-aided feedback (VF) is a well-evidenced intervention technique to enhance the relationship between a parent and their young child. While parental acceptability is foundational to engagement and intervention efficacy, the parent’s perspective is only now emerging as a valued consideration when evaluating VF-based interventions. This systematic review metasynthesised qualitative research on the
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Cultivating evidence-based clinical reasoning and action in youth mental health care: The Reaching Families multisite randomized trial. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology (IF 4.5) Pub Date : 2025-02-01 Bruce F Chorpita,Kimberly D Becker,Alayna L Park,Davielle Lakind,Karen Guan,Maya M Boustani,Meredith R Boyd,Wendy Chu,Eleanor G Wu,Kendra S Knudsen
OBJECTIVE Despite decades of policy emphasizing the role of evidence in guiding services, few studies have sought to improve the degree to which evidence is used in supervision and treatment. This study reports supervisor and therapist outcomes from the Reaching Families multisite cluster-randomized controlled trial, which tested the effects of a coordinated knowledge system (CKS) against practice
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Association of machine-learning-rated supportive counseling skills with psychotherapy outcome. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology (IF 4.5) Pub Date : 2025-02-01 Xinyao Zhang,Simon B Goldberg,Scott A Baldwin,Michael J Tanana,Lauren M Weitzman,Shrikanth S Narayanan,David C Atkins,Zac E Imel
OBJECTIVE This study applied a machine-learning-based skill assessment system to investigate the association between supportive counseling skills (empathy, open questions, and reflections) and treatment outcomes. We hypothesized that higher empathy and higher use of open questions and reflections would be associated with greater symptom reduction. METHOD We used a data set with 2,974 sessions, 610
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Effects of a mobile mindfulness smartphone app on posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms and alcohol use problems for veterans: A pilot randomized controlled trial. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology (IF 4.5) Pub Date : 2025-02-01 Jordan P Davis,Eric R Pedersen,Brian Borsari,Sarah Bowen,Jason E Owen,Angeles Sedano,Denise D Tran,Shaddy Saba,Reagan E Fitzke,Joannalyn Delacruz,Liv Canning
OBJECTIVE Veterans returning from deployment have high rates of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and co-occurring alcohol use disorder (AUD). Current treatments for PTSD and AUD report high dropout rates, and many veterans report alcohol misuse to cope with symptoms of PTSD. The present study is a pilot randomized controlled trial in which veterans (N = 201) were randomized to receive a mobile
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Online Sex Work and Subscription-Based Digital Platforms: A Scoping Review. Journal of Sex Research (IF 2.7) Pub Date : 2025-01-31 Elena De Gioannis,Niccolò Casnici,Elia Sigala
The rise of adult content creation platforms is triggering a deep revision of the social acceptability of new habits and the relations between the human body and marketing practices. However, academic research on this phenomenon is still scarce. This scoping review aimed to summarize and discuss the studies about content creators sharing adult content on subscription-based digital platforms. Based
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Sexual Education as a Dynamic Multisource Process: A Qualitative Examination of Sexual Education Experiences in a Sample of U.S. College Students. Journal of Sex Research (IF 2.7) Pub Date : 2025-01-31 Alex S Diede,Kathryn J Holland
Sexual education is important for young people's sexual health. Sexual education comes from a myriad of sources, but most research in this area has examined one source at a time, limiting a holistic understanding of how people learn about sexuality. The current study considered how different sources of information come together to inform a person's sexual education. We conducted qualitative interviews
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Motivations for Self-Harm in Young People and Their Correlates: A Systematic Review Clin. Child Fam. Psychol. Rev. (IF 5.5) Pub Date : 2025-01-29 S. Tang, A. Hoye, A. Slade, B. Tang, G. Holmes, H. Fujimoto, W.-Y. Zheng, S. Ravindra, H. Christensen, A. L. Calear
Self-harm in young people is associated with increased risk of suicide and other negative long-term outcomes. Understanding the motivations driving self-harm behaviours among young people can help to inform the development of preventative and treatment interventions. Self-harm rates have been rising, but reviews of the recent quantitative literature have not been undertaken. PsycInfo, Embase and Medline
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A Qualitative Meta-Synthesis of Women's Experiences of Internalized Sociocultural Sexual Pressure. Journal of Sex Research (IF 2.7) Pub Date : 2025-01-30 Kirsten M Greer,Kyla M Cary,Morgan E PettyJohn,Gianna Casaburo,Carin Graves,Kristen N Jozkowski
Sexual coercion occurs when a person applies pressure to force another person to have unwanted sex. Yet, sociocultural expectations may also impact women's sexual consent/refusal behaviors in the absence of partner pressure. We conducted a qualitative meta-synthesis to investigate factors contributing to incongruent sexual decision-making (i.e. internal feelings which are inconsistent with their consent/refusal
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Treating Opioid Use Disorder and Opioid Withdrawal in the Context of Fentanyl Annu. Rev. Clin. Psychol. (IF 17.8) Pub Date : 2025-01-29 Suky Martinez, Jennifer D. Ellis, Cecilia L. Bergeria, Andrew S. Huhn, Kelly E. Dunn
The opioid crisis, driven by illicitly manufactured fentanyl, presents significant challenges in treating opioid use disorder (OUD) and opioid withdrawal syndrome. Fentanyl is uniquely lethal due to its rapid onset and respiratory depressant effects, driving the surge in overdose deaths. This review examines the limitations of traditional diagnostic criteria like those of the Diagnostic and Statistical
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Moral Injury: An Overview of Conceptual, Definitional, Assessment, and Treatment Issues Annu. Rev. Clin. Psychol. (IF 17.8) Pub Date : 2025-01-29 Brett T. Litz, Hannah E. Walker
Moral injury (MI) is a potential clinical problem characterized by functionally impairing moral emotions, beliefs, and behaviors as well as adverse beliefs about personal or collective humanity and life's meaning and purpose. MI can arise from personal transgressive acts or from being a victim of or bearing witness to others’ inhumanity. Despite widespread interest in MI, until recently, there was
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Multidimensional Perfectionism and Sexual Difficulties Among Adult Couples: A Dyadic Cross-Sectional and Longitudinal Study. Journal of Sex Research (IF 2.7) Pub Date : 2025-01-29 Noémie Viens,Frédéric Langlois,Marie-Pier Vaillancourt-Morel
The multidimensional model of perfectionism includes three dimensions: Self-oriented perfectionism (SOP), other-oriented perfectionism (OOP), and socially prescribed perfectionism (SPP). Although previous research has identified significant cross-sectional associations between perfectionism and sexual function, these studies predominantly focused on women without examining the links between the different
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Single-Session Interventions for Mental Health Problems and Service Engagement: Umbrella Review of Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses Annu. Rev. Clin. Psychol. (IF 17.8) Pub Date : 2025-01-28 Jessica L. Schleider, Juan Pablo Zapata, Andy Rapoport, Annie Wescott, Arka Ghosh, Benji Kaveladze, Erica Szkody, Isaac L. Ahuvia
Most people with mental health needs cannot access treatment; among those who do, many access services only once. Accordingly, single-session interventions (SSIs) may help bridge the treatment gap. We conducted the first umbrella review synthesizing research on SSIs for mental health problems and service engagement in youth and adults. Our search yielded 24 systematic reviews of SSIs, which included
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The Index of Consensual Sexual Sadism (ICSS): Scale development, validation, measurement invariance, and nomological network comparisons with everyday sadism. Psychological Assessment (IF 3.3) Pub Date : 2025-01-27 Charlotte Kinrade,William Hart,Danielle E Wahlers,Braden T Hall,Joshua T Lambert
Sexual sadism has long been of interest to scholars and clinicians in psychology, and most research on sexual sadism has focused on forensic samples. However, recently, research has uncovered the existence of sexual sadism in general populations. Measures designed to assess sexual sadism in the general population are lacking. To address this gap, we created the Index of Consensual Sexual Sadism (ICSS)
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Depression Anxiety Stress Scales (DASS-21) for Finnish-speaking adults: Validation and normative data. Psychological Assessment (IF 3.3) Pub Date : 2025-01-23 Luka E J Vähäsarja,Jari O Lipsanen,Anne M Kouvonen,Eero T Lahelma,Raimo Lappalainen,Marianna Virtanen,Tea M Lallukka
We conducted the first validation of the Depression Anxiety Stress Scales (DASS-21) in Finnish. DASS-21 is a short public domain questionnaire, which presents a way to quickly and effectively screen for mental ill health. We recruited two large samples, one aged 24-45 (N = 3,101 [2,488 women]), and the other aged 60-82 (N = 5,462 [4,473 women]), all employees of the city of Helsinki at inclusion (2017
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Personality Disorders: Current Conceptualizations and Challenges Annu. Rev. Clin. Psychol. (IF 17.8) Pub Date : 2025-01-21 Thomas A. Widiger, Michelle Smith
The personality disorders are said to be at the vanguard in the shift to a dimensional model of classification, as exemplified in the Alternative Model of Personality (AMPD) presented in Section III of the fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5) for emerging models and in the 11th edition of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-11). Considered
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Autism Spectrum Disorder Across the Lifespan Annu. Rev. Clin. Psychol. (IF 17.8) Pub Date : 2025-01-21 Maira Tafolla, Hannah Singer, Catherine Lord
Autism is a neurodevelopmental condition that affects individuals worldwide throughout their lives. Copious advances in research have enhanced our understanding of autism significantly since Dr. Leo Kanner's first description of the condition in 1943. This review aims to provide an overview of our current knowledge of autism, examining its manifestations across age, race, gender, and co-occurring conditions
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Irritability as a Transdiagnostic Construct Across Childhood and Adolescence: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis Clin. Child Fam. Psychol. Rev. (IF 5.5) Pub Date : 2025-01-20 Miriam Chin, Davina A. Robson, Hannah Woodbridge, David J. Hawes
This meta-analytic review examined irritability across childhood and adolescence as it relates to symptoms of common mental health disorders in these periods. Of key interest was whether the relationship between irritability and symptom severity varies according to symptom domain. This was tested at the level of broad symptom dimensions (internalizing versus externalizing problems) as well as discrete
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Addressing gambling harm to affected others: A scoping review (Part I: Prevalence, socio-demographic profiles, gambling profiles, and harm) Clin. Psychol. Rev. (IF 13.7) Pub Date : 2025-01-20 N.A. Dowling, C.O. Hawker, S.S. Merkouris, S.N. Rodda, D.C. Hodgins
Awareness is growing that gambling harm can affect social networks, including family members and friends. This scoping review broadly aimed to examine contemporary research on gambling harm to adult affected others, covering prevalence, socio-demographic profiles, gambling profiles, and harm (Part I); and coping strategies, assessment, and treatment (Part II). A systematic search of electronic databases
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Suicide risk assessment and management protocol for research within the Department of Veterans Affairs. J. Psychopathol. Clin. Sci. (IF 3.1) Pub Date : 2025-01-16 Emily R Edwards,Grace N Anderson,Emilia M Fonseca,Amanda L Reed,Chi Chan,Erin A Hazlett,Joseph C Geraci,Marianne Goodman
Escalating rates of suicide among U.S. military Veterans have prompted the Department of Veterans Affairs to prioritize Veteran suicide as a chief clinical concern. Veterans Affairs-funded research is consistently dedicated to suicide prevention initiatives, reflecting a commitment to addressing this urgent issue. Although general guidelines have been proposed for recognizing and responding to suicide
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Longitudinal Assessment of Sexual Behavior and Relationship Quality During the First Year of the COVID-19 Pandemic in Britain: Findings from a Longitudinal Population Survey (Natsal-COVID). Journal of Sex Research (IF 2.7) Pub Date : 2025-01-15 Naomi Miall,Alice Aveline,Andrew J Copas,Raquel Bosó Pérez,Andrew J Baxter,Julie Riddell,Laura Oakley,Dee Menezes,Anne Conolly,Chris Bonell,Pam Sonnenberg,Catherine H Mercer,Nigel Field,Kirstin R Mitchell,Malachi Willis
While the impact of social restrictions on sexual and romantic life early in the COVID-19 pandemic has been widely studied, little is known about impacts beyond the initial months. We analyzed responses from 2,098 British adults (aged 18-59) taking part in the Natsal-COVID study (Waves 1 and 2). Participants were recruited via a web panel and surveyed twice: four months and one year after the start
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Is "Rough Sex" a Thing? A Survey of Meaning. Journal of Sex Research (IF 2.7) Pub Date : 2025-01-15 Nicola Gavey,Olivia Brewster
The term "rough sex" is widely used, but it is not always clear what it means. Through exploring people's working definitions of "rough sex," we asked what they revealed about the underlying phenomenon it is applied to, and whether it is actually a thing. Our online survey of 567 New Zealand respondents (73.7% women, 21% men, 5.3% gender diverse; mean age, 35.6 years, SD = 10.8) identified various
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Mental Illness and Substance Use Disorder Stigma: Mapping Pathways Between Structures and Individuals to Accelerate Research and Intervention Annu. Rev. Clin. Psychol. (IF 17.8) Pub Date : 2025-01-13 Valerie A. Earnshaw, Mohammad Mousavi, Xueli Qiu, Annie B. Fox
Researchers, interventionists, and clinicians are increasingly recognizing the importance of structural stigma in elevating the risk of mental illnesses (MIs) and substance use disorders (SUDs) and in undermining MI/SUD treatment and recovery. Yet, the pathways through which structural stigma influences MI/SUD-related outcomes remain unclear. In this review, we aim to address this gap by summarizing
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Pathways to Racial/Ethnic Inequalities in Dementia Annu. Rev. Clin. Psychol. (IF 17.8) Pub Date : 2025-01-13 Jordan D. Palms, Ketlyne Sol, Laura B. Zahodne
Individuals from minoritized racial/ethnic groups face a disproportionate burden of Alzheimer's disease and related dementias. This health inequality reflects structural racism, which creates and sustains racial differences in social determinants of health, including education access and quality, economic stability, social and community context, neighborhood and built environment, and health care access
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Stress and Cardiovascular Disease: The Role of Affective Traits and Mental Disorders Annu. Rev. Clin. Psychol. (IF 17.8) Pub Date : 2025-01-13 Richard J. Contrada
Personality traits involving negative affect, as well as mental disorders including depression, anxiety, and posttraumatic stress disorder, are cardiovascular risk factors. However, which of these confer risk independently is uncertain, and the implications of their overlap, combinations, and interactions are poorly understood. Potential explanatory mechanisms are being characterized with increasing
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A meta-analysis of mortality rates in eating disorders: An update of the literature from 2010 to 2024 Clin. Psychol. Rev. (IF 13.7) Pub Date : 2025-01-12 Isabel Krug, Shanshan Liu, Jade Portingale, Sarah Croce, Beya Dar, Katrina Obleada, Veena Satheesh, Meila Wong, Matthew Fuller-Tyszkiewicz
Elevated mortality rates have been reported in individuals with eating disorders (EDs). However, no meta-analysis in the past decade has provided an updated, comprehensive synthesis of mortality across all ED diagnoses while exploring potential moderating factors. We conducted a systematic search in four databases (PsycINFO, MEDLINE, Embase and Web of Science) from 2010 to 29 Oct 2024. Studies that
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Involuntary autobiographical memories as a transdiagnostic factor in mental disorders Clin. Psychol. Rev. (IF 13.7) Pub Date : 2025-01-10 Yanyan Shan, David C. Rubin, Dorthe Berntsen
Involuntary autobiographical memories are memories of personal events that come to mind with no preceding retrieval attempts. They have been studied broadly in autobiographical memory for decades and shown to be common and mostly positive in everyday life. Clinical literature has focused on negative intrusive memories of stressful events and tended to neglect other forms of involuntary autobiographical
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Talking about trauma: A systematic review of young people's reactions to trauma-focused research Clin. Psychol. Rev. (IF 13.7) Pub Date : 2025-01-10 Caitlin Haile, Emily P. Taylor, Corina Orr, Eilidh MacKinnon
Concerns persist about the potential negative impact of asking young people about their trauma experiences in a research context. Previous research on this ethical issue has focused on adult populations, and the limited evidence for young people has limitations. This systematic review synthesised empirical evidence of young people's reactions to trauma-focused research, and associated participant and
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Addressing Gambling Harm to affected others: A scoping review (part II: Coping, assessment and treatment) Clin. Psychol. Rev. (IF 13.7) Pub Date : 2025-01-10 N.A. Dowling, C.O. Hawker, S.S. Merkouris, S.N. Rodda, D.C. Hodgins
Public health definitions of gambling-related harm include risks to family members and friends. This scoping review broadly aims to identify recent research on addressing gambling harm to adult affected others, focusing on prevalence, socio-demographic profiles, gambling profiles, and harm (Part I); and coping strategies, assessment, and treatment (Part II). A systematic search of electronic databases
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Mental illness and personal recovery: A narrative identity framework Clin. Psychol. Rev. (IF 13.7) Pub Date : 2025-01-09 Dorthe Kirkegaard Thomsen, Henry R. Cowan, Dan P. McAdams
This article presents a metamorphic model to describe the manifold role of narrative identity, a person's internal life story, across the course of mental illness and personal recovery. First, early adversity and negative co-authoring may contribute to the development of a fragile life story, which itself may combine with life stressors to increase the likelihood of mental illness. Second, mental illness
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To be aware or not to be aware of the prognosis in the terminal stage of cancer? A systematic review of the associations between prognostic awareness with anxiety, depression, and quality of life according to cancer stage Clin. Psychol. Rev. (IF 13.7) Pub Date : 2025-01-09 Federica Luciani, Giorgio Veneziani, Emanuele Giraldi, Virginia Campedelli, Federica Galli, Carlo Lai
Prognostic awareness (PA) has an important role in promoting informed care planning in cancer patients. However, studies in the literature showed discordant results regarding the impact of PA on psychological and quality of life outcomes. The present systematic review aimed to investigate the associations between PA with anxiety, depression, and quality of life in oncological patients according to
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Moderators of cognitive and behaviour therapies for prevention and treatment of anxiety disorders in children and adolescents: A systematic review and meta-analysis Clin. Psychol. Rev. (IF 13.7) Pub Date : 2025-01-09 Siyu Zhou, Cathy Creswell, Urška Košir, Tessa Reardon
Previous studies have indicated wide variation in the effectiveness of cognitive and behaviour therapies (CBTs) for preventing and treating anxiety disorders in children and adolescents, indicating the presence of moderators influencing outcomes. This meta-analysis investigated whether sample characteristics (child age, child baseline anxiety levels, parental baseline anxiety levels) and intervention
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Within-person affect dynamics among individuals in residential treatment for opioid use disorder: An ecological momentary assessment study. J. Psychopathol. Clin. Sci. (IF 3.1) Pub Date : 2025-01-09 Kyler S Knapp,Daniel J Petrie,Timothy R Brick,Erin Deneke,Scott C Bunce,H Harrington Cleveland
Ecological momentary assessment is increasingly leveraged to better understand affective processes underlying substance use disorder treatment and recovery. Research in this area has yielded novel insights into the roles of mean levels of positive affect (PA) and negative affect (NA) in precipitating drug craving and substance use in daily life. Little of the extant substance use disorder treatment
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Enhanced creativity in autism is due to co-occurring attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder. J. Psychopathol. Clin. Sci. (IF 3.1) Pub Date : 2025-01-09 Emily C Taylor,Małgorzata A Gocłowska,Mitchell J Callan,Lucy A Livingston
There has been longstanding speculation that enhanced creativity is associated with autism. Evidence for this association, however, is limited and derived from small-scale studies in nonclinical samples. Furthermore, nothing is known about autism-related creativity after accounting for general cognitive ability and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), that is, other factors known to predict
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Thinking beyond substances: Why behavioral "addiction" research must move past substance use disorder paradigms. J. Psychopathol. Clin. Sci. (IF 3.1) Pub Date : 2025-01-09 Joshua B Grubbs,Cassandra L Boness
In this viewpoint article, the authors contend that behavioral addiction (BA) research must move past substance use disorder paradigms. Under the most liberal definitions of BA, activities such as eating, exercise, work, smartphone use, and a litany of others could all become addictions. Abundant clinical evidence shows that people may frequently engage in behaviors in ways that become impairing. Yet
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Parenting Style, Differentiation of Self, and Pornography Use Among Adolescents: Exploring the Links. Journal of Sex Research (IF 2.7) Pub Date : 2025-01-08 María Calatrava,Gemma Mestre-Bach,Alfonso Osorio,Cristina López-Del Burgo
Parenting style and differentiation of self (DoS), understood as an ability associated with emotional regulation, are two factors that may be linked with pornography use in adolescents. The main aim was to explore the association between parenting style (specifically warmth and demandingness), DoS (specifically emotional cutoff and emotional reactivity) and pornography use in a sample of 7161 hispanic
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Understanding Rape Myth Acceptance Through the Lens of Sexual Objectification Theory: The Role of Pornography Consumption, Purchase of Sexual Services, and Masculinity. Journal of Sex Research (IF 2.7) Pub Date : 2025-01-07 Carmen M Leon,Eva Aizpurua,Tatiana Quiñonez-Toral,Chiara Rollero
Sexual Objectification Theory posits that exposure to objectifying content, such as pornography, the purchase of sexual services, and adherence to traditional masculinity, can contribute to the acceptance of harmful beliefs about sexual violence. This study examined the relationship between rape myth acceptance and a range of attitudinal and personal factors using a sample of 1,603 internet users in
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"I'm Not Experienced … Please Send Advice": Teens Seeking Information and Advice About Sexual Behaviors on Reddit. Journal of Sex Research (IF 2.7) Pub Date : 2025-01-07 Morgan E PettyJohn,Kyla M Cary,Erin Nolen,Toni A Gallegos
Teens commonly use the internet for seeking information about sex and sexual relationships, particularly in the absence of comprehensive sex education from offline sources. The social media platform, Reddit, has become a popular forum for teens seeking information about sex from peers, due to its culture of anonymity. To explore teens' use of Reddit for this purpose, we asked: What advice/information
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The Consequences of Sexual Compliance Scale (CSCS): Scale Development and Psychometric Properties. Journal of Sex Research (IF 2.7) Pub Date : 2025-01-07 Sabina Nickull,Martin Lagerström,Patrick Jern,Annika Gunst
Sexual compliance (i.e., consenting to sexual activity despite the lack of initial desire for it) is common in committed relationships. Previous research has shown that sexual compliance can have both positive and negative consequences for the well-being of the individual and the relationship. The aim of the present study was to develop a scale to measure the perceived consequences of sexual compliance
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Efficacy of facilitative interpersonal and relational skills training for teletherapy: A randomized controlled trial. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology (IF 4.5) Pub Date : 2025-01-06 Tao Lin,Timothy Anderson,Eva Antebi-Lerman,Jordan Bate,Katie Aafjes-van Doorn
OBJECTIVE Therapists report a lack of confidence and competence in teletherapy compared to in-person therapy. Training focusing on teletherapy skills is scarce. This study reports on (a) the development of a training workshop for facilitative interpersonal skills (FIS) in teletherapy (tele-FIRST) and (b) a randomized controlled trial assessing the efficacy of tele-FIRST. Tele-FIRST is a 2-hr online
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Evaluating hypothetical prevention strategies for internalizing symptoms in the general population and at-risk children. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology (IF 4.5) Pub Date : 2025-01-06 Lorenza Dall'Aglio,Jeremy A Labrecque,Isabel Schuurmans,Yingzhe Zhang,Nicole Creasey,Marina Wilson,Chris J Kennedy,Ryan L Muetzel,Jordan W Smoller,Henning Tiemeier,Karmel W Choi
OBJECTIVE Specific modifiable factors (e.g., screen time [ST], sleep duration, physical activity, or social connections) are targets for reducing depression risk in adults. However, research in adolescents lacks causal inference implementations, as prevention trials are costly and often prohibitive. Emulating randomized trials with observational data enables inference regarding hypothetical interventions
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Development and psychometric evaluation of the Psychological Closeness to Suicide Methods Scale. Psychological Assessment (IF 3.3) Pub Date : 2025-01-06 Megan L Rogers,William D Murley,Kelly L Clary
Psychological closeness to preferred suicide methods has consistently been linked to increased suicidal ideation, intent, and behaviors in past research. However, past work was limited by single-item measures. This study presents the development and validation of a multidimensional self-report measure of psychological closeness to preferred suicide methods. Samples of students (n = 489) and community-based
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Sudden gains in the treatment of children and adolescents with prolonged grief. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology (IF 4.5) Pub Date : 2025-01-01 Franziska Lechner-Meichsner,Mariken Spuij,Paul A Boelen
OBJECTIVE Sudden gains describe large and stable reductions in symptoms between two consecutive treatment sessions and have not yet been investigated in prolonged grief disorder (PGD), a new disorder in the 11th edition of the International Classification of Diseases and text revision of the fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders characterized by separation distress
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Employing survival analysis of administrative claims to identify prospective predictors of evidence-based practice sustainment versus provider turnover. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology (IF 4.5) Pub Date : 2025-01-01 Lauren Brookman-Frazee,Teresa Lind,Mojdeh Motamedi,Joyce H L Lui,Morgan Crawley,Kenny Le,Anna S Lau
OBJECTIVE This study described therapists' delivery of six child mental health evidence-based practices (EBPs) over 33 months during the sustainment phase of a system-driven implementation aimed at improving access to EBPs in community settings. METHOD Seven hundred seventy-seven therapists and 162 program leaders delivering at least one of six EBPs of interest completed surveys, and these data were
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Mediators of a randomized controlled trial of a preventive intervention for youth of parents with depressive disorders. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology (IF 4.5) Pub Date : 2025-01-01 Abagail E Ciriegio,Abigail E Pine,David A Cole,Laura G McKee,Rex Forehand,Bruce E Compas
OBJECTIVE The present study assessed two theory-driven mediators of the effects of a family group cognitive-behavioral (FGCB) preventive intervention for youth of parents with a history of major depressive disorder (MDD) or dysthymia on long-term youth psychopathology symptoms and diagnoses. METHOD Sample included 180 parents (Mage = 41.9, 89% female, 82% White, non-Hispanic) and one of their children/adolescents
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In search of lost time: Discrete- versus continuous-time models of working alliance and symptom severity. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology (IF 4.5) Pub Date : 2025-01-01 Robin Anno Wester,Tobias Koch,Fabian Münch,Charles Driver,Wolfgang Lutz,Julian Rubel
OBJECTIVE The therapeutic alliance is one of the most stable predictors of symptom burden over the course of therapy. So far, this effect has only been examined on the basis of sessions. Continuous-time models (CTM) allow this relationship to be modeled as a continuous process in which the actual time interval between measurements is considered. The aim of the present study was to compare the fit of
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Using natural spline models to explore the trajectories of empirically derived domains of premenstrual symptoms. Psychological Assessment (IF 3.3) Pub Date : 2025-01-01 Lara Michelle Baez,Aaron Shain Heller
Premenstrual symptoms are distressing and impairing for individuals and costly to society. These symptoms are heterogeneous within and across people, dimensional, and dynamic. While some efforts have been made to understand the trajectories of premenstrual symptoms, two major gaps in the literature remain. First, we lack understanding of the covariation among symptoms over the course of the menstrual
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The Hypersensitive Narcissism Scale: Updated and extended construct validation in community samples using a newly constructed German version. Psychological Assessment (IF 3.3) Pub Date : 2025-01-01 Sabrina Schneider,Sandy Sue Spormann,Carolyn C Morf,Mitja D Back,Andreas Mokros,Emanuel Jauk
The Hypersensitive Narcissism Scale (HSNS) is a an economical, widely used self-report measure of vulnerable narcissism. Developed and mostly used as a unidimensional scale, previous structural examinations suggest two correlated dimensions, one emphasizing hypersensitive/neurotic aspects and the other highlighting egocentric/antagonistic aspects of vulnerable narcissism. The few extant factor analyses
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Validation of a transdiagnostic psychopathology ecological momentary assessment protocol in a university student sample. Psychological Assessment (IF 3.3) Pub Date : 2025-01-01 Alberto Jover Martínez,Lotte H J M Lemmens,Eiko I Fried,Guðrún R Guðmundsdóttir,Anne Roefs
Ecological momentary assessment (EMA) collects real-time data in daily life, enhancing ecological validity and reducing recall bias. An EMA questionnaire that measures symptoms and transdiagnostic factors was recently developed with network modeling purposes. This study examines this EMA protocol's (a) subjective experience (e.g., burden, item clarity, survey frequency adequacy); (b) compliance, dropout
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A theoretically based experimental manipulation of the processing of sudden gains: Considering reasons, meaning, and opportunities to leverage the gain. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology (IF 4.5) Pub Date : 2024-12-30 Jonathan G Shalom,Asher Y Strauss,Jonathan D Huppert,Gerhard Andersson,Idan M Aderka
OBJECTIVE Sudden gains in psychotherapy have been found to predict outcome, but the conditions under which this occurs remain understudied. In the present study, we experimentally examined the effects of processing sudden gains on treatment outcome. METHOD As part of a large randomized controlled trial of internet-delivered cognitive behavior therapy for social anxiety disorder (n = 182), we experimentally
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Towards an understanding of readiness for trauma-focussed therapy in post-traumatic stress disorder: A conceptual integration of empirical data and theoretical constructs Clin. Psychol. Rev. (IF 13.7) Pub Date : 2024-12-27 Sarah Bendall, Wilma Peters, Ilias Kamitsis
For people with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), the concept of being ‘ready’ for trauma-focused therapy (TFT) has emerged from research as an important factor in initiation and completion of therapy. Lack of readiness of individual service users has been proposed as a reason for poor uptake of TFT in large implementation programs. However, there has been almost no investigation of what constitutes
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Prevalence of mental health conditions, substance use disorders, suicidal ideation and attempts, and experiences of homelessness among Veterans with criminal-legal involvement: A meta-analysis Clin. Psychol. Rev. (IF 13.7) Pub Date : 2024-12-24 Emily R. Edwards, Anthony Fortuna, Ryan Holliday, Helena Addison, Jack Tsai
Veterans with histories of criminal-legal system involvement are considered high-priority within Veterans Health Administration (VHA) and criminal-legal settings. Over several decades, a large literature has accumulated to study these Veterans' needs. To consolidate findings, this meta-analysis provides aggregated prevalence estimates of common mental health conditions, substance use disorders, suicidal
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Sexual Excitation and Inhibition Moderate the Strength of Concordance Between Paraphilic Interests and Behaviors. Journal of Sex Research (IF 2.7) Pub Date : 2024-12-24 Sacha Maimone,Susan Curry,Sarah Watts,Meredith L Chivers,Samantha J Dawson,Michael C Seto
The concordance between paraphilic interest and behavior is moderate to strong in previous studies. In the present study, we examined whether sexual excitation (SE) and sexual inhibition (SI) moderate the concordance between paraphilic interest and behavior, across several paraphilic themes. We expected that stronger concordance would be found at high levels of SE and weaker concordance would be found
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System justification, subjective well-being, and mental health symptoms in members of disadvantaged minority groups Clin. Psychol. Rev. (IF 13.7) Pub Date : 2024-12-22 Bruno Ponte Belarmino Lima, Luana Elayne Cunha de Souza, John T. Jost
Although system justification—believing that the societal status quo is legitimate and desirable—is positively associated with subjective well-being and mental health outcomes for members of advantaged groups, the picture is more complicated for members of disadvantaged minority groups. According to system justification theory, believing that the social system is legitimate and desirable is a way of
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A Thematic Analysis of Couples' Sexual Well-Being Following a Recent Pregnancy Loss. Journal of Sex Research (IF 2.7) Pub Date : 2024-12-20 Gracielle C Schwenck,David B Allsop,Eva Cohen,Natalie O Rosen
Pregnancy loss has been linked to poorer mental and relationship well-being. Given that strong sexual well-being is associated with better mental and physical health, understanding sexual well-being following a recent pregnancy loss may contribute to education and treatment models. Yet, little research has examined the effects of pregnancy loss on both couple members' sexual well-being. Accordingly