Life Stress and Suicide in Adolescents.
Abstract Stress exposure is central to theories of suicide. To advance understanding of the relation between stress and suicide, we examined whether specific, theoretically-pertinent life stressors were differentially related to suicidal thinking versus suicidal behaviors among hospitalized adolescents. Participants were 197 (144 female) adolescents aged 13 to 19 years old (M = 15.61, SD = 1.48) recruited from an acute residential psychiatric treatment program. Participants were categorized into mutually exclusive groups: psychiatric controls (n = 38) with no lifetime history of suicide ideati...
Source: Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology - April 25, 2019 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Stewart JG, Shields GS, Esposito EC, Cosby EA, Allen NB, Slavich GM, Auerbach RP Tags: J Abnorm Child Psychol Source Type: research

Connecting Childhood Wariness to Adolescent Social Anxiety through the Brain and Peer Experiences.
Abstract Wariness in early childhood manifests as shy, inhibited behavior in novel social situations and is associated with increased risk for developing social anxiety. In youth with childhood wariness, exposure to a potent social stressor, such as peer victimization, may potentiate brain-based sensitivity to unpredictable social contexts, thereby increasing risk for developing social anxiety. To test brain-based associations between early childhood wariness, self-reported peer victimization, and current social anxiety symptoms, we quantified neural responses to different social contexts in low- and high-...
Source: Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology - April 25, 2019 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Jarcho JM, Grossman HY, Guyer AE, Quarmley M, Smith AR, Fox NA, Leibenluft E, Pine DS, Nelson EE Tags: J Abnorm Child Psychol Source Type: research

Network Analysis of ADHD and ODD Symptoms: Novel Insights or Redundant Findings with the Latent Variable Model?
Abstract A latent variable model (LVM) and network analysis (NA) were applied to mother and father ratings of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and oppositional defiant disorder (ODD) symptoms to determine if NA offers unique insights relative to the LVM. ADHD-inattention (IN), ADHD-hyperactivity/impulsivity (HI), and ODD symptoms along with academic competence behaviors (reading, arithmetic, and writing skills) were rated by mothers and fathers of Brazilian (n = 894), Thai (n = 2075), and United States (n = 817) children (Mage = 9.04, SD = 2.12, 49.5% females). LVM indica...
Source: Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology - April 24, 2019 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Preszler J, Burns GL Tags: J Abnorm Child Psychol Source Type: research

Emotional Underarousal and Overarousal and Engagement in Relational Aggression: Interactions between Relational Victimization, Physiological Reactivity, and Emotional Sensitivity.
Abstract The present study examined if overarousal (i.e., dysregulation and high emotional sensitivity) and underarousal (i.e., fearlessness and emotional insensitivity) to peer stress, reflected in physiological reactivity and subjective emotional sensitivity, exacerbated risk for relational aggression in relationally victimized children. Participants were a community sample of 125 children (10-12 years, M = 11.34 years, SD = 0.89; 45% female). Teachers provided ratings of children's relational victimization and relational aggression. Children's physiological reactivity was assessed based on ski...
Source: Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology - April 24, 2019 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: McQuade JD, Murray-Close D, Breslend NL, Balda KE, Kim MM, Marsh NP Tags: J Abnorm Child Psychol Source Type: research

Callous-Unemotional Traits and Academic Performance in Secondary School Students: Examining the Moderating Effect of Gender.
This study therefore aimed to investigate i) the relationships between CU traits, student gender and English, Science and Math grades, and ii) whether gender moderates the association between CU traits and academic outcomes. Participants were 437 children aged 11 to 14 years (mean age 12.50 years; 49% girls; 85% White) attending a state secondary school in England. Students reported on CU traits and externalizing problems and their English, Math and Science grades were gathered from school records. Using hierarchical linear modelling, CU traits were found to be significantly related to lower English, Math and Science gra...
Source: Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology - April 15, 2019 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Bird E, Chhoa CY, Midouhas E, Allen JL Tags: J Abnorm Child Psychol Source Type: research

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Source: Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology - April 9, 2019 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Lahey BB Tags: J Abnorm Child Psychol Source Type: research

Negative Parenting Moderates the Prospective Association of ADHD Symptoms and Youth Social Problems.
Abstract Although ADHD and negative parenting are established predictors of youth outcomes, their independent and interactive effects on youth social functioning remain unclear. We tested childhood ADHD symptoms and negative parenting as independent and interactive predictors of prospective change in social problems across a four-year follow-up. At baseline, families of 221 (33% female) children with (n = 94) and without ADHD were rigorously assessed including observed positive and negative parenting behavior, youth ADHD symptoms, as well as multi-informant ratings of youth social problems at multiple ...
Source: Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology - April 5, 2019 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Fenesy MC, Teh SE, Lee SS Tags: J Abnorm Child Psychol Source Type: research

Relational Aggression in Adolescents with Conduct Disorder: Sex Differences and Behavioral Correlates.
H, Rogers JC, Siklósi R, Smaragdi A, Vivanco-Gonzalez E, Stadler C, Fairchild G, Popma A, De Brito SA, Konrad K, Freitag CM Abstract As most research on conduct disorder (CD) has been conducted on male participants, it has been suggested that female-specific symptoms may be underestimated based on current DSM-5 criteria. In particular, relational aggression, i.e. the hurtful, often indirect, manipulation of relationships with the intention of damaging the other's social position, has been proposed as a characteristic of CD that is more common in females. In addition, sex-specific studies on correlates of r...
Source: Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology - April 3, 2019 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Ackermann K, Kirchner M, Bernhard A, Martinelli A, Anomitri C, Baker R, Baumann S, Dochnal R, Fernandez-Rivas A, Gonzalez-Madruga K, Herpertz-Dahlmann B, Hervas A, Jansen L, Kapornai K, Kersten L, Kohls G, Limprecht R, Lazaratou H, McLaughlin A, Oldenhof Tags: J Abnorm Child Psychol Source Type: research

Parent-Youth Divergence (and Convergence) in Reports of Youth Internalizing Problems in Psychiatric Inpatient Care.
Abstract When compared to one another, multiple informants' reports of adolescent internalizing problems often reveal low convergence. This creates challenges in the delivery of clinical services, particularly for severe outcomes linked to internalizing problems, namely suicidal thoughts and behaviors. Clinicians would benefit from methods that facilitate interpretation of multi-informant reports, particularly in inpatient settings typified by high-cost care and high-stakes decision-making. 765 adolescent inpatients (70.3% female; Mage = 14.7) and their parents completed measures of adolescent internal...
Source: Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology - April 1, 2019 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Makol BA, De Los Reyes A, Ostrander RS, Reynolds EK Tags: J Abnorm Child Psychol Source Type: research

Internalizing Problems in Adolescence: Linking Loneliness, Social Anxiety Symptoms, and Depressive Symptoms Over Time.
Abstract Adolescents are particularly vulnerable to experiencing loneliness, social anxiety symptoms, and depressive symptoms. These internalizing problems often co-occur but, until now, it remains unclear how they are associated over time. Insight in these temporal sequences is important to enhance our understanding of how internalizing problems arise and may reinforce each other over time. To examine these temporal sequences, three samples of adolescents were used: Sample 1 consisted of 1,116 adolescents (48.97% girls, Mage = 13.59), Sample 2 of 1,423 adolescents (52.42% girls, Mage = 13.79), and Sample ...
Source: Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology - March 31, 2019 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Danneel S, Nelemans S, Spithoven A, Bastin M, Bijttebier P, Colpin H, Van Den Noortgate W, Van Leeuwen K, Verschueren K, Goossens L Tags: J Abnorm Child Psychol Source Type: research

Parents' Spontaneous Attributions about their Problem Child: Associations with Parental Mental Health and Child Conduct Problems.
Abstract Parents' attributions about their child's personality and behaviour are known to predict the quality of parent-child interactions and outcomes for the child, including those from parenting interventions. Nothing is known, however, about the quantity and quality of attributions parents use during free speech about their children referred for treatment of behavioural and emotional problems. We tested hypotheses about the types of attributions and associations among parental attributions, parental psychopathology and child conduct problems, using 504 five-minute speech samples (FMSS) coded using the ...
Source: Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology - March 29, 2019 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Palm SME, Sawrikar V, Schollar-Root O, Moss A, Hawes DJ, Dadds MR Tags: J Abnorm Child Psychol Source Type: research

Fathers' and Mothers' Early Mind-Mindedness Predicts Social Competence and Behavior Problems in Childhood.
Abstract Parental mind-mindedness, the parent's propensity to treat the child as an intentional agent, has repeatedly shown to promote children's development of social understanding and secure attachment. Less is known about whether the impact of maternal and paternal mind-mindedness extends to children's social and behavior problems. We investigated the combined effect of mothers' and fathers' (N = 104) mind-mindedness at 4, 12, and 30 months on children's social competence and externalizing and internalizing behavior problems at 4.5 years. Besides, we examined the stability, continuity, parental co...
Source: Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology - March 29, 2019 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Colonnesi C, Zeegers MAJ, Majdandžić M, van Steensel FJA, Bögels SM Tags: J Abnorm Child Psychol Source Type: research

Relations between Reactive and Proactive Aggression and Daily Emotions in Adolescents.
Abstract The current study examined whether individual differences in reactive and proactive aggression: 1) relate to level of daily emotion, including happiness, sadness, anger, and fear, 2) predict across-day variability in these emotions, and 3) moderate reactivity of these emotions to positive and negative events. Participants were a racially/ethnically diverse sample of 144 adolescents (80 girls, 64 boys; M age = 13.55 years; SD = 1.34). Adolescents self-reported on reactive and proactive aggression in a home visit prior to the collection of daily data. Using daily dairy procedures, adolescen...
Source: Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology - March 29, 2019 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Moore CC, Hubbard JA, Bookhout MK, Mlawer F Tags: J Abnorm Child Psychol Source Type: research

A Daily Diary Analysis of Preschool Depressive Behaviors: Prospective Associations and Moderators Across 14  Days.
This study examined the day-to-day variability of two common depressive behaviors in preschool-aged children, sadness and irritability, and factors associated with the daily occurrence of these behaviors. Participants included 291 parents of preschool-aged children, and parents completed a 14-day daily diary. Results indicated that sleep quality did not prospectively predict next-day sadness or irritability the following day. We observed between-person stability, but within-person variability, in children's sadness and irritability across 14 days. We observed greater between-person stability and greater within-person vari...
Source: Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology - March 25, 2019 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Leppert KA, Bufferd SJ, Olino TM, Dougherty LR Tags: J Abnorm Child Psychol Source Type: research

The Effect of an Intervention Teaching Adolescents that People can Change on Depressive Symptoms, Cognitive Schemas, and Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Adrenal Axis Hormones.
Abstract Interest is increasing in developing universal interventions to prevent depression in adolescents that are brief enough to be scaled up. The aim of this study was to test the effects on depressive symptoms, cognitive schemas, and Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Adrenal Axis Hormones of an intervention focused on teaching an element of an incremental theory of personality, namely, the belief that people can change. We also examined whether grade level moderated the effects of the intervention. A double-blind, randomized, controlled trial was conducted with 867 Spanish adolescent participants (51.9% boys, Gr...
Source: Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology - March 22, 2019 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Calvete E, Fernández-Gonzalez L, Orue I, Echezarraga A, Royuela-Colomer E, Cortazar N, Muga J, Longa M, Yeager DS Tags: J Abnorm Child Psychol Source Type: research