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Early Childhood Predictors of Anxiety in Early Adolescence.
This study provides evidence of both additive and interactive effects of temperament and family environment on the development of anxiety and provides important information for the identification of families who will most likely benefit from targeted early intervention. PMID: 30569254 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] (Source: Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology)
Source: Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology - December 19, 2018 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Hudson JL, Murayama K, Meteyard L, Morris T, Dodd HF Tags: J Abnorm Child Psychol Source Type: research

Adolescent Depression and Substance Use: the Protective Role of Prosocial Peer Behavior.
Abstract Adolescents with depression disorders have higher rates of substance use. In order to advance contextually relevant mental health interventions, basic research is needed to test social ecological mechanisms hypothesized to influence adolescent depression and substance use. Accordingly, we conducted growth curve modeling with a sample of 248 urban adolescents to determine if depression's effect on substance use was dependent upon peer network health (sum of peer risk and protective behaviors) and activity space risk (likelihood of high-risk behaviors at routine locations). Results showed that peer ...
Source: Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology - December 14, 2018 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Mason M, Mennis J, Russell M, Moore M, Brown A Tags: J Abnorm Child Psychol Source Type: research

Inhibitory Control and Information Processing in ADHD: Comparing the Dual Task and Performance Adjustment Hypotheses.
Abstract Inhibition is a key neurocognitive domain in ADHD that is commonly assessed with the stop-signal task. The stop-signal involves both "go" and "stop" trials; previous research indicates that response times are reliably slower to "go" trials during tasks with vs. without intermittent "stop" trials. However, it is unclear whether this pattern reflects deliberate slowing to maximize inhibitory success (performance adjustment hypothesis) and/or disrupted bottom-up information processing due to increased cognitive demands (dual-task hypothesis). Given the centrality of "go" responding for estimating chi...
Source: Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology - December 13, 2018 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Fosco WD, Kofler MJ, Alderson RM, Tarle SJ, Raiker JS, Sarver DE Tags: J Abnorm Child Psychol Source Type: research

Examination of the Structure and Measurement of Inattentive, Hyperactive, and Impulsive Behaviors from Preschool to Grade 4.
Abstract Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is a complex and heterogeneous disorder consisting of inattentive and hyperactive/impulsive behaviors. Although, the multidimensionality of ADHD is widely accepted, questions remain regarding the extent to which the components of this disorder are overlapping or distinct. Further, although the same measures are generally used to assess inattentive, hyperactive, and impulsive behaviors across childhood, it has been argued that the structure and measurement of inattentive, hyperactive, and impulsive behaviors may be susceptible to developmental influen...
Source: Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology - December 13, 2018 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Allan DM, Lonigan CJ Tags: J Abnorm Child Psychol Source Type: research

Cognitive and Emotional Profiles of CU Traits and Disruptive Behavior in Adolescence: a Prospective Study.
In this study we followed 82-90 adolescents, 50% boys, from 15 to 16 years, investigating CU traits and disruptive behaviors as predictors of cognitive skills and arousal to emotional pictures. At age 15, CU traits were rated by adolescents and disruptive (aggregated ADHD-ODD-delinquent) behaviors were rated by parents and adolescents. At age 16, executive function, reaction time variability (RTV), IQ and arousal to negative pictures were assessed. The results showed that, with control for disruptive behaviors, CU traits predicted lower RTV, higher IQ and lower arousal to negative pictures. With control for CU traits, dis...
Source: Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology - December 7, 2018 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Rydell AM, Brocki KC Tags: J Abnorm Child Psychol Source Type: research

Onset, Comorbidity, and Predictors of Nicotine, Alcohol, and Marijuana Use Disorders Among North American Indigenous Adolescents.
Abstract North American Indigenous (i.e., American Indian and Canadian First Nations) youth experience inequities in rates of substance abuse and dependence. Despite this, few longitudinal studies examine the developmental course of substance use disorders (SUD) among community-based samples of Indigenous youth. The purpose of the study was to examine onset and predictors of nicotine dependence, alcohol use disorders, marijuana use disorders, any SUD, and multiple SUDs across the entire span of adolescence among a longitudinal sample (N = 744) of reservation/reserve Indigenous youth in the upper-Midwes...
Source: Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology - December 4, 2018 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Hautala D, Sittner K, Walls M Tags: J Abnorm Child Psychol Source Type: research

Can Self-Persuasion Reduce Hostile Attribution Bias in Young Children?
Abstract Two experiments tested an intervention approach to reduce young children's hostile attribution bias and aggression: self-persuasion. Children with high levels of hostile attribution bias recorded a video-message advocating to peers why story characters who caused a negative outcome may have had nonhostile intentions (self-persuasion condition), or they simply described the stories (control condition). Before and after the manipulation, hostile attribution bias was assessed using vignettes of ambiguous provocations. Study 1 (n = 83, age 4-8) showed that self-persuasion reduced children's hostil...
Source: Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology - December 4, 2018 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: van Dijk A, Thomaes S, Poorthuis AMG, Orobio de Castro B Tags: J Abnorm Child Psychol Source Type: research

Social Withdrawal in Adolescence and Early Adulthood: Measurement Issues, Normative Development, and Distinct Trajectories.
Abstract Social withdrawal during adolescence and early adulthood is particularly problematic due to the increasing importance of social interactions during these ages. Yet little is known about the changes, trajectories, or correlates of being withdrawn during this transition to adulthood. The purpose of this study was to examine the normative change and distinct trajectories of withdrawal in order to identify adolescents and early adults at greatest risk for maladjustment. Participants were from a Dutch population-based cohort study (Tracking Adolescents' Individual Lives Survey), including 1917 adolesce...
Source: Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology - November 27, 2018 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Barzeva SA, Meeus WHJ, Oldehinkel AJ Tags: J Abnorm Child Psychol Source Type: research

Anger, Sympathy, and Children's Reactive and Proactive Aggression: Testing a Differential Correlate Hypothesis.
This study tested the theoretical assertion that anger and sympathy would be differentially associated with "hot-blooded" reactive and "cold-blooded" proactive aggression in an ethnically diverse community sample of 4- and 8-year-olds from Canada (N = 300; n = 150 in each age group; 50% female). We conducted structured interviews with children to elicit their self-reported anger in response to social conflicts (anger reactivity), ability to effectively manage feelings of frustration (anger regulation), and the degree to which they felt concern for others in need (sympathy). Caregivers completed questionnaires asses...
Source: Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology - November 27, 2018 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Jambon M, Colasante T, Peplak J, Malti T Tags: J Abnorm Child Psychol Source Type: research

Age Moderates Link Between Training Effects and Treatment Response to Attention Bias Modification Treatment for Social Anxiety Disorder.
This study highlights the links among age, learning processes, and clinical response to ABMT. These insights may inform attempts to increase the clinical efficacy of ABMT for anxiety. PMID: 30426323 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] (Source: Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology)
Source: Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology - November 14, 2018 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Abend R, Naim R, Pergamin-Hight L, Fox NA, Pine DS, Bar-Haim Y Tags: J Abnorm Child Psychol Source Type: research

Childhood Executive Function Predicts Later Autistic Features and Adaptive Behavior in Young Autistic People: a 12-Year Prospective Study.
Abstract Longitudinal studies of autistic people show that the behavioral features of autism generally endure into adulthood. Yet the prognostic indicators remain far from certain, especially for cognitively able individuals. Here, we test the predictive power of specific cognitive skills, namely theory of mind and executive function, measured in childhood, on young people's autistic features and adaptive behavior 12 years later. Twenty-eight young autistic people (2 female) were seen twice within the space of 12 years. At Time 1 (M = 5 years; 7 months, SD = 11 months), participants were asses...
Source: Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology - November 13, 2018 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Kenny L, Cribb SJ, Pellicano E Tags: J Abnorm Child Psychol Source Type: research

The Longitudinal Relation between Observed Maternal Parenting in the Preschool Period and the Occurrence of Child ADHD Symptoms in Middle Childhood.
This study demonstrates the importance of maternal sensitivity in the etiology of core ADHD symptoms above and beyond pre-existing child attention and EF problems, and comorbid ODD symptoms. PMID: 30417251 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] (Source: Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology)
Source: Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology - November 12, 2018 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Choenni V, Lambregtse-van den Berg MP, Verhulst FC, Tiemeier H, Kok R Tags: J Abnorm Child Psychol Source Type: research

Dyadic Peer Interactions: the Impact of Aggression on Impression Formation with New Peers.
Abstract Little is known about youth's initial interactions with previously unfamiliar peers and how aggression can affect behavior in these interactions. We observed previously unfamiliar youth engaging in a dyadic activity to determine how tendencies toward aggression related to behavior within the activity (i.e., collaboration) and how collaboration affected initial impression formation. From a dyadic perspective, we assessed how similarities versus differences in tendencies toward aggression affected the nature of the interaction. Participants were 108 5th grade dyads (M = 11.13 years; 50% female;...
Source: Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology - November 12, 2018 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Andrews NCZ, Hanish LD, Updegraff KA, DeLay D, Martin CL Tags: J Abnorm Child Psychol Source Type: research

Development of Aggression Subtypes from Childhood to Adolescence: a Group-Based Multi-Trajectory Modelling Perspective.
Abstract The persistence of elevated subtypes of aggression beginning in childhood have been associated with long-term maladaptive outcomes. Yet it remains unclear to what extent there are clusters of individuals following similar developmental trajectories across forms (i.e., physical and indirect) and functions (i.e., proactive and reactive) of aggression. We aimed to identify groups of children with distinct profiles of the joint development of forms and functions of aggression and to identify risk factors for group membership. A sample of 787 children was followed from birth to adolescence. Parent and ...
Source: Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology - November 7, 2018 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Girard LC, Tremblay RE, Nagin D, Côté SM Tags: J Abnorm Child Psychol Source Type: research

Parental Reactivity to Disruptive Behavior in Toddlerhood: An Experimental Study.
This study investigates how disruptive child behavior in a challenging parenting situation shapes parental momentary thoughts of self-efficacy and feelings of stress (i.e., perceived distress and physiological arousal), and how these in turn predict parenting behavior. We experimentally manipulated a challenging parenting situation that was designed to elicit disruptive child behavior. Specifically, we examined: (1) the effects of the challenging condition compared to a control situation on parental state self-efficacy and stress, (2) whether parents with lower trait self-efficacy and higher trait stress in daily life are ...
Source: Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology - October 29, 2018 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Schulz S, Leijten P, Shaw DS, Overbeek G Tags: J Abnorm Child Psychol Source Type: research