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Preadolescents' Internal Attributions for Negative Peer Experiences: Links to Child and Classroom Peer Victimization and Friendship.
Abstract In addition to children's own peer relations, contextual norms for peer relations in classrooms and schools can influence how they perceive their peer interactions, and in some cases, might do so in opposite ways. The current study examined the relations of preadolescents' internal attributions for negative peer experiences with their own peer victimization and reciprocal friendship, as well as their classrooms' norms for peer victimization and reciprocal friendship. A racially diverse sample of 532 boys and girls from 37 fourth- and fifth-grade classrooms completed self-report measures of two int...
Source: Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology - July 26, 2018 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Morrow MT, Hubbard JA, Sharp MK Tags: J Abnorm Child Psychol Source Type: research

Anxiety and Attentional Bias in Children with Specific Learning Disorders.
Abstract Children with specific learning disorders (SLDs) face a unique set of socio-emotional challenges as a result of their academic difficulties. Although a higher prevalence of anxiety in children with SLD is often reported, there is currently no research on cognitive mechanisms underlying this anxiety. One way to elucidate these mechanisms is to investigate attentional bias to threatening stimuli using a dot-probe paradigm. Our study compared children ages 9-16 with SLD (n = 48) to typically-developing (TD) controls (n = 33) on their attentional biases to stimuli related to general threats, r...
Source: Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology - July 24, 2018 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Haft SL, Duong PH, Ho TC, Hendren RL, Hoeft F Tags: J Abnorm Child Psychol Source Type: research

Ex-Gaussian, Frequency and Reward Analyses Reveal Specificity of Reaction Time Fluctuations to ADHD and Not Autism Traits.
Abstract Both attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and autism spectrum disorder (ASD) have been linked to increased reaction time variability (RTV), a marker of attentional fluctuation. Here we test whether specificity to either trait emerges when we examine (1) detailed ex-Gaussian and frequency RTV subcomponents, (2) effects while controlling for the other trait and (3) improvement in the RTV measures following rewards or a faster event rate. 1110 children aged 7-10 years from a population-based sample completed a Go/No-Go task under three conditions (slow, fast and incentives). We measured R...
Source: Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology - July 19, 2018 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Adamo N, Hodsoll J, Asherson P, Buitelaar JK, Kuntsi J Tags: J Abnorm Child Psychol Source Type: research

Offspring Personality Mediates the Association between Maternal Depression and Childhood Psychopathology.
Abstract Offspring of mothers diagnosed with major depression are at increased risk for a wide range of psychological problems. Previous research has shown that individual differences in personality development can be informative for predicting risk and resilience to psychopathology, especially within at-risk populations. In the present study, we examined whether individual differences in offspring personality development during early to middle childhood could account for the association between maternal depression and offspring behavior problems later in childhood. Participants included 64 offspring of mo...
Source: Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology - June 30, 2018 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Allen TA, Oshri A, Rogosch FA, Toth SL, Cicchetti D Tags: J Abnorm Child Psychol Source Type: research

Help me Feel Better! Ecological Momentary Assessment of Anxious Youths' Emotion Regulation with Parents and Peers.
Abstract Anxious youth often have trouble regulating negative affect (NA) and tend to over-rely on parents when faced with challenges. It is unclear how social interactions with parents or peers actually helps or hinders anxious youths' success in regulating NA. The aim of this study was to examine whether the success of anxious youths' emotion regulation strategies differed according to social context. We compared the effectiveness of co-ruminating, co-problem solving and co-distracting with parents/peers for regulating anxious youth's NA in response to stress in their daily lives. We also examined the be...
Source: Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology - June 27, 2018 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Stone LB, Mennies RJ, Waller JM, Ladouceur CD, Forbes EE, Ryan ND, Dahl RE, Silk JS Tags: J Abnorm Child Psychol Source Type: research

Peer-Influence on Risk-Taking in Male Adolescents with Mild to Borderline Intellectual Disabilities and/or Behavior Disorders.
This study aimed to disentangle the effects of Mild-to-Borderline Intellectual Disability (MBID) and Behavior Disorders (BD)on risk taking in circumstances where peer influence was absent or present. We studied 319 adolescents in four groups: MBID-only, MBID+BD, BD-only, and typically developing controls. The Balloon Analogue Risk-Task (BART), in a solo or peer condition, was used as a proxy of real-life risk-taking. Results show a significant main effect of BART condition. Post-hoc tests indicated higher risk-taking in the peer compared to the solo condition in all groups except BD-only. Moreover, risk taking was increase...
Source: Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology - June 26, 2018 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Bexkens A, Huizenga HM, Neville DA, Collot d'Escury-Koenigs AL, Bredman JC, Wagemaker E, Van der Molen MW Tags: J Abnorm Child Psychol Source Type: research

Perceived Relationship Development in Anxious and Non-Anxious Adolescents: a Person-Centered Five-Wave Longitudinal Study.
This study examines relationship quality development with parents and friends in adolescents with low and high levels of generalized anxiety symptoms. A latent transition analysis was performed in a two-cohort five-wave study design covering ages 12 to 16 (n = 923, 50.8% males) and 16 to 20 (n = 390, 43.4% males). About one-third of adolescents with high levels of generalized anxiety symptoms perceived a turbulent relationship with both their parents and best friends, whereas only one-tenth of those with low levels of generalized anxiety symptoms did. Low levels as opposed to high levels of generalized anxiety symp...
Source: Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology - June 25, 2018 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Hadiwijaya H, Klimstra TA, Vermunt JK, Branje SJT, Meeus WHJ Tags: J Abnorm Child Psychol Source Type: research

Inattentiveness and Language Abilities in Preschoolers: A Latent Profile Analysis.
Abstract Growing evidence suggests that early symptoms of inattentiveness may affect the language development and academic success of young children. In the present study, we examined the extent to which profiles of inattentiveness and language could be discerned within a heterogeneous group of preschoolers attending early childhood special education programs (n = 461). Based on parent-reported observations of children's symptoms of inattentiveness and direct assessments of children's language skills (grammar, vocabulary, and narrative ability), three distinct profiles were identified. The three groups...
Source: Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology - June 23, 2018 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Tambyraja SR, Rhoad-Drogalis A, Khan KS, Justice LM, Sawyer BE Tags: J Abnorm Child Psychol Source Type: research

Do Working Memory Deficits Underlie Reading Problems in Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)?
Abstract Reading problems are common in children with ADHD and show strong covariation with these children's underdeveloped working memory abilities. In contrast, working memory training does not appear to improve reading performance for children with ADHD or neurotypical children. The current study bridges the gap between these conflicting findings, and combines dual-task methodology with Bayesian modeling to examine the role of working memory for explaining ADHD-related reading problems. Children ages 8-13 (M = 10.50, SD = 1.59) with and without ADHD (N = 78; 29 girls; 63% Caucasian/Non-Hispa...
Source: Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology - June 19, 2018 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Kofler MJ, Spiegel JA, Soto EF, Irwin LN, Wells EL, Austin KE Tags: J Abnorm Child Psychol Source Type: research

Parents' Attitudes about and Socialization of Honesty and Dishonesty in Typically-Developing Children and Children with Disruptive Behavior Disorders.
Abstract Although parents are significant sources of socialization in children's lives including with respect to their moral behavior, very little research has focused on how parents socialize children's honesty and dishonesty, especially parents of atypically developing children for whom lying is of substantial concern. We surveyed 49 parents of typically-developing (TD) children (Mage = 7.49, SD = 1.54) and 47 parents of children who had been diagnosed with a disruptive behavior disorder (DBD; Mage = 7.64, SD = 1.39) regarding their beliefs and attitudes about honesty and dishonesty, incl...
Source: Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology - June 19, 2018 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Malloy LC, Mugno AP, Waschbusch DA, Pelham WE, Talwar V Tags: J Abnorm Child Psychol Source Type: research

Reciprocal Risk: the Longitudinal Relationship between Emotion Regulation and Non-suicidal Self-Injury in Adolescents.
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Source: Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology - June 19, 2018 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Robinson K, Garisch JA, Kingi T, Brocklesby M, O'Connell A, Langlands RL, Russell L, Wilson MS Tags: J Abnorm Child Psychol Source Type: research

Childhood Maltreatment and Impulsivity:  A Meta-Analysis and Recommendations for Future Study.
Childhood Maltreatment and Impulsivity: A Meta-Analysis and Recommendations for Future Study. J Abnorm Child Psychol. 2018 May 30;: Authors: Liu RT Abstract Both childhood maltreatment and impulsivity have been implicated in a broad array of negative public health outcomes and have been much studied in relation to each other. Characterizing this relationship, and the processes underlying it, are important for informing intervention efforts targeting this association and its psychopathological sequelae. The current review presented a systematic meta-analysis of the empirical liter...
Source: Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology - May 30, 2018 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Liu RT Tags: J Abnorm Child Psychol Source Type: research

Brooding, Inattention, and Impulsivity as Predictors of Adolescent Suicidal Ideation.
We examined whether cognitive style and temperament impact risk for an early, yet still clinically relevant and distressing, form of suicidality: active suicidal ideation. We used binary logistic regression to test whether brooding, inattention, and impulsivity predicted significantly increased risk for suicidal ideation in a sample of 134 twins, 46 of whom endorsed active suicidal ideation (i.e., probands), as well as probands' cotwins and matched controls. When comparing probands with controls and controlling for depression diagnoses, brooding (B = 0.73, Odds Ratio [OR] = 2.07, p = 0.021), inattention (B =â...
Source: Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology - May 29, 2018 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Sarkisian KL, Van Hulle CA, Hill Goldsmith H Tags: J Abnorm Child Psychol Source Type: research

Parental Depressive Symptoms as a Predictor of Outcome in the Treatment of Child Internalizing and Externalizing Problems.
Abstract Child internalizing and externalizing problems have been identified as high priority intervention targets by the World Health Organization. Parental depression is a risk factor for development of these childhood problems and may negatively influence intervention outcomes; however, studies have rarely assessed its influence on these outcomes. The present study assessed whether baseline parental depressive symptoms predicted psychotherapy outcomes among children treated for clinically significant internalizing and externalizing problems. The sample included 142 children (79 with primary internalizin...
Source: Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology - May 28, 2018 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Eckshtain D, Marchette LK, Schleider J, Evans S, Weisz JR Tags: J Abnorm Child Psychol Source Type: research

Predicting Temperamentally Inhibited Young Children's Clinical-Level Anxiety and Internalizing Problems from Parenting and Parent Wellbeing: a Population Study.
Abstract The aim of this study was to explore how some temperamentally inhibited young children and not others in the general population develop anxiety disorders and broader clinical-level internalizing (anxious/depressive) problems, with a focus on the family. A brief screening tool for inhibition was universally distributed to parents of children in their year before starting school across eight socioeconomically diverse government areas in Melbourne, Australia (307 preschool services). Screening identified 11% of all children as inhibited. We invited all parents of inhibited children to participate in ...
Source: Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology - May 28, 2018 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Bayer JK, Morgan A, Prendergast LA, Beatson R, Gilbertson T, Bretherton L, Hiscock H, Rapee RM Tags: J Abnorm Child Psychol Source Type: research