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Stressful Life Events, ADHD Symptoms, and Brain Structure in Early Adolescence.
Abstract Despite a growing understanding that early adversity in childhood broadly affects risk for psychopathology, the contribution of stressful life events to the development of symptoms of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is not clear. In the present study, we examined the association between number of stressful life events experienced and ADHD symptoms, assessed using the Attention Problems subscale of the Child Behavior Checklist, in a sample of 214 children (43% male) ages 9.11-13.98 years (M = 11.38, SD = 1.05). In addition, we examined whether the timing of the events (i.e....
Source: Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology - May 21, 2018 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Humphreys KL, Watts EL, Dennis EL, King LS, Thompson PM, Gotlib IH Tags: J Abnorm Child Psychol Source Type: research

Associations Among Early Life Stress, Rumination, Symptoms of Psychopathology, and Sex in Youth in the Early Stages of Puberty: a Moderated Mediation Analysis.
Abstract Despite the high prevalence and substantial costs of early life stress (ELS), the mechanisms through which ELS confers risk for psychopathology are poorly understood, particularly among youth who are in an earlier stage of the transition through puberty. We sought to advance our understanding of the link between ELS and psychopathology by testing whether rumination mediates the relation between ELS and symptoms of psychopathology in youth in the early stages of puberty, and whether sex moderates this mediation. We assessed levels of ELS, both brooding and reflection subtypes of rumination, and int...
Source: Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology - May 17, 2018 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: LeMoult J, Humphreys KL, King LS, Colich NL, Price AN, Ordaz SJ, Gotlib IH Tags: J Abnorm Child Psychol Source Type: research

Teacher Involvement Prevents Increases in Children's Depressive Symptoms: Bidirectional Associations in Elementary School.
Abstract There is accumulating evidence that social relationships can buffer the development of depression in childhood and adolescence. However, few studies have focused on teacher-child relationships in the elementary school years. In addition, research that has examined bidirectional relations between teacher involvement and depressive symptoms is virtually absent in this age period. The participants in this study were 570 children and 30 teachers from 15 elementary schools. Data on children's depressive symptoms (peer- and teacher-reports) and teacher involvement (teacher-reports) were collected in the...
Source: Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology - May 15, 2018 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Spilt JL, Leflot G, Colpin H Tags: J Abnorm Child Psychol Source Type: research

Bidirectional Associations between Peer Relations and Attention Problems from 9 to 16 Years.
We examined the bidirectional relations between peer relations and attention problems from middle childhood through adolescence. Using data from the Longitudinal Study of Chinese Children and Adolescents (LSCCA, N = 2157, 51.9% male), three key aspects of peer relations (acceptance, rejection, and victimization) were assessed annually from 9 to 16 years of age. Attention problems were assessed at 9 and 15 years. Latent growth modeling indicated that greater attention problems at age 9 were linked with a lower intercept for peer acceptance, and higher intercepts for rejection and victimization. Also, prior lower accep...
Source: Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology - May 12, 2018 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Ji L, Pan B, Zhang W, Zhang L, Chen L, Deater-Deckard K Tags: J Abnorm Child Psychol Source Type: research

The Associations between Callous-unemotional Traits and Symptoms of Conduct Problems, Hyperactivity and Emotional Problems: A Study of Adolescent Twins Screened for Neurodevelopmental Problems.
Abstract Callous-unemotional (CU) traits (e.g., lack of empathy, lack of guilt, shallow affect) are associated with severe and persistent conduct problems in youth. There is evidence showing a substantial genetic correlation between CU traits and conduct problems. The etiological associations between CU traits and other psychopathological symptoms, including symptoms of hyperactivity and emotional problems (such as anxiety and depression symptoms), have been less explored. To examine the etiological associations between CU traits and symptoms of conduct problems, hyperactivity and emotional problems separa...
Source: Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology - May 5, 2018 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Saunders MC, Anckarsäter H, Lundström S, Hellner C, Lichtenstein P, Fontaine NMG Tags: J Abnorm Child Psychol Source Type: research

Executive Functioning Heterogeneity in Pediatric ADHD.
Abstract Neurocognitive heterogeneity is increasingly recognized as a valid phenomenon in ADHD, with most estimates suggesting that executive dysfunction is present in only about 33%-50% of these children. However, recent critiques question the veracity of these estimates because our understanding of executive functioning in ADHD is based, in large part, on data from single tasks developed to detect gross neurological impairment rather than the specific executive processes hypothesized to underlie the ADHD phenotype. The current study is the first to comprehensively assess heterogeneity in all three primar...
Source: Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology - April 28, 2018 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Kofler MJ, Irwin LN, Soto EF, Groves NB, Harmon SL, Sarver DE Tags: J Abnorm Child Psychol Source Type: research

Advancing the Multi-Informant Assessment of Sluggish Cognitive Tempo: Child Self-Report in Relation to Parent and Teacher Ratings of SCT and Impairment.
Abstract Despite increasing interest in sluggish cognitive tempo (SCT) in children and advancements in its measurement, little research has examined child self-reported SCT. Child self-report of SCT is important for the multi-informant assessment of SCT. The current study used a large, school-based sample of children and a multi-informant design to examine child self-reported SCT using the Child Concentration Inventory - Version 2 (CCI-2) which was recently revised based on meta-analytic findings and parallels the item content of validated parent and teacher rating scales. The study involved 2142 unique ch...
Source: Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology - April 27, 2018 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Sáez B, Servera M, Burns GL, Becker SP Tags: J Abnorm Child Psychol Source Type: research

Observed Free-Play Patterns of Children with ADHD and Their Real-Life Friends.
Abstract Previous observational studies conducted in highly structured, analog situations indicate that children with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) mismanage their relationships with same-age peers and friends. Such structured situations may not, however, fully represent the true nature of children's play, which is typically characterized by free choice, intrinsic motivation, and spontaneity. The unique objective of the current observational study was to describe how 87 children with ADHD and 46 comparison (76% boys) aged 7-13 years behave when interacting with their real-life dyadic fri...
Source: Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology - April 26, 2018 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Normand S, Soucisse MM, Melançon MPV, Schneider BH, Lee MD, Maisonneuve MF Tags: J Abnorm Child Psychol Source Type: research

Parenting Interacts with Oxytocin Polymorphisms to Predict Adolescent Social Anxiety Symptom Development: A Novel Polygenic Approach.
In this study, we applied Principal Covariates Regression as a novel approach to creating polygenic components for the oxytocin system, which has recently been put forward as particularly relevant to social anxiety. Participants were 978 adolescents (49.4% girls; Mage T1 = 13.8 years). Across 3 years, questionnaires were used to assess adolescent social anxiety symptoms and multi-informant reports of parental psychological control and autonomy support. All adolescents were genotyped for 223 oxytocin single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in 14 genes. Using Principal Covariates Regression, these SNPs could be reduced ...
Source: Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology - April 26, 2018 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Nelemans SA, van Assche E, Bijttebier P, Colpin H, van Leeuwen K, Verschueren K, Claes S, van den Noortgate W, Goossens L Tags: J Abnorm Child Psychol Source Type: research

Invariance of ADHD Symptoms Across Sex and Age: a Latent Analysis of ADHD and Impairment Ratings from Early Childhood into Adolescence.
Abstract A population-based longitudinal sample of 489 twin pairs was assessed at six time points over ten years to examine the measurement invariance and stability of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) symptoms, as well as the developmental relations between inattention (IN), hyperactivity-impulsivity (HI), and multiple aspects of functional impairment. Parent ratings of ADHD symptoms and functional impairment were obtained in preschool and after the completion of kindergarten, first, second, fourth, and ninth grades. Results of the temporal and sex invariance models indicated that parent rat...
Source: Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology - April 25, 2018 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Leopold DR, Christopher ME, Olson RK, Petrill SA, Willcutt EG Tags: J Abnorm Child Psychol Source Type: research

Combat Experience and Posttraumatic Stress Symptoms among Military-Serving Parents: a Meta-Analytic Examination of Associated Offspring and Family Outcomes.
Abstract In this meta-analysis, we review findings on the relationships between parental combat exposure and PTSD/PTSS in military-serving families and (1) parenting problems, (2) family maladjustment, and (3) offspring problems. We systematically searched for studies in PsycInfo, PsychArticles, Psychology and Behavior Sciences Collection, Published International Literature on Traumatic Stress (PILOTS), and PubMed/Medline as well as conducted manual searches. Search procedures identified 22 eligible studies, including 20 studies examining relationships between parental PTSD/PTSS and parenting, family, and/...
Source: Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology - April 24, 2018 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Kritikos TK, Comer JS, He M, Curren LC, Tompson MC Tags: J Abnorm Child Psychol Source Type: research

Positive and Negative Emotionality at Age 3 Predicts Change in Frontal EEG Asymmetry across Early Childhood.
Abstract Depression is characterized by low positive emotionality (PE) and high negative emotionality (NE), as well as asymmetries in resting electroencephalography (EEG) alpha power. Moreover, frontal asymmetry has itself been linked to PE, NE, and related constructs. However, little is known about associations of temperamental PE and NE with resting EEG asymmetries in young children and whether this association changes as a function of development. In a longitudinal study of 254 three-year old children, we assessed PE and NE at age 3 using a standard laboratory observation procedure. Frontal EEG asymmetr...
Source: Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology - April 24, 2018 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Goldstein BL, Shankman SA, Kujawa A, Torpey-Newman DC, Dyson MW, Olino TM, Klein DN Tags: J Abnorm Child Psychol Source Type: research

Attenuated LPP to Emotional Face Stimuli Associated with Parent- and Self-Reported Depression in Children and Adolescents.
Abstract Individuals diagnosed with a depressive disorder have been found to show reduced reactions to emotional information consistent with the hypothesis of an emotional context insensitivity. However, there are contradictory findings of enhanced reactivity and mood-congruent processing. Electroencephalography (EEG) recordings of the late positive potential (LPP) can display such blunted or enhanced activity. Due to these contradictory findings, there is a need to clarify the role of the LPP in the emergence and presence of depressive disorders especially in children. We used an emotional Go/NoGo task to...
Source: Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology - April 20, 2018 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Grunewald M, Döhnert M, Brandeis D, Klein AM, von Klitzing K, Matuschek T, Stadelmann S Tags: J Abnorm Child Psychol Source Type: research

Dual Pathways from Reactive Aggression to Depressive Symptoms in Children: Further Examination of the Failure Model.
We examined this model using an accelerated longitudinal design while also incorporating proactive and reactive aggression and gender moderation. Children in 1st, 3rd, and 5th grades (n = 912; ages 6-12; 48% female) were rated three times annually by their primary teachers on measures of proactive and reactive aggression, peer rejection, academic performance, and depressive symptoms. Using Bayesian cross-classified estimation to account for nested and planned-missing data, path models were estimated to examine whether early reactive aggression predicted subsequent peer rejection and academic performance, and whether t...
Source: Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology - April 13, 2018 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Evans SC, Fite PJ Tags: J Abnorm Child Psychol Source Type: research

Polyvictimization, Emotion Dysregulation, Symptoms of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, and Behavioral Health Problems among Justice-Involved Youth: a Latent Class Analysis.
Abstract Among the 90% of adolescents involved in juvenile justice who have experienced traumatic victimization, a sub-group may be at highest risk due to histories of multiple types of interpersonal and non-interpersonal trauma, termed polyvictims. Latent class analyses (LCA) have identified polyvictimized subgroups in several studies of adolescents and adults, but only one study of traumatic victimization has been conducted with justice-involved youth (Ford et al. 2013). The current investigation replicates and extends that study's findings using LCA to assess a wider range of victimization- and nonvicti...
Source: Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology - April 13, 2018 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Charak R, Ford JD, Modrowski CA, Kerig PK Tags: J Abnorm Child Psychol Source Type: research