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Associations between Recent and Cumulative Cannabis Use and Internalizing Problems in Boys from Adolescence to Young Adulthood.
This study tested whether increases in recent and cumulative cannabis use were each associated with increases in internalizing problems from adolescence to young adulthood. Participants were boys from a community sample that was assessed annually from ~age 15-26 (N = 506). Boys reported on their cannabis use, depression symptoms, and anxiety/depression problems each year. Exposures were frequency of cannabis use in a given year (no use, < weekly use, weekly or more frequent use) and cumulative prior years of weekly cannabis use. Outcomes were depression symptoms and anxiety/depression problems in a given year. Analy...
Source: Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology - March 26, 2020 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Meier MH, Beardslee J, Pardini D Tags: J Abnorm Child Psychol Source Type: research

Temperament and Symptom Pathways to the Development of Adolescent Depression.
This study examined the associations between internalizing and externalizing symptoms during early adolescence and the subsequent development of Major Depressive Disorder. The role that temperament plays in predisposing individuals to these particular pathways was also examined. Temperament at approximately age 12 was used to produce a risk-enriched subsample of 243 (124 female) participants. Data was collected in four waves over 6-7 years roughly corresponding to ages 13, 15, 17 and 19. Participants were excluded from the study, prior to the first wave, based on current or prior depressive, substance-use, or eating disor...
Source: Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology - March 25, 2020 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Dolcini-Catania LG, Byrne ML, Whittle S, Schwartz O, Simmons JG, Allen NB Tags: J Abnorm Child Psychol Source Type: research

Co-Occurring Trajectories of Depression and Social Anxiety in Childhood and Adolescence: Interactive Effects of Positive Emotionality and Domains of Chronic Interpersonal Stress.
Abstract Deficits in positive emotionality (PE) have been implicated in the etiology of both social anxiety and depression; however, factors that contribute to divergent social anxiety and depression outcomes among youth low in PE remain unknown. Extant research suggests that parent-child stress and peer stress demonstrate differential patterns of associations with social anxiety and depression. Thus, the present study examined prospective interactive effects of PE and chronic parent-child and peer stress on simultaneously developing trajectories of social anxiety and depression symptoms among 543 boys and...
Source: Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology - March 20, 2020 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Griffith JM, Long EE, Young JF, Hankin BL Tags: J Abnorm Child Psychol Source Type: research

Associations Between Callous-Unemotional Traits and Peer-Rated Social-Behavioral Outcomes in Elementary and Middle School.
Abstract There is strong evidence that peers are of central importance to children's and adolescents' social and emotional adaptation and success in school. However, it remains an open question as to whether callous-unemotional (CU) traits, or interpersonal and affective deficits that pose risk for antisocial behaviors and psychopathy, are related to social-behavioral outcomes as assessed by those who are believed to have the most accurate perspectives on such outcomes - young adolescents' peers. Using data from a longitudinal and multi-method study of peer relations (N = 379, % female = 51.90, Mag...
Source: Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology - March 16, 2020 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Wagner NJ, Bowker JC, Rubin KH Tags: J Abnorm Child Psychol Source Type: research

Placental Gene Expression and Offspring Temperament Trajectories: Predicting Negative Affect in Early Childhood.
Abstract Exposure to prenatal stress increases offspring risk for long-term neurobehavioral impairments and psychopathology, such as Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). Epigenetic regulation of glucocorticoid pathway genes may be a potential underlying mechanism by which maternal conditions 'program' the fetal brain for downstream vulnerabilities. The present study aims to investigate whether mRNA expression of glucocorticoid pathway genes in the placenta predict offspring negative affect during early childhood (between 6 and 24 months). Participants include 318 mother-child dyads participati...
Source: Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology - March 16, 2020 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Finik J, Buthmann J, Zhang W, Go K, Nomura Y Tags: J Abnorm Child Psychol Source Type: research

Linking Parental Monitoring and Psychological Control with Internalizing Symptoms in Early Adolescence: The Moderating Role of Vagal Tone.
Abstract The present study investigated baseline respiratory sinus arrhythmia (RSA) as moderator of the prospective association between parenting (i.e., monitoring knowledge, psychological control) and internalizing symptoms among typically developing adolescents across the transition to middle school. Gender differences in the aforementioned association were tested as an exploratory aim. At Time 1 (5th grade), participants included 100 young adolescents (53% boys; 57% European American; Mage = 11.05 years, SD = 0.33) and their mothers (Mage = 41.25 years, SD = 6.22; 96.0% biological). At...
Source: Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology - March 12, 2020 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Cai T, Tu KM Tags: J Abnorm Child Psychol Source Type: research

Bidirectional Relations between Parent Warmth and Criticism and the Symptoms and Behavior Problems of Children with Autism.
Abstract Family research in the field of ASD has focused on describing the impact of child challenges on parents, usually mothers, and given little attention to the ways in which mothers and fathers reciprocally influence the development of the child with ASD. The current study examined the direction of effects between the emotional quality of the mother-child and father-child relationships and the child's severity of ASD symptoms and emotional and behavioral problems across three time points spanning 2 years. Using parent Five Minute Speech Samples and teacher ratings of the severity of the child's ASD sy...
Source: Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology - March 12, 2020 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Hickey EJ, Bolt D, Rodriguez G, Hartley SL Tags: J Abnorm Child Psychol Source Type: research

Cortisol and Parenting Predict Pathways to Disinhibited Social Engagement and Social Functioning in Previously Institutionalized Children.
This study examined the impact of adrenocortical activity and post-adoption parenting on DSE across the first two years post-adoption (age at adoption: 16-36 months) and observed kindergarten social outcomes in previously institutionalized children (n = 94) compared to non-adopted children (n = 52). Path analyses indicated a developmental cascade from institutional care (operationalized as a dichotomous group variable, age at adoption, and months of institutionalization) to blunted adrenocortical activity, increased DSE, and lower kindergarten social competence. Consistent with a permissive parenting style, higher...
Source: Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology - March 9, 2020 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: DePasquale CE, Lawler JM, Koss KJ, Gunnar MR Tags: J Abnorm Child Psychol Source Type: research

Positive Peers-The Neglected Stepchildren of Social Influence Theories of Crime.
In this study, positive peer associations increased empathy in children with fewer delinquent peer associations and decreased offending in children with lower levels of empathy. Given evidence of their ability to inhibit negative peer influence and promote empathy in the service of reduced delinquency, positive peer associations deserve more attention from social learning theories of crime than they have thus far received. PMID: 32140902 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] (Source: Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology)
Source: Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology - March 4, 2020 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Walters GD Tags: J Abnorm Child Psychol Source Type: research

Commentary on Application of the Bifactor S-1 Model to Multisource Ratings of ADHD/ODD Symptoms: An Appropriate Bifactor Model for Symptom Ratings.
Abstract My commentary is organized into four sections. First, I summarize the reasons for the original interest in fitting symmetric bifactor models to ADHD data. Second, I summarize the concerns that Burns and colleagues raised with respect to fitting symmetric bifactor models to ADHD item-level data and describe their recommended alternative approach. Third, I raise two concerns that I had with their manuscript. Fourth, I conclude with a caveat and a general question about the merits of the continued study of the factor structure of ADHD symptoms. PMID: 32125587 [PubMed - as supplied by publishe...
Source: Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology - March 2, 2020 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Willoughby MT Tags: J Abnorm Child Psychol Source Type: research

A Neurocognitive Comparison of Pediatric Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder and Trichotillomania (Hair Pulling Disorder).
This study compared neurocognitive functioning between children diagnosed with OCD and HPD. In total, 21 children diagnosed with HPD, 40 diagnosed with OCD, and 29 healthy controls (HCs), along with their parents, completed self-/parent-report measures and a neurocognitive assessment battery, which included tasks of inhibitory control, sustained attention, planning, working memory, visual memory, and cognitive flexibility. A series of analyses of variance (or covariance) indicated significant differences between groups on tasks examining planning and sustained attention. Specifically, children in both the OCD and HPD group...
Source: Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology - February 20, 2020 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Wilton EP, Flessner CA, Brennan E, Murphy Y, Walther M, Garcia A, Conelea C, Dickstein DP, Stewart E, Benito K, Freeman JB Tags: J Abnorm Child Psychol Source Type: research

Multi-Faceted Constructs in Abnormal Psychology: Implications of the Bifactor S - 1 Model for Individual Clinical Assessment.
Abstract Burns et al. (this issue) have shown that the application of the symmetrical bifactor model to attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and oppositional defiant disorder (ODD) symptoms leads to anomalous and inconsistent results across different rater groups. In contrast to the symmetrical bifactor model, applications of the bifactor S-1 model showed consistent and theoretically well-founded results. The implications of the bifactor S-1 model for individual clinical assessment are discussed. It is shown that individual factor scores of the bifactor S-1 model reveal important information abo...
Source: Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology - February 20, 2020 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Eid M Tags: J Abnorm Child Psychol Source Type: research

Pediatric Anxiety Disorders: A Cost of Illness Analysis.
This study uses baseline data from a randomized trial involving 209 children and adolescents with clinical anxiety to examine clinical and demographic correlates of direct and indirect costs. Measured costs included the direct costs of mental health services and the indirect costs resulting from children's missed school and parents' missed work. Validated measures of anxiety and depression severity and of internalizing and externalizing behaviors were reported by youth, their parents, and independent evaluators. Seventy-two percent of youth (n = 150) had positive costs. Among these youth, the mean annual total cost was...
Source: Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology - February 19, 2020 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Pella JE, Slade EP, Pikulski PJ, Ginsburg GS Tags: J Abnorm Child Psychol Source Type: research

Coercive Parenting Mediates the Relationship between Military Fathers' Emotion Regulation and children's Adjustment.
This study investigated whether deployed fathers' ER was associated with child emotional and behavioral problems, and whether the associations were mediated by coercive parenting behaviors. The sample consisted of 181 deployed fathers with non-deployed female partners and their 4- to 13-year-old children. Families were assessed at three time points over 2 years. ER was measured using a latent construct of fathers' self-reports of their experiential avoidance, trait mindfulness, and difficulties in emotion regulation. Coercive parenting was observed via a series of home-based family interaction tasks. Child behaviors were ...
Source: Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology - February 10, 2020 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Zhang J, Palmer A, Zhang N, Gewirtz AH Tags: J Abnorm Child Psychol Source Type: research

Gendered Pathways of Internalizing Problems from Early Childhood to Adolescence and Associated Adolescent Outcomes.
Abstract Despite trends indicating worsening internalizing problems, characterized by anxiety and depression, there is dearth of research examining gender differences in developmental trajectories of internalizing problems from early childhood to adolescence. Drawing on the UK Millennium Cohort Study (n = 17,206, 49% female), this study examines trajectories of parent-reported, clinically-meaningful (reflecting the top 10%) internalizing problems from ages 3 to 14 years and their early predictors and adolescent outcomes. Group-based modelling revealed three trajectories when examining boys and girls t...
Source: Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology - February 9, 2020 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Gutman LM, Codiroli McMaster N Tags: J Abnorm Child Psychol Source Type: research