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Converging Multi-modal Evidence for Implicit Threat-Related Bias in Pediatric Anxiety Disorders.
This report examines the relationship between pediatric anxiety disorders and implicit bias evoked by threats. To do so, the report uses two tasks that assess implicit bias to negative-valence faces, the first by eye-gaze and the second by measuring body-movement parameters. The report contrasts task performance in 51 treatment-seeking, medication-free pediatric patients with anxiety disorders and 36 healthy peers. Among these youth, 53 completed an eye-gaze task, 74 completed a body-movement task, and 40 completed both tasks. On the eye-gaze task, patients displayed longer gaze duration on negative relative to non-negativ...
Source: Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology - October 23, 2020 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Abend R, Bajaj MA, Matsumoto C, Yetter M, Harrewijn A, Cardinale EM, Kircanski K, Lebowitz ER, Silverman WK, Bar-Haim Y, Lazarov A, Leibenluft E, Brotman M, Pine DS Tags: J Abnorm Child Psychol Source Type: research

Correction to: Emotions and Cognitions in Early Childhood Aggression: the Role of Irritability and Hostile Attribution Biases.
Abstract In the recently published article "Emotions and Cognitions in Early Childhood Aggression: the Role of Irritability and Hostile Attribution Biases" Figure captions (under Figs. 1 and 2) and notes within the figures are redundant. These notes should be deleted. PMID: 33067720 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] (Source: Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology)
Source: Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology - October 17, 2020 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Perhamus GR, Ostrov JM Tags: J Abnorm Child Psychol Source Type: research

Parallel Trajectories of Proactive and Reactive Aggression in Middle Childhood and Their Outcomes in Early Adolescence.
This study used an accelerated longitudinal design to investigate trajectories of proactive and reactive aggression in middle childhood and their outcomes in early adolescence. Children (N = 1420; ages 5-12; 48% female) were assessed biannually over 6 school years. Classroom teachers rated students' proactive and reactive aggression throughout grades K-5; and multi-method (teacher-report, self-report, school records) measures of peer problems, depressive symptoms, academic performance, disciplinary actions, and school absenteeism were collected throughout grades 3-5. Latent class growth models were estimated to differ...
Source: Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology - October 15, 2020 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Evans SC, Dίaz KI, Callahan KP, Wolock ER, Fite PJ Tags: J Abnorm Child Psychol Source Type: research

Inhibitory Control Deficits in Children with Oppositional Defiant Disorder and Conduct Disorder Compared to Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.
Abstract Inhibitory control deficits are known to be characteristic of Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD), Conduct Disorder (CD), and Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD); but it is unclear whether children with ODD/CD have inhibitory control problems independent of ADHD comorbidity. Previous reviews of inhibitory control and ODD/CD have only focused on one type of measure of inhibitory control or used non-clinical samples. The current meta-analysis explored inhibitory control problems of children with ODD/CD by systematically reviewing studies where children have a diagnosis of ODD and/or CD. ...
Source: Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology - October 13, 2020 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Bonham MD, Shanley DC, Waters AM, Elvin OM Tags: J Abnorm Child Psychol Source Type: research

Considerations to Youth's Psychopathology and Mental Healthcare Disparities Research through the Intersections of Dominant and Non-dominant Identities.
This article presents a commentary on the interactive associations of demographic factors on youth's psychopathology and mental health service utilization. Intersectionality allows for a more comprehensive understanding of how intersecting non-dominant identities play a role in health outcomes and mental health treatment use. However, these studies can consider conceptualizing intersectionality beyond the methods/statistics, as well as attend to the broader context around what the scientific data is informing. Further, it is imperative that researchers conducting this type of work consider multiple possible interpretations...
Source: Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology - October 13, 2020 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Moreno O, Corona R Tags: J Abnorm Child Psychol Source Type: research

Negative Life Events as Predictors of Anxiety Outcomes: An Examination of Event Type.
This study examined the frequency of NLEs and whether specific types of NLEs were associated with increased risk of having an anxiety disorder 6.5 years post randomization. Participants were 319 adolescents and adults, ages 11 to 26 (M = 17), enrolled in Child/Adolescent Anxiety Multimodal Extended Long-term Study. At their first follow-up visit, participants completed a diagnostic interview and a 40-item Life Events Scale that reflected whether specific events occurred since their last post treatment assessment. Life events were categorized into domains (i.e., family, academic, health, and social) via researcher...
Source: Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology - October 13, 2020 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Casline EP, Ginsburg GS, Piacentini J, Compton S, Kendall P Tags: J Abnorm Child Psychol Source Type: research

Parental Demandingness Predicts Adolescents' Rumination and Depressive Symptoms in a One-year Longitudinal Study.
This study attempts to disentangle the association between parental demandingness and depression by examining the potential mediating role of rumination (a repetitive and passive focus on negative emotions and symptoms) using an objective observational measure of parenting and a two-wave longitudinal design. Participants were 125 students aged 9 to 14 (M = 12.21, SD = 1.39) from local schools in Hong Kong. Participants completed questionnaires and participated in interaction tasks with their primary caregiving parents at T1 and completed the questionnaires again at T2 (one year later). A longitudinal mediation anal...
Source: Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology - October 6, 2020 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Lo BCY, Ng TK, So Y Tags: J Abnorm Child Psychol Source Type: research

A Prospective Study of Rumination and Irritability in Youth.
In this study we examined the prospective associations between angry and depressive rumination and irritability. A sample of 165 school pupils aged 12-14 years were assessed at two time points six months apart. They completed measures of irritability at Times 1 and 2 and depressive and angry rumination at Time 1. In line with our hypotheses, we found that angry rumination is significantly associated with irritability six months later, over and above baseline irritability and depressive rumination. The present findings suggest angry rumination is relevant to the genesis of irritability in adolescents, and point to possible...
Source: Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology - September 30, 2020 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Leigh E, Lee A, Brown HM, Pisano S, Stringaris A Tags: J Abnorm Child Psychol Source Type: research

The Use of Indirect Aggression among Boys and Girls with and without Conduct Problems: Trajectories from Childhood to Adolescence.
Abstract Though conceptually distinct from other behavior problems, indirect aggression (IA) is correlated with physical aggression and is linked to oppositional defiant disorder and conduct disorder from childhood to adolescence. Thus, IA could be part of the clinical picture of children with identified conduct problems (CP). However, trajectories of IA have not been studied in children with CP. In the present study, we evaluated and compared the mean trajectory of IA from 7 to 14 years of age in children with (n = 328; 47.6% girls) and without (n = 320; 51.3% girls) early clinically significant CP...
Source: Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology - September 28, 2020 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Boutin S, Temcheff CE, Déry M Tags: J Abnorm Child Psychol Source Type: research

Pathways of Internalizing and Posttraumatic Stress Symptoms Across Childhood and Adolescence.
The objective of this study was to examine pathways between PTSS and internalizing symptoms using two samples drawn from the Longitudinal Studies on Child Abuse and Neglect (LONGSCAN, n = 1221) and the first National Survey of Child and Adolescent Well-Being (NSCAW-I, n = 309). Each sample included three waves of data (LONGSCAN: ages 8, 12, and 16; NSCAW: ages 8, 11, 15). It was hypothesized: (1) PTSS would predict future internalizing symptoms; (2) the strength of the relationship between internalizing symptoms and PTSS would increase over time; and (3) childhood trauma would be associated with higher levels of int...
Source: Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology - September 25, 2020 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Miller-Graff L, Yoon S, Paulson JL, Maguire-Jack K Tags: J Abnorm Child Psychol Source Type: research

Emotions and Cognitions in Early Childhood Aggression: the Role of Irritability and Hostile Attribution Biases.
This study prospectively tests hostile attribution biases (HAB) as a mediator in irritability's relations with aggression, with hypothesized form-specific relations between HAB and aggression. Moderation by gender and a reversed alternative model (aggression to irritability, mediated by HAB), were also tested. Path analyses showed irritability predicted increases in all subtypes of aggression (βs = 0.24-0.34), but with moderation by gender, such that irritability significantly predicted increases in reactive relational aggression for girls only (β = 0.43). Reactive physical aggression also significantly predicted in...
Source: Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology - September 24, 2020 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Perhamus GR, Ostrov JM Tags: J Abnorm Child Psychol Source Type: research

The Role of the Family's Emotional Climate in the Links between Parent-Adolescent Communication and Adolescent Psychosocial Functioning.
Abstract The current study was designed to extend the parenting literature by testing the moderating role of the family's emotional climate, operationalized with parent-adolescent emotional closeness and adolescent feelings of being overly controlled by parents on the longitudinal associations between parent-driven communication efforts (i.e. parental behavioral control and solicitation of information from their adolescent), adolescent-driven communication efforts (i.e. adolescent disclosure and secrecy) and adolescent psychosocial functioning (i.e. emotional problems, conduct problems, delinquency, and we...
Source: Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology - September 21, 2020 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Kapetanovic S, Skoog T Tags: J Abnorm Child Psychol Source Type: research

Trajectories of Overprotective Parenting and Hyperactivity-Impulsivity and Inattention Among Moderate-Late Preterm Children: A Population-Based Study.
In this study, we aimed to examine: (1) the association between MLP birth status and the trajectory of parental overprotection throughout preschool years, and (2) the role of parental overprotection, MLP birth status, and their interaction in the prediction of the trajectories of hyperactivity-impulsivity and inattention throughout childhood. Data comes from a Canadian representative population-based cohort including 2028 FT, 100 MLP children, and their parents. Overprotective parenting was measured when children were 5, 17, and 29 months old. Hyperactivity-impulsivity and inattention symptoms were measured repeatedly fro...
Source: Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology - September 15, 2020 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Faleschini S, Matte-Gagné C, Luu TM, Côté S, Tremblay RE, Boivin M Tags: J Abnorm Child Psychol Source Type: research

Longitudinal Associations Linking Elementary and Middle School Contexts with Student Aggression in Early Adolescence.
Abstract Growing up in poverty increases youth risk for developing aggressive behavior problems, which, in turn, are associated with a host of problematic outcomes, including school drop-out, substance use, mental health problems, and delinquency. In part, this may be due to exposure to adverse school contexts that create socialization influences supporting aggression. In the current study, 356 children from low-income families (58% White, 17% Latinx, 25% Black; 54% girls) were followed from preschool through seventh grade. Longitudinal data included measures of the school-level contexts experienced by stu...
Source: Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology - September 14, 2020 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Sanders MT, Bierman KL, Heinrichs BS Tags: J Abnorm Child Psychol Source Type: research

Anxiety and Depressive Symptom Trajectories in Adolescence and the Co-Occurring Development of Cognitive Biases: Evidence from the CogBIAS Longitudinal Study.
Abstract The development of negative cognitive biases, together with symptoms of anxiety and depression, has yet to be investigated longitudinally. Using a three-wave design, the present study examined developmental trajectories of anxiety and depressive symptoms and the co-occurrence of cognitive biases, in a large normative sample of adolescents (N = 504). Data was drawn from the CogBIAS Longitudinal Study (CogBIAS-L-S), which assessed a wide range of psychological variables, including cognitive biases and self-reported anxiety and depressive symptoms, when adolescents were approximately 13, 14.5, an...
Source: Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology - September 13, 2020 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Songco A, Booth C, Spiegler O, Parsons S, Fox E Tags: J Abnorm Child Psychol Source Type: research