Gilbert, Kirsten Barch, Deanna M. Luby, Joan L.
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Child Psychiatry & Human Development
Self-control is protective against psychopathology in childhood. However, too much self-control, namely overcontrol, potentiates risk. Overcontrol is a constellation of child characteristics related to high need for control, perfectionism, inflexibility, social comparison, and performance monitoring and is a transdiagnostic risk factor associated w...
Dossett, Kimberly W. Reid, Graham J.
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Child Psychiatry & Human Development
Dropout from children’s mental health services has negative impacts on children, families and service providers. To target interventions aimed to reduce dropout, it is essential to predict individuals who drop out. This study compares predictors of dropout using a novel need-based definition, to existing definitions of dropout. Children (N = 650; 6...
Walczak, Monika Breinholst, Sonja Ollendick, Thomas Esbjørn, Barbara Hoff
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Child Psychiatry & Human Development
Although cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) is effective for childhood anxiety disorders, approximately 40% of youth remain anxious after treatment. Metacognitive therapy (MCT-c) for children with generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) has shown promising effects. The present study aimed to examine if CBT and MCT-c show differential effects in children...
Hoffmann, Mauricio Scopel Pan, Pedro Mario Manfro, Gisele Gus de Jesus Mari, Jair Miguel, Eurípedes Constantino Bressan, Rodrigo Affonseca Rohde, Luis Augusto Salum, Giovanni Abrahão
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Child Psychiatry & Human Development
Here we evaluate the cross-sectional and longitudinal associations between temperament and mental disorders in adolescents. Temperament was assessed in a cohort of 1540 youths by the revised self-report Early Adolescence Temperament Questionnaire (EATQ-R) at baseline and confirmatory factor analyses were used to test the best empirical model. Menta...
Ferro, M. A. Lipman, E. L. Van Lieshout, R. J. Boyle, M. H. Gorter, J. W. MacMillan, H. L. Gonzalez, A. Georgiades, K.
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Child Psychiatry & Human Development
Prevalence, correlates, and outcomes of youth with comorbid mental and physical conditions (i.e., multimorbidity) were examined in this cross-sectional study. Participants were 92 youth (14.5 years [SD 2.7]; 69.6% female) and their parents. Mental disorder was assessed using structured interviews and physical health using a standardized questionnai...
Pereira, Ana Isabel Barros, Luísa
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Child Psychiatry & Human Development
This paper reviews the available research on the predictors of parental engagement in preventive and therapeutic psychological interventions that target mental health problems in children. Based on previous literature, seven predictors concerning parental motivation to engage are considered: perceived child problems, perceived parenting, attributio...
Zhang, Yuning Cecil, Charlotte C. A. M. Barker, Edward D. Mori, Shigeyuki Lau, Jennifer Y. F.
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Child Psychiatry & Human Development
Recent approaches have begun to identify common variance across co-occurring childhood adversities (CAs) and their associations with symptoms of psychopathology. However, few studies have investigated these questions in high-risk samples, and in different cultural contexts. This study examined common variance amongst 18 types of CAs and associated ...
Hoskins, David Marshall, Brandon D. L. Koinis-Mitchell, Daphne Galbraith, Katharine Tolou-Shams, Marina
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Child Psychiatry & Human Development
This study examines the prevalence of trauma exposure and its association with psychiatric symptoms, substance use, and sexual activity among First-Time Offending, Court-Involved Non-Incarcerated (FTO-CINI) Latinx youth. Latinx youth (N = 181), ages 12–18, were recruited from a family court in the Northeastern region of the United States as part of...
Sawrikar, Vilas Mendoza Diaz, Antonio Moul, Caroline Hawes, David J. Dadds, Mark R.
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Child Psychiatry & Human Development
We present and evaluate a new self-report measure of parental attributions developed for assessing child causal and dispositional attributions in parenting interventions. The Parent Attribution Measure (PAM) ascribes attributions along first-order dimensions of intentionality, permanence, likeability, and disposition, and a higher-order Total Scale...
Palmer, Melanie L. Keown, Louise J. Sanders, Matthew R. Henderson, Marion
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Child Psychiatry & Human Development
Low-intensity parenting groups, such as the Triple P-Positive Parenting Program Discussion Groups, appear to be a cost-effective intervention for child conduct problems. Several studies evaluating a Triple P Discussion Group on disobedience found promising results for improving child and parent outcomes. However, a sufficient exemplar training appr...
