Stewart, Shannon L Celebre, Angela Hirdes, John P Poss, Jeffrey W
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Child psychiatry and human development
Suicide is the second leading cause of death in adolescents within Canada. While several risk factors have been found to be associated with increased risk, appropriate decision-support tools are needed to identify children who are at highest risk for suicide and self-harm. The aim of the present study was to develop and validate a methodology for i...
Rivera, Paola Renziehausen, Justine Garcia, Jeanette M
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Child psychiatry and human development
Prior studies suggest that a combination of physical activity and mind-body exercises, often seen in martial arts, may attenuate negative behaviors in youth with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). Therefore, the aim of this study was to examine the effects of an 8-week judo program on behavioral factors in children with ASD, using a mixed-methods appr...
Beeson, Christina M L Brittain, Heather Vaillancourt, Tracy
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Child psychiatry and human development
We examined the temporal precedence between perceived peer rejection, rejection sensitivity, depression, and aggression in a sample of 544 adolescents (55.7% girls; Mage = 14.96 years at the first measured time point) assessed yearly from Grade 9 to Grade 12. Using developmental cascade modelling to analyze the data, our study supported the symptom...
Caporino, Nicole E Exley, Shannon Latzman, Robert D
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Child psychiatry and human development
This study assessed youth anxiety about political issues and associated characteristics. Caregivers (N = 374) were recruited through Amazon Mechanical Turk and reported on their child's anxiety about 15 voting issues covered in the media since the 2016 presidential election as well as their child's psychological functioning and their own trait anxi...
Robles-Bello, María Auxiliadora Sánchez-Teruel, David Valencia Naranjo, Nieves
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Child psychiatry and human development
Anxiety continues to be one of the most frequent disorders with typically developing children and youth. However, people with intellectual disability (ID) lack validated diagnostic tests backed by sufficient methodological rigor. Analyze the psychometric properties of the Screen for Child Anxiety Related Emotional Disorders (SCARED) in this clinica...
Sheftall, Arielle H Bergdoll, Emory E James, Monaé Bauer, Connor Spector, Elisabeth Vakil, Fatima Armstrong, Emily Allen, Jakob Bridge, Jeffrey A
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Child psychiatry and human development
Parental history of suicidal behavior is associated with an increased risk of early onset suicidal behavior in their offspring. The objective of this pilot study was to compare clinical characteristics, temperament, and emotion regulation in children, aged 6-9 years, with (PH+) and without (PH-) a maternal history of suicidal behavior to determine ...
Hartmann, Daniela Schwenck, Christina
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Child psychiatry and human development
This study aimed to assess whether callous-unemotional traits (CU) are associated with deficits in emotion recognition independent of externalizing behavior and whether such deficits can be explained by aberrant attention. As previous studies have produced inconsistent results, the current study included two different emotion recognition paradigms ...
Stewart, Shannon L Babcock, Sarah E
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Child psychiatry and human development
Mental health concerns among children are pervasive, with one in five in North America experiencing a mental health issue. Unfortunately, only about a quarter will receive the support they need. interRAI is an organization of expert researchers and clinicians who develop integrated assessment systems to improve evaluation for vulnerable populations...
Crane, Margaret E Kendall, Philip C
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Child psychiatry and human development
The Coping Questionnaire (CQ)-child and parent version-is an idiographic measure of youth's perceived ability to cope in anxiety provoking situations. Participants (N = 442; aged 7-17) met DSM-IV criteria for separation anxiety disorder, generalized anxiety disorder, or social anxiety disorder. The internal consistency of the CQ was supported, and ...
Huang, Vivian DiMillo, Julia Koszycki, Diana
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Child psychiatry and human development
The parental bonding instrument (PBI) is a self-report questionnaire that was initially designed to retrospectively assess perceived parenting style during childhood in adult respondents. Recent studies have used the PBI to assess current perception of parenting in children. However, few studies have evaluated the psychometric properties of the PBI...
