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Kim SA, Bae SM. Impacts of Perceived Stress, Neglect, Victim and Respect for Human Rights on Depression of Adolescents. Child Psychiatry Hum Dev 2024; 55:1325-1332. [PMID: 36645536 DOI: 10.1007/s10578-023-01491-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 01/06/2023] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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The purpose of this study was to identify the impacts of perceived stress, neglect, online and offline violence, and respect for human rights on depression. To fulfill the purpose of the study, the data of 6277 middle and high school students (M = 15.64, SD = 1.69) from the Survey on the Human Rights of Children and Youth (2018) were used. The main results of the hierarchical multiple regression analysis are as follows. First, gender and age had significant impacts on depression. Second, neglect, perceived stress, and online violence were positively related to depression, whereas offline violence showed no relationship with depression. Third, respect for human rights, which is the final stage of the hierarchical multiple regression analysis, was negatively associated with depression. This study contributed to the research by verifying that perceived respect for human rights is a protective factor against depression.
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- Sung A Kim
- Department of Psychology, Graduate School, Dankook University, Cheonan, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Psychology, Graduate School, Dankook University, Cheonan, Republic of Korea.
- Department of Psychology and Psychotherapy, College of Health Science, Dankook University, 119 Dandae-Ro, Dongnam-Gu, Cheonan, Chungnam, Republic of Korea.
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Kelly RJ, Thompson MJ, El-Sheikh M. Exposure to parental interpartner conflict in adolescence predicts sleep problems in emerging adulthood. Sleep Health 2024; 10:576-582. [PMID: 39054157 DOI: 10.1016/j.sleh.2024.06.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/11/2023] [Revised: 06/13/2024] [Accepted: 06/22/2024] [Indexed: 07/27/2024]
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OBJECTIVES Parental interpartner conflict is a highly prevalent form of family risk that is stressful for adolescents with ramifications for their sleep. Multiple studies have demonstrated that adolescents from high-conflict homes are at risk for sleep problems. Building on this literature, we conducted novel analyses and investigated whether exposure to interpartner conflict in adolescence predicts sleep problems in the subsequent developmental period of emerging adulthood. METHODS We used a rigorous four-wave design spanning 8years (collected between 2012-2020). At wave 1, participants were 245 adolescents from diverse backgrounds (M age=15.74years; 67% White/European American, 33% Black/African American; 52% girls). Individuals participated again in their adolescence at wave 2 (M age=16.77) and wave 3 (M age=17.69). Participants returned for wave 4 in emerging adulthood (M age=22.97). Adolescents reported on their parents' interpartner conflict (intense and frequent conflict). Sleep duration (minutes) and quality (efficiency, long wake episodes) were measured using actigraphy. RESULTS After controlling for autoregressive effects and several covariates, findings from a structural equation model revealed that greater exposure to parental interpartner conflict in adolescence predicted reduced sleep efficiency and more long wake episodes in emerging adulthood. CONCLUSIONS Results build on the literature to consider sleep in the family context and are among the first to illustrate that exposure to parental interpartner conflict in adolescence predicts sleep problems in emerging adulthood. Continued investigations into the antecedents of sleep problems in emerging adulthood may benefit from considering past exposure to family risk.
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- Ryan J Kelly
- Department of Individual, Family and Community Education, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA.
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- Department of Human Development and Family Science, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama, USA
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- Department of Human Development and Family Science, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama, USA
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Hosseini Z, Motamedi M. Home, School, and Community-based Services for Forcibly Displaced Youth and Their Families. Child Adolesc Psychiatr Clin N Am 2024; 33:677-692. [PMID: 39277319 DOI: 10.1016/j.chc.2024.03.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/17/2024]
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Forced displacement can expose youth to unimaginable levels of traumatic life events. We discuss how home-based, school-based, and community-based services can be strategically situated to address the psychological sequelae of such events. Given the systemic challenges that refugee youth face when establishing trust in their new environments, are often from collectivist cultural backgrounds, espouse stigma towards professional help seeking, and must prioritize accessing services for their basic needs, these types of settings can be particularly relevant. In the administration of such services, we advocate for an intentional approach to addressing basic needs as well as using cultural brokers, validated measures, and family- and school-based interventions.
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- Zainab Hosseini
- Department of Psychology, Stanford University, 450 Jane Stanford Way, Building 420, Mail Code 3096, Stanford, CA, 94305, USA.
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- Refugee Health Alliance, 8861 Villa La Jolla Drive, #12062 La Jolla, CA 92036, USA
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Maheux AJ, Laurenceau JP, Roberts SR, Nesi J, Widman L, Choukas-Bradley S. Longitudinal Change in Appearance-Related Social Media Consciousness and Depressive Symptoms: A Within-Person Analysis during Early-to-Middle Adolescence. J Youth Adolesc 2024; 53:2287-2299. [PMID: 38789876 DOI: 10.1007/s10964-024-01998-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2023] [Accepted: 04/26/2024] [Indexed: 05/26/2024]
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Online appearance preoccupation may put adolescents at risk of developing mental health challenges, perhaps especially during early-to-middle adolescence. A random intercept cross-lagged panel model assessed within-person associations between appearance-related social media consciousness and depressive symptoms over three time-points with three months between waves. The sample (n = 1594) included U.S. adolescents aged 11-15 (Mage = 13; 47% girls, 46% boys, 7% another gender; 37% Latine, 33% White, 18% Black, 7% Asian). Within-person increases in appearance-related social media consciousness were associated with subsequent increases in depressive symptoms, but not vice versa. There was no evidence of gender differences and results were robust to controlling for both time on social media and offline self-objectification. Thus, online appearance concerns precede mental health challenges during early and middle adolescence.
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- Anne J Maheux
- Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.
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- Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI, USA
- Bradley Hasbro Research Center, Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, RI, USA
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- Department of Psychology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA
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De Caro EF, Delvecchio E, Garofalo C, Mazzeschi C. Assessment of anxiety symptoms in children and adolescents: Italian validation of the short version of the spence children's anxiety scale for parents. Clin Child Psychol Psychiatry 2024:13591045241288593. [PMID: 39353042 DOI: 10.1177/13591045241288593] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/04/2024]
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The assessment of anxiety symptoms in children and adolescents requires a valid and reliable single instrument able to detect various anxiety symptoms early and systematically collect data from other informant such as parents. The present study aimed to test the one-factor structure of the SCAS-P-8 and to examine its psychometric properties and invariance across sex and age in an Italian sample of 769 parents of children and adolescents aged 3-18 years (50.8% females). Confirmatory factor analysis confirmed the one-factor structure of the SCAS-P-8, which showed good reliability and invariance by sex and age. When examining mean differences by sex and age, results showed that female schoolchildren had higher anxiety scores than males and other age groups. A strong correlation with emotional problems demonstrated convergent validity, while discriminant validity resulted from the weak correlations with externalizing symptoms and relationship problems with peers. Overall, findings support the SCAS-P-8 as a valid brief instrument to assess anxiety symptoms in children and adolescents for clinical and research purposes and demonstrate its invariance across sex and age.
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- Elide Francesca De Caro
- Department of Philosophy, Social Sciences and Education, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy
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- Department of Philosophy, Social Sciences and Education, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy
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- Department of Philosophy, Social Sciences and Education, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy
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- Department of Philosophy, Social Sciences and Education, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy
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Wang H, Hou Y, Chen J, Yang X, Wang Y. The Association between Discrepancies in Parental Emotional Expressivity, Adolescent Loneliness and Depression: A Multi-Informant Study Using Response Surface Analysis. J Youth Adolesc 2024; 53:2407-2422. [PMID: 38864953 DOI: 10.1007/s10964-024-02033-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/08/2024] [Accepted: 06/02/2024] [Indexed: 06/13/2024]
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Incongruent perceptions of parental emotional expressivity between parents and adolescents may signify relational challenges, potentially impacting adolescents' socioemotional adjustment. Direct evidence is still lacking and father-adolescent discrepancies are overlooked. This study employed a multi-informant design to investigate whether both mother-adolescent and father-adolescent discrepancies in perceptions of parental expressivity are related to adolescents' mental well-being, specifically focusing on loneliness and depression. Analyzing data from 681 families (mean age of adolescents = 15.5 years old, 51.2% girls, 40% only-children) in China revealed that adolescents tended to perceive paternal and maternal emotional expressivity more negatively than their parents, particularly fathers. Polynomial regression and response surface analysis showed significant links between parent-adolescent congruence and incongruence and adolescent loneliness. (In)Congruence between adolescents and mothers or fathers predicted later adolescent depression, mediated by adolescent loneliness and varied by the dimension of emotional expressivity. These findings provide insights into the roles of mothers' and fathers' emotional expressivity in shaping children's mental well-being during adolescence.
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- Huiqi Wang
- Department of Psychology, School of Public Health, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China
- Department of Clinical Psychology, The Third People's Hospital of Maoming, Maoming, China
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- Department of Psychology, School of Public Health, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Psychology, School of Public Health, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China.
- Department of Psychiatry, Zhujiang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China.
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- Department of Psychology, School of Public Health, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China.
- Department of Psychiatry, Zhujiang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China.
- Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Center for Brain Science and Brain-Inspired Intelligence, Guangdong-Hong Kong Joint Laboratory for Psychiatric Disorders, Guangzhou, China.
- Guangdong Basic Research Center of Excellence for Integrated Traditional and Western Medicine for Qingzhi Diseases, Guangzhou, China.
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Song Q, Yuan T, Hu Y, Liu X, Fei J, Zhao X, Gao R, Yue J, Mei S. The Effect of Peer Victimization During Adolescence on Depression and Gender Differences: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. TRAUMA, VIOLENCE & ABUSE 2024; 25:2862-2876. [PMID: 38347760 DOI: 10.1177/15248380241227538] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/03/2024]
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Peer victimization during adolescence has a detrimental impact on the mental health of victims throughout their lives. However, it remains unclear whether these effects are gender-specific. The present study conducted a systematic review to examine the effects of peer victimization on depression status, explore potential sources of heterogeneity, and investigate gender differences in these effects. We systematically searched four electronic databases (Web of Science, PubMed, Embase, and CNKI) for relevant articles that published as far as July 2022. We then extracted odds ratios (OR) and 95% confidence intervals (CI) to assess the association between peer victimization during adolescence and depression, and potential gender differences in the relation. Meta-analysis was performed, using fixed effects models and random effects models, to evaluate the association between each exposure and the outcome. A meta-analysis of 27 studies revealed that peer victimization during adolescence was significantly associated with higher risks of depression (OR = 2.79, 95% CI [2.43, 3.21], p < .001). This finding was consistent across subgroup analyses. In particular, the effect of peer victimization during adolescence on depression was found to be more pronounced in studies conducted in Asia (OR = 3.06, 95% CI [2.38, 3.92], p < .001). Furthermore, five studies focused on gender differences demonstrated that peer victimization has a stronger association with the risk of depression in women (OR = 2.84, 95% CI [2.49, 3.26], p < .001). Peer victimization during adolescence is a significant risk factor for depression, with a greater impact on women and individuals residing in Asia. Further prospective studies are needed to investigate the relationship between peer victimization and depression.
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- Jilin University, Changchun, China
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Alarachi A, Merrifield C, Rowa K, McCabe RE. Are We Measuring ADHD or Anxiety? Examining the Factor Structure and Discriminant Validity of the Adult ADHD Self-Report Scale in an Adult Anxiety Disorder Population. Assessment 2024; 31:1508-1524. [PMID: 38288573 PMCID: PMC11409565 DOI: 10.1177/10731911231225190] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/18/2024]
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Adults with clinical anxiety have significant symptom overlap and above average rates of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Despite this, ADHD remains a vastly under-detected disorder among this population, indicating the need for a screener with well-understood symptom dimensions and good discriminant validity. The current study compared competing models of ADHD as well as discriminant properties of self-reported ADHD symptoms as measured by the Adult ADHD Self-Report Scale (ASRS-v1.1) in 618 adults with clinical anxiety. A three-factor correlated model of Inattention, Impulsivity, and Hyperactivity, with the movement of one item, talks excessively, to a factor of Impulsivity from Hyperactivity fit better than the one-factor, two-factor, and traditional three-factor models of ADHD. Discriminant properties of the screener were fair to good against measures of clinical anxiety and distress; however, some items within the Hyperactivity factor (e.g., difficulty relaxing; feeling driven by a motor) loaded more strongly onto factors of clinical anxiety than ADHD when measures were pooled together. These results suggest that clinicians making differential diagnoses between adult ADHD and anxiety or related disorders should look for evidence of ADHD beyond the overlapping symptoms, particularly for those within the Hyperactivity factor.
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- Arij Alarachi
- Anxiety Treatment and Research Clinic, St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
- Department of Psychology, Neuroscience, & Behaviour, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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- Anxiety Treatment and Research Clinic, St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
- Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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- Anxiety Treatment and Research Clinic, St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
- Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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- Anxiety Treatment and Research Clinic, St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
- Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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Edgar EV, Waugh A, Wu J, Castagna P, Potenza MN, Mayes LC, Crowley MJ. Risk avoidance and social anxiety in adolescence: Examination of event-related potentials and theta-dynamics on the Balloon Risk Avoidance Task. Brain Cogn 2024; 180:106209. [PMID: 39137602 PMCID: PMC11371477 DOI: 10.1016/j.bandc.2024.106209] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/05/2024] [Revised: 07/24/2024] [Accepted: 08/06/2024] [Indexed: 08/15/2024]
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Adolescents are at relatively high-risk for developing anxiety, particularly social anxiety. A primary hallmark of social anxiety is the impulse to avoid situations that introduce risk. Here, we examined the neural and behavioral correlates of risk avoidance in adolescents (N=59) 11 to 19 years of age. The Balloon Risk Avoidance Task was used with concurrent electroencephalography to measure event-related potentials (frontal P2; late slow-wave; N2, feedback-related negativity, FRN; posterior P3) and oscillatory dynamics (midfrontal theta, 4-7 Hz) in response to unsuccessful and successful risk avoidance conditions. Social anxiety was measured using the Social Phobia and Anxiety Inventory for Children. Results indicated that, across the whole sample, youth exhibited smaller P3, larger FRN, and larger theta responses to unsuccessful risk avoidance. Youth reporting high (compared to low) levels of social anxiety exhibited larger P2, slow-wave, and FRN responses to unsuccessful, compared to successful, risk avoidance. Further, greater social anxiety was associated with reduced theta responses to successful avoidance. Youth with higher levels of social anxiety showed smaller theta responses to both conditions compared to those with low levels of social anxiety. Taken together, the ERP-component differences and weakened theta power in socially anxious youth following unsuccessful avoidance are informative neural correlates for socially anxious youth during risk avoidance.
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- Elizabeth V Edgar
- Yale Child Study Center, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, United States.
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- Yale Child Study Center, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, United States
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- Yale Child Study Center, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, United States
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- Department of Psychology, The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL, United States
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- Yale Child Study Center, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, United States
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- Yale Child Study Center, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, United States
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- Yale Child Study Center, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, United States
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Baboli R, Cao M, Martin E, Halperin JM, Wu K, Li X. Distinct structural brain network properties in children with familial versus non-familial attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Cortex 2024; 179:1-13. [PMID: 39089096 PMCID: PMC11401761 DOI: 10.1016/j.cortex.2024.06.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/04/2024] [Revised: 04/12/2024] [Accepted: 06/17/2024] [Indexed: 08/03/2024]
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Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is among the most prevalent, inheritable, and heterogeneous childhood-onset neurodevelopmental disorders. Children with a hereditary background of ADHD have heightened risk of having ADHD and persistent impairment symptoms into adulthood. These facts suggest distinct familial-specific neuropathological substrates in ADHD that may exist in anatomical components subserving attention and cognitive control processing pathways during development. The objective of this study is to investigate the topological properties of the gray matter (GM) structural brain networks in children with familial ADHD (ADHD-F), non-familial ADHD (ADHD-NF), as well as matched controls. A total of 452 participants were involved, including 132, 165 and 155 in groups of ADHD-F, ADHD-NF and typically developed children, respectively. The GM structural brain network was constructed for each group using graph theoretical techniques with cortical and subcortical structures as nodes and correlations between volume of each pair of the nodes within each group as edges, while controlled for confounding factors using regression analysis. Relative to controls, children in both ADHD-F and ADHD-NF groups showed significantly higher nodal global and nodal local efficiencies in the left caudal middle frontal gyrus. Compared to controls and ADHD-NF, children with ADHD-F showed distinct structural network topological patterns associated with right precuneus (significantly higher nodal global efficiency and significantly higher nodal strength), left paracentral gyrus (significantly higher nodal strength and trend toward significantly higher nodal local efficiency) and left putamen (significantly higher nodal global efficiency and trend toward significantly higher nodal local efficiency). Our results for the first time in the field provide evidence of familial-specific structural brain network alterations in ADHD, that may contribute to distinct clinical/behavioral symptomology and developmental trajectories in children with ADHD-F.
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- Rahman Baboli
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, New Jersey Institute of Technology, NJ, USA; Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Rutgers University, Newark, NJ, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, New Jersey Institute of Technology, NJ, USA; Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Rutgers University, Newark, NJ, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, New Jersey Institute of Technology, NJ, USA
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- Department of Psychology, Queens College, City University of New York, NY, USA
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- School of Biomedical Sciences and Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou International Campus, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, New Jersey Institute of Technology, NJ, USA; Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, New Jersey Institute of Technology, NJ, USA.
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Jelinkova K, Charabin E, Miller C, Climie EA. Self-Stigma of Canadian Youth With ADHD and Their Parents. J Atten Disord 2024; 28:1598-1611. [PMID: 39219408 PMCID: PMC11403931 DOI: 10.1177/10870547241273161] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/04/2024]
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OBJECTIVE ADHD is subject to stigma from the general population. Exposure to stigma poses the risk of developing self-stigma of youth and parents, but few studies have focused on self-stigma of ADHD. Furthermore, parental factors have been implicated in self-stigma of youth, but no previous research has assessed the association between self-stigma of parents and youth. Therefore, the objective of this study was to better understand the experience of self-stigma of youth and their parents in the context of ADHD. METHOD Fifty-five youth with ADHD (aged 8-17) and one parent reporter per youth completed surveys to report their experiences. RESULTS The results of this study found that both youth and parents reported significantly lower self-stigma scores compared to most previously published research. Parents of boys reported higher self-stigma scores compared to parents of girls. Youth who reported higher self-stigma also reported lower self-esteem. Self-stigma scores in youth were predicted by inattentive symptoms but not hyperactive/impulsive symptoms or parental self-stigma. CONCLUSION Results emphasize the importance of understanding self-stigma of ADHD, symptom severity, and the need for interventions for families with ADHD.
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Abrahamyan A, Severo M, Soares S, Fraga S, Amorim M. The Interaction Effect of Adverse Childhood Experiences and Socioeconomic Circumstances in Adolescent Depressive Symptomatology. J Adolesc Health 2024; 75:591-599. [PMID: 39066752 DOI: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2024.05.029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/22/2024] [Revised: 05/30/2024] [Accepted: 05/30/2024] [Indexed: 07/30/2024]
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PURPOSE Limited research has examined the combined effects of psychosocial and material adversities experienced in childhood during adolescence, a sensitive period of rapid social, emotional, and cognitive development. We investigated the interaction effect of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and socioeconomic circumstances (SECs) during childhood on emerging self-reported depressive symptomatology among 13-year-old Portuguese adolescents. METHODS We utilized data from 4,280 participants in the Generation XXI birth cohort, collected during the baseline (2005-2006), third (2016-2017), and fourth waves (2018-2020). Adjusted odds ratios and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) were obtained from binary logistic regression analyses to estimate the likelihood of depressive symptoms based on exposure to ACEs and adverse family SECs. The interaction effect of ACEs and SECs was evaluated in terms of departure from additive and multiplicative models. RESULTS Adolescents who reported experiences of abuse, school-related problems, and household dysfunction, as well as those from less advantaged family SECs at age 10, were more likely to report moderate to severe depressive symptoms at age 13, compared to their more affluent counterparts. We observed a significant additive interaction between low household income and abuse in the development of moderate to severe depressive symptoms [relative excess risk due to interaction, 0.69, 95% CI: 0.11, 1.26]. This interaction remained statistically significant on a multiplicative scale [OR = 1.61, 95% CI: 0.99, 2.69]. DISCUSSION ACEs and low family SECs during the first decade of life are associated with an elevated risk of moderate to severe depressive symptoms in adolescence.
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- Armine Abrahamyan
- EPIUnit - Instituto de Saúde Pública da Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal; ITR- Laboratório para a Investigação Integrativa e Translacional, Porto, Portugal.
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- EPIUnit - Instituto de Saúde Pública da Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal; ITR- Laboratório para a Investigação Integrativa e Translacional, Porto, Portugal
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- EPIUnit - Instituto de Saúde Pública da Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal; ITR- Laboratório para a Investigação Integrativa e Translacional, Porto, Portugal
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- EPIUnit - Instituto de Saúde Pública da Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal; ITR- Laboratório para a Investigação Integrativa e Translacional, Porto, Portugal
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- EPIUnit - Instituto de Saúde Pública da Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal; ITR- Laboratório para a Investigação Integrativa e Translacional, Porto, Portugal
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Michelini G, Carlisi CO, Eaton NR, Elison JT, Haltigan JD, Kotov R, Krueger RF, Latzman RD, Li JJ, Levin-Aspenson HF, Salum GA, South SC, Stanton K, Waldman ID, Wilson S. Where do neurodevelopmental conditions fit in transdiagnostic psychiatric frameworks? Incorporating a new neurodevelopmental spectrum. World Psychiatry 2024; 23:333-357. [PMID: 39279404 PMCID: PMC11403200 DOI: 10.1002/wps.21225] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/18/2024] Open
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Features of autism spectrum disorder, attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, learning disorders, intellectual disabilities, and communication and motor disorders usually emerge early in life and are associated with atypical neurodevelopment. These "neurodevelopmental conditions" are grouped together in the DSM-5 and ICD-11 to reflect their shared characteristics. Yet, reliance on categorical diagnoses poses significant challenges in both research and clinical settings (e.g., high co-occurrence, arbitrary diagnostic boundaries, high within-disorder heterogeneity). Taking a transdiagnostic dimensional approach provides a useful alternative for addressing these limitations, accounting for shared underpinnings across neurodevelopmental conditions, and characterizing their common co-occurrence and developmental continuity with other psychiatric conditions. Neurodevelopmental features have not been adequately considered in transdiagnostic psychiatric frameworks, although this would have fundamental implications for research and clinical practices. Growing evidence from studies on the structure of neurodevelopmental and other psychiatric conditions indicates that features of neurodevelopmental conditions cluster together, delineating a "neurodevelopmental spectrum" ranging from normative to impairing profiles. Studies on shared genetic underpinnings, overlapping cognitive and neural profiles, and similar developmental course and efficacy of support/treatment strategies indicate the validity of this neurodevelopmental spectrum. Further, characterizing this spectrum alongside other psychiatric dimensions has clinical utility, as it provides a fuller view of an individual's needs and strengths, and greater prognostic utility than diagnostic categories. Based on this compelling body of evidence, we argue that incorporating a new neurodevelopmental spectrum into transdiagnostic frameworks has considerable potential for transforming our understanding, classification, assessment, and clinical practices around neurodevelopmental and other psychiatric conditions.
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- Giorgia Michelini
- Department of Biological and Experimental Psychology, School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK
- Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Division of Psychology and Language Sciences, University College London, London, UK
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- Department of Psychology, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, USA
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- Institute of Child Development, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Division of Child and Youth Mental Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Department of Psychiatry, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, USA
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- Department of Psychology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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- Department of Psychology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA
- Waisman Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA
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- Child Mind Institute, New York, NY, USA
- Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, Brazil
- Instituto Nacional de Psiquiatria do Desenvolvimento para a Infância e Adolescência, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Department of Psychological Sciences, College of Health and Human Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA
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- Department of Psychology, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY, USA
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- Department of Psychology, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- Institute of Child Development, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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Cao Y, Zhang X, Zhang Q, Fan X, Zang T, Bai J, Wu Y, Zhou W, Liu Y. Prenatal Gut Microbiota Predicts Temperament in Offspring at 1-2 Years. Biol Res Nurs 2024; 26:569-583. [PMID: 38865156 DOI: 10.1177/10998004241260894] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/13/2024]
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The purpose of this study was to explore whether prenatal gut microbiota (GM) and its functions predict the development of offspring temperament. A total of 53 mothers with a 1-year-old child and 41 mothers with a 2-year-old child were included in this study using a mother-infant cohort from central China. Maternal fecal samples collected during the third trimester were analyzed using 16S rRNA V3-V4 gene sequences. Temperament of the child was measured by self-reported data according to the primary caregiver. The effects of GM in mothers on offspring's temperament were evaluated using multiple linear regression models. The results demonstrated that the alpha diversity index Simpson of prenatal GM was positively associated with the activity level of offspring at 1 year (adj. P = .036). Bifidobacterium was positively associated with high-intensity pleasure characteristics of offspring at 1 year (adj. P = .031). Comparatively, the presence of Bifidobacterium found in the prenatal microbiome was associated with low-intensity pleasure characteristics in offspring at 2 years (adj. P = .031). There were many significant associations noted among the functional pathways of prenatal GM and temperament of offspring at 2 years. Our findings support the maternal-fetal GM axis in the setting of fetal-placental development with subsequent postnatal neurocognitive developmental outcomes, and suggest that early childhood temperament is in part associated with specific GM in the prenatal setting.
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- Yanan Cao
- Center for Women's and Children's Health, Wuhan University School of Nursing, Wuhan, China
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- Wuhan University School of Nursing, Wuhan, China
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- Center for Women's and Children's Health, Wuhan University School of Nursing, Wuhan, China
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- Center for Women's and Children's Health, Wuhan University School of Nursing, Wuhan, China
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- Center for Women's and Children's Health, Wuhan University School of Nursing, Wuhan, China
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- Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- Department of Nursing, Suizhou Hospital, Hubei University of Medicine, Suizhou, China
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- Department of Cardiology, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
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- Center for Women's and Children's Health, Wuhan University School of Nursing, Wuhan, China
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Capella J, Telzer EH. A framework for integrating neural development and social networks in adolescence. Dev Cogn Neurosci 2024; 69:101442. [PMID: 39241455 PMCID: PMC11408384 DOI: 10.1016/j.dcn.2024.101442] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2024] [Revised: 07/12/2024] [Accepted: 09/03/2024] [Indexed: 09/09/2024] Open
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Adolescence is a developmental period characterized by increasingly complex and influential peer contexts. Concurrently, developmental changes in neural circuits, particularly those related to social cognition, affective salience, and cognitive control, contribute to individuals' social interactions and behaviors. However, while adolescents' behaviors and overall outcomes are influenced by the entirety of their social environments, insights from developmental and social neuroscience often come from studies of individual relationships or specific social actors. By capturing information about both adolescents' individual relations and their larger social contexts, social network analysis offers a powerful opportunity to enhance our understanding of how social factors interact with adolescent development. In this review, we highlight the relevant features of adolescent social and neural development that should be considered when integrating social network analysis and neuroimaging methods. We focus on broad themes of adolescent development, including identity formation, peer sensitivity, and the pursuit of social goals, that serve as potential mechanisms for the relations between neural processes and social network features. With these factors in mind, we review the current research and propose future applications of these methods and theories.
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- Jimmy Capella
- Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA.
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- Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA.
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Andrews NCZ, Dawes M. Using retrospective reports to develop profiles of harmful versus playful teasing experiences. J Adolesc 2024; 96:1512-1526. [PMID: 38847229 DOI: 10.1002/jad.12359] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/18/2023] [Revised: 04/26/2024] [Accepted: 05/29/2024] [Indexed: 10/06/2024]
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INTRODUCTION The current investigation's central goal was to elucidate the complex features of peer teasing episodes that individuals use to interpret teasing as harmful versus playful. METHOD In 2022-2023, we used semistructured interviews to gather retrospective reports of K-12 peer teasing experiences from a sample of 27 students from a university in southern Ontario, Canada (18-25 years old, 63% female, 78% White). RESULTS Content analysis revealed the multifaceted nature of teasing, with participants defining teasing as harmful, playful, or including elements of both harm and pleasure. Harmful teasing experiences often included content that was sensitive to the target, occurred between both friends and nonfriends, and often included a power differential with the teasing perpetrator having more power than the target. Targets recalled negative emotional responses, with behavioral responses to mitigate the situation and reduce further teasing. In contrast, playful teasing often occurred between friends or close friends, was often motivated by positive interpersonal motives (e.g., for encouragement), and had positive impacts on the relationship between perpetrator and target. However, despite benign intent, some playful teasing was marked by negative emotional responses and feelings of harm. CONCLUSIONS Results have implications for uncovering the nuanced and complex nature of teasing, and provide a preliminary profile of harmful versus playful teasing interactions.
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- Naomi C Z Andrews
- Department of Child and Youth Studies, Brock University, St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Educational and Developmental Science, College of Education, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina, USA
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Azu MA, Han GT, Wolf JM, Naples AJ, Chawarska K, Dawson G, Bernier RA, Jeste SS, Dziura JD, Webb SJ, Sugar CA, Shic F, McPartland JC. Clinician-caregiver informant discrepancy is associated with sex, diagnosis age, and intervention use among autistic children. AUTISM : THE INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF RESEARCH AND PRACTICE 2024:13623613241279999. [PMID: 39344965 DOI: 10.1177/13623613241279999] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/01/2024]
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LAY ABSTRACT In some cases, a clinician's perceptions of a child's autism-related behaviors are not the same as the child's caregiver's perceptions. Identifying how these discrepancies relate to the characteristics of the child is critical for ensuring that diagnosis procedures are unbiased and suitable for all children. This study examined whether discrepancies between clinician and caregiver reports of autism features related to the child's sex at birth. We also explored how the discrepancies related to the age at which the child received their autism diagnosis and how much intervention they received. We found that clinicians rated autism features higher than caregivers for boys and rated autism features lower than caregivers for girls. In addition, lower clinician relative to parent ratings was related to being diagnosed at an older age and receiving less intervention. These findings suggest that there is more to learn about the presentation of autism-related behaviors in girls. When caregiver and clinician ratings of autism features do not align, it may be important to consider caregivers' ratings to obtain a more accurate picture of the child's autism features and the support they may need.
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Constantinou MP, Stepanous J, Lereya ST, Wilkinson H, Golden S, Deighton J. Study protocol for a pragmatic randomised multiple baseline trial evaluating Knowledge Insight Tools (KIT), a cognitive behavioural therapy-informed school-based counselling intervention for children and young people in UK secondary schools with low mood and anxiety. Trials 2024; 25:637. [PMID: 39350145 PMCID: PMC11440936 DOI: 10.1186/s13063-024-08299-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/02/2024] [Accepted: 06/27/2024] [Indexed: 10/04/2024] Open
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BACKGROUND There is a pressing need to offer more accessible, evidence-based psychological interventions to secondary school students who are increasingly reporting difficulties with anxiety and low mood. The aim of this pragmatic randomised multiple baseline trial is to evaluate the efficacy of a school-based counselling intervention called Knowledge Insight Tools (KIT) for reducing anxiety and low mood in UK secondary school students. KIT is a flexible intervention delivered individually and informed by cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT). METHODS We will use a randomised multiple baseline design whereby young people will be randomly allocated to a baseline wait period of 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, or 8 weekly measurements, followed by receiving up to 10 weekly sessions of KIT delivered by trained, school-based practitioners. We aim to recruit 60 young people aged 11-18 who are primarily experiencing problems with low mood and/or anxiety from secondary schools across England and Scotland. We will assess child-reported anxiety, mood, and general psychological distress/coping with the Young Person's Clinical Outcomes in Routine Evaluation (YP-CORE), recorded at each session during the baseline and intervention phases. We will also assess child-reported anxiety and low mood with the Revised Children's Anxiety and Depression Scale (RCADS) at the beginning and end of treatment; practitioner-reported treatment fidelity with the KIT Fidelity Checklist; and practitioner-reported feasibility with an end-of-treatment Implementation Survey. We will analyse within-person and between-person change in YP-CORE scores across the baseline and intervention phases using visual analysis and piecewise multilevel growth curve models. We will also analyse pre-post changes in YP-CORE scores using randomisation tests, and reliable and clinically significant change using the RCADS scores. DISCUSSION The KIT trial is a pragmatic, randomised multiple baseline trial aimed at evaluating a school-based, individual CBT counselling intervention for reducing anxiety and low mood in UK secondary school students. Results will directly inform the provision of KIT in school-based counselling services, as well as the growing evidence-base for school-based CBT interventions. TRIAL REGISTRATION ClinicalTrials.gov NCT06188962. Retrospectively registered on 02/01/24.
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- Matthew Paul Constantinou
- Evidence Based Practice Unit, Faculty of Brain Sciences, University College London, Gower Street, London, WC1E 6BT, UK.
- Anna Freud, 4-8 Rodney Street, London, N1 9JH, UK.
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- Evidence Based Practice Unit, Faculty of Brain Sciences, University College London, Gower Street, London, WC1E 6BT, UK
- Anna Freud, 4-8 Rodney Street, London, N1 9JH, UK
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- Evidence Based Practice Unit, Faculty of Brain Sciences, University College London, Gower Street, London, WC1E 6BT, UK
- Anna Freud, 4-8 Rodney Street, London, N1 9JH, UK
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- Evidence Based Practice Unit, Faculty of Brain Sciences, University College London, Gower Street, London, WC1E 6BT, UK
- Anna Freud, 4-8 Rodney Street, London, N1 9JH, UK
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Schwartz L, Hayut O, Levy J, Gordon I, Feldman R. Sensitive infant care tunes a frontotemporal interbrain network in adolescence. Sci Rep 2024; 14:22602. [PMID: 39349700 PMCID: PMC11442694 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-73630-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/10/2024] [Accepted: 09/19/2024] [Indexed: 10/04/2024] Open
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Caregiving plays a critical role in children's cognitive, emotional, and psychological well-being. In the current longitudinal study, we investigated the enduring effects of early maternal behavior on processes of interbrain synchrony in adolescence. Mother-infant naturalistic interactions were filmed when infants were 3-4 months old and interactions were coded for maternal sensitivity and intrusiveness with the Coding Interactive Behavior Manual. In early adolescence (Mean = 12.30, SD = 1.25), mother-adolescent interbrain synchrony was measured using hyperscanning EEG during a naturalistic interaction of positive valence. Guided by previous hyperscanning studies, we focused on interbrain connections within the right frontotemporal interbrain network. Results indicate that maternal sensitivity in early infancy was longitudinally associated with neural synchrony in the right interbrain frontotemporal network. Post-hoc comparisons highlighted enhancement of mother-adolescent frontal-frontal connectivity, a connection that has been implicated in parent-child social communication. In contrast, maternal intrusiveness in infancy was linked with attenuation of interbrain synchrony in the right interbrain frontotemporal network. Sensitivity and intrusiveness are key maternal social orientations that have shown to be individually stable in the mother-child relationship from infancy to adulthood and foreshadow children's positive and negative social-emotional outcomes, respectively. Our findings are the first to demonstrate that these two maternal orientations play a role in enhancing or attenuating the child's interbrain frontotemporal network, which sustains social communication and affiliation. Results suggest that the reported long-term impact of maternal sensitivity and intrusiveness may relate, in part, to its effects on tuning the child's brain to sociality.
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- Linoy Schwartz
- Center for Developmental Social Neuroscience, Reichman University, Herzliya, 0460101, Israel
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- Center for Developmental Social Neuroscience, Reichman University, Herzliya, 0460101, Israel
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- Center for Developmental Social Neuroscience, Reichman University, Herzliya, 0460101, Israel
- Department of Criminology and Gonda Brain Research Center, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan, Israel
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- Department of Psychology and Gonda Brain Research Center, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan, Israel
- Child Study Center, Yale University, New Haven, USA
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- Center for Developmental Social Neuroscience, Reichman University, Herzliya, 0460101, Israel.
- Child Study Center, Yale University, New Haven, USA.
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Chen W, Gao Y, Xiao S. Predicting non-suicidal self-injury among Chinese adolescents: The application of ten algorithms of machine learning. Heliyon 2024; 10:e37723. [PMID: 39347408 PMCID: PMC11437845 DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e37723] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/16/2024] [Revised: 09/04/2024] [Accepted: 09/09/2024] [Indexed: 10/01/2024] Open
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Background and aims High non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI) prevalence among adolescents is a global health issue. However, current prediction models for adolescent NSSI rely on a limited set of algorithms, resulting in biased predictions. Therefore, the aim of this study is to develop multiple machine learning models to enhance prediction accuracy and mitigate biases among Chinese adolescents. Methods A total of 4487 junior and senior high school students in China were recruited. Multiple algorithms were included, such as logistic regression, decision tree, support vector machine, Naive Bayes, multi-layer perceptron, K-nearest neighbors, and ensemble learning algorithm like random forest, bagging, AdaBoost, and stacking to build predictive models. Data processing techniques, including standardization and the synthetic minority oversampling technique, were employed to optimize the predictive model. The model was trained on 70 % of the data, reserving 30 % for testing. Results The ten prediction models achieved a good performance, with area under the receiver operating characteristic curve (AUC) scores above 0.700 in the test set. The stacking and random forest models achieved AUC scores of 0.904 and 0.898, respectively. The prediction performance of the Naive Bayes model was relatively poor. The top five important variables were resilience, bully, suicidal ideation, internet addiction, and depression. Conclusions The ensemble machine learning algorithm showed promising results predicting NSSI among adolescents. Such algorithms should be recommended for future NSSI research to enhance predictive accuracy. Identification of important features in NSSI prediction can help develop screening protocols and lay a foundation for clinical diagnosis and intervention in adolescent populations.
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- Wei Chen
- School of Psychology, Guizhou Normal University, Guiyang, China
- Inner Mongolia Student Bullying Prevention Research Center, Tongliao, China
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- School of Psychology, Guizhou Normal University, Guiyang, China
- Inner Mongolia Student Bullying Prevention Research Center, Tongliao, China
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- School of Psychology, Guizhou Normal University, Guiyang, China
- Inner Mongolia Student Bullying Prevention Research Center, Tongliao, China
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Graf K, Jamous R, Mückschel M, Bluschke A, Beste C. Delayed modulation of alpha band activity increases response inhibition deficits in adolescents with AD(H)D. Neuroimage Clin 2024; 44:103677. [PMID: 39362044 DOI: 10.1016/j.nicl.2024.103677] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/02/2024] [Revised: 09/25/2024] [Accepted: 09/26/2024] [Indexed: 10/05/2024]
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Deficiencies in inhibitory control are one of the hallmarks of attention-deficit-(hyperactivity) disorder (AD(H)D). Response inhibition demands can become increased through additional conflicts, namely when already integrated representations of perception-action associations have to be updated. Yet, the neural mechanisms of how such conflicts worsen response inhibition in AD(H)D are unknown, but, if identified, could help to better understand the complex nature of AD(H)D-associated impulsivity. We investigated both behavioral performance and EEG activity in the theta and alpha band of adolescents (10-18 years of age) with AD(H)D (n = 28) compared to neurotypical (NT) controls (n = 33) in a conflict-modulated Go/Nogo paradigm. We used multivariate pattern analysis (MVPA) and EEG-beamforming to examine how changes in representational content are coded by oscillatory activity and to delineate the cortical structures involved in it. The presented behavioral and neurophysiological data show that adolescents with AD(H)D are more strongly affected by increased response inhibition demands through additional conflicts than NT controls. Precisely, AD(H)D participants showed higher false alarm rates than NT controls in both, non-overlapping and overlapping Nogo trials, but performed even worse in the latter. This is likely due to an inefficient updating of representations related to delayed modulations of alpha band activity in the ventral stream and orbitofrontal regions. Theta band activity is also modulated by conflict but was not differentially affected in the two groups. By this, the present study provides novel insights into underlying neurophysiological mechanisms of the complex nature of response inhibition deficits in adolescents with AD(H)D, stressing the importance to examine the interplay of theta and alpha band activity more closely to better understand inhibitory control deficits in AD(H)D.
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- Katharina Graf
- Cognitive Neurophysiology, Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, TU, Dresden, Germany
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- Cognitive Neurophysiology, Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, TU, Dresden, Germany
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- Cognitive Neurophysiology, Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, TU, Dresden, Germany
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- Cognitive Neurophysiology, Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, TU, Dresden, Germany
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- Cognitive Neurophysiology, Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, TU, Dresden, Germany.
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Zheng H, Zheng Y. Understanding the Within- and Between-Person Structure of Daily Psychopathology Among Adolescents and Young Adults. Assessment 2024:10731911241283908. [PMID: 39344957 DOI: 10.1177/10731911241283908] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/01/2024]
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Previous investigations on the underlying structure of psychopathology symptoms primarily focused at the between-person level and among adult samples. This study used two independent Canadian samples with month-long daily diary designs to investigate daily psychopathology structure at both within- and between-person level among adolescents (n = 99, 2,132 daily reports) and young adults (n = 313, 6,431 and 4,018 daily reports at each wave). Four mainstream types of psychopathology structure were compared based on a comprehensive set of standards. The results suggest that the general factor of psychopathology (p factor) derived from the higher-order and bifactor models performed similarly well at both within- and between-person levels, while the specific factors estimated in the bifactor models demonstrated low reliability and consistency over time. Psychopathology manifests as multidimensional at the within-person level but unidimensional at the between-person level. The current findings inform the development of future prevention and intervention programs by supporting the adoption of transdiagnostic treatment that addresses multiple psychopathology symptoms with a holistic approach.
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- Hao Zheng
- University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
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- University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
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Xiao LR, Zhao G, Zhang P, Tian X, Wu XX, Li JR, Liu SY, Wu HM. A Psychometric Evaluation of the Revised Version of the Adult ADHD Self-Report Scale in Chinese Adolescents. J Atten Disord 2024:10870547241285971. [PMID: 39344019 DOI: 10.1177/10870547241285971] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/01/2024]
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BACKGROUND Adolescent-specific ADHD self-report screening measures can greatly increase the likelihood of correct diagnosis and timely treatment of ADHD in adolescents. This study provides preliminary evidence for evaluating the reliability and validity of the Adult ADHD Self-Report Scale-Revised (ASRS-R) in a school-based sample of Chinese adolescents. METHODS The ASRS-R and the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) were administered to 867 adolescents aged 12 to 16 years (Mage = 13.08 years). Construct validity was assessed using correlation analysis of the ASRS-R with the SDQ. Moreover, confirmatory factor analysis (CFA), internal consistency, retest reliability, and measurement invariance of the scales were examined by gender. RESULTS CFA showed a two-dimensional factor structure of the ASRS-R, and the model fitted the data well (χ2/df = 4.370, RMSEA = 0.062, TLI = 0.932, CFI = 0.940, GFI = 0.927, AGFI = 0.907, and SRMR = 0.038). The ASRS-R scale was invariant across gender and had satisfactory internal consistency (Cronbach's alpha = .934) and test-retest reliability (intraclass correlation coefficient = .874). The construct validity, as calculated using the SDQ, was also acceptable. CONCLUSION The ASRS-R can be a psychometrically reliable self-report instrument and provide preliminary support as a simple tool for identifying ADHD symptoms in Chinese adolescents. The findings provide evidence for extending the application of the ASRS, previously limited to adults, to the adolescent populations.
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- Maternity and Child Healthcare Hospital, Nanshan, China
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- Harbin Medical University, Daqing, China
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- Harbin Medical University, Daqing, China
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- Harbin Medical University, Daqing, China
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- Harbin Medical University, Daqing, China
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Goh PK, A Wong AWW, Suh DE, Bodalski EA, Rother Y, Hartung CM, Lefler EK. Emotional Dysregulation in Emerging Adult ADHD: A Key Consideration in Explaining and Classifying Impairment and Co-Occurring Internalizing Problems. J Atten Disord 2024:10870547241284829. [PMID: 39342440 DOI: 10.1177/10870547241284829] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/01/2024]
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OBJECTIVE The current study sought to clarify and harness the incremental validity of emotional dysregulation and unawareness (EDU) in emerging adulthood, beyond ADHD symptoms and with respect to concurrent classification of impairment and co-occurring problems, using machine learning techniques. METHOD Participants were 1,539 college students (Mage = 19.5, 69% female) with self-reported ADHD diagnoses from a multisite study who completed questionnaires assessing ADHD symptoms, EDU, and co-occurring problems. RESULTS Random forest analyses suggested EDU dimensions significantly improved model performance (ps < .001) in classifying participants with impairment and internalizing problems versus those without, with the resulting ADHD + EDU classification model demonstrating acceptable to excellent performance (except in classification of Work Impairment) in a distinct sample. Variable importance analyses suggested inattention sum scores and the Limited Access to Emotional Regulation Strategies EDU dimension as the most important features for facilitating model classification. CONCLUSION Results provided support for EDU as a key deficit in those with ADHD that, when present, helps explain ADHD's co-occurrence with impairment and internalizing problems. Continued application of machine learning techniques may facilitate actuarial classification of ADHD-related outcomes while also incorporating multiple measures.
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- University of Hawai'i at Mānoa, Honolulu, USA
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Kokori E, Aderinto N, Olatunji G, Komolafe R, Abraham IC, Babalola AE, Aboje JE, Ukoaka BM, Samuel O, Ayodeji A, Omoworare O, Olatunji D. Maternal and fetal neurocognitive outcomes in preeclampsia and eclampsia; a narrative review of current evidence. Eur J Med Res 2024; 29:470. [PMID: 39342384 PMCID: PMC11437679 DOI: 10.1186/s40001-024-02070-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/02/2024] [Accepted: 09/20/2024] [Indexed: 10/01/2024] Open
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Hypertensive disorders of pregnancy (HDP), such as preeclampsia and eclampsia, present significant risks to maternal and fetal health. While immediate complications are well-documented, emerging research highlights potential neurocognitive impacts on both mothers and their offspring. This narrative review synthesizes evidence on these neurocognitive outcomes associated with HDP, focusing on preeclampsia and eclampsia. A literature search was conducted for studies published from 2000 to February 2024. Maternal outcomes, including memory, executive function, and psychosocial well-being, were assessed across 11 studies, while fetal and neonatal neurocognitive outcomes were explored in five studies. Consistent findings indicate that preeclampsia and eclampsia are linked to impairments in maternal cognitive functions and psychosocial health. Offspring exposed to these conditions in utero also show cognitive deficits and alterations in brain connectivity. Contributing factors include placental dysfunction, altered angiokine levels, maternal stress, and socioeconomic variables. To mitigate these impacts, future research should focus on clarifying the underlying mechanisms and developing early interventions. This review emphasizes the necessity of multidisciplinary approaches to improve neurocognitive outcomes for both mothers and their children affected by preeclampsia and eclampsia.
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- Emmanuel Kokori
- Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Ilorin, Ilorin, Nigeria
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- Department of Medicine, Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, PMB 5000, Ogbomoso, Nigeria.
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- Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Ilorin, Ilorin, Nigeria
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- Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Ilorin, Ilorin, Nigeria
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- College of Health Sciences, Benue State University, Benue, Nigeria
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- Department of Medicine and Surgery, Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ogun, Nigeria
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- Department of Health Sciences, Western Illinois University, Macomb, USA
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Kingsbury CM, Zvorsky I, Spelman K. Postmarketing Surveillance of Full Spectrum Hemp Extract CBD Products: Reported Adverse Events and Serious Adverse Events. Drugs Real World Outcomes 2024:10.1007/s40801-024-00454-x. [PMID: 39340755 DOI: 10.1007/s40801-024-00454-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 09/10/2024] [Indexed: 09/30/2024] Open
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BACKGROUND There is a growing interest in products featuring hemp extracts and a demand for more data regarding their safety. To date, there is a paucity of published data on the safety of these products. METHODS A retrospective analysis of postmarketing surveillance data collected in the United States on full spectrum hemp extract (FSHE) products manufactured by Charlotte's Web (CW) was conducted over an 18-month period (January 2019 to July 2020). The frequency of adverse events (AEs) and serious adverse events (SAEs) was assessed by analyzing AE reports against the estimated number of consumers who purchased products and the total number of products sold. RESULTS During the 18-month period, approximately 646,391 consumers purchased 1,939,172 products and 431 AEs were reported by 304 individuals. The estimated percentage of consumers who reported at least one adverse event was 0.05%. The percentage of AEs per products sold was 0.02%. Most AEs (98.14%) reported were Grade 1 (i.e., asymptomatic or causing mild symptoms), as classified by the Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events. Seven AEs were classified as serious, and the percentage of SAEs per products sold was 0.0004%. None of the reported SAEs were classified as a Grade 4 or Grade 5 (i.e., life threatening or fatal). CONCLUSIONS Approximately 0.05% of consumers who purchased the CW FSHE products from January 2019 to July 2020 reported an adverse event. The percentage of AEs and SAEs per products sold was 0.02% and 0.0004%, respectively. These data demonstrate that CW FSHE products appear to be well tolerated at recommended doses.
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- Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Science, Boston, MA, USA
- Health, Education and Research, Driggs, ID, USA
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Stewart CM, Master A, Mire SS, Hassett KS, Smith BH. Perceptions of Academic Performance, Impairment, and Mental Health in University Students With and Without ADHD. J Atten Disord 2024:10870547241285237. [PMID: 39342442 DOI: 10.1177/10870547241285237] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/01/2024]
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OBJECTIVE This study aims to investigate the impact of positive illusory bias (PIB) on the relationship between ADHD symptoms and functioning in college students, with a focus on gender differences. METHOD The sample consisted of 195 college students, including 148 with ADHD and 47 without ADHD. Measures of ADHD symptomatology, life satisfaction, affect, gender identity, and impairment were collected, along with cumulative grade point average. RESULTS ADHD symptomatology was inversely linked to subjective well-being, with PIB acting as a significant moderator. Functional impairment was predicted by ADHD symptoms and subjective well-being, while social impairment and academic functioning were predicted by PIB and well-being. Significant gender differences were found, particularly in the interaction between PIB and ADHD symptoms for non-binary individuals. CONCLUSION This study suggests that PIB is relevant for emerging adults with ADHD enrolled in higher education. Subjective well-being and PIB act as buffers against the detrimental functional and social effects of ADHD symptoms in emerging adult college students. The study highlights the importance of considering gender-specific approaches in understanding and supporting the mental health of this population.
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- Christian M Stewart
- University of Houston, TX, USA
- Center for Behavioral Health, Boys Town, Nebraska
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- University of Houston, TX, USA
- Baylor University, Waco, TX, USA
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Zhang H, Chen Y, Sun J, Cai S, Tang X, Wang A. Audiovisual Integration Decreases Inhibition of Return in Children With ADHD. J Atten Disord 2024:10870547241284867. [PMID: 39340119 DOI: 10.1177/10870547241284867] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/30/2024]
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OBJECTIVES Previous studies have widely demonstrated that inhibition of return (IOR) with audiovisual targets decreases due to audiovisual integration (AVI). It is currently unclear, however, whether the impaired AVI in children with ADHD has effects on IOR. The present study used the cue-target paradigm to explore differences between the IOR of audiovisual targets and the IOR of visual targets in ADHD and typically developing (TD) children. METHOD A total of 81 native Chinese speakers aged 6 to 13 years were recruited, including 38 children with ADHD and 43 age- and sex-matched TD children. RESULTS The results showed that there was a smaller magnitude of IOR with audiovisual targets as compared with visual targets in the two groups. Importantly, the reduction of IOR in audiovisual conditions was significantly smaller in children with ADHD than in children with TD. Race model analyses further confirmed that differences in IOR between ADHD and TD are due to deficits of audiovisual integration in ADHD. CONCLUSION The results indicated that children with ADHD have impaired audiovisual integration, which has a minimal impact on IOR.
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- Children's Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, China
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- Children's Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, China
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Yue L, Zhao R, Zhuo Y, Kou X, Yu J. Experiences and attitudes of psychiatric nurses in caring for patients with repeated non-suicidal self-injury in China: a qualitative study. BMC Psychiatry 2024; 24:629. [PMID: 39334168 PMCID: PMC11438181 DOI: 10.1186/s12888-024-06064-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2024] [Accepted: 09/09/2024] [Indexed: 09/30/2024] Open
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BACKGROUND The incidence of non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI) is high and often occurs repeatedly. Psychiatric nurses play a vital role in the care and treatment of NSSI patients, as they have the most frequent contact with patients. The experiences and attitudes of nurses has a direct affect on the quality of care they provide to patients. Negative care experiences and attitudes of patient aversion on behalf of nurses may delay the observation and treatment of changes in the patient's condition, leading to irreversible risks. Although cross-sectional studies have investigated the attitudes of medical staff toward NSSI patients, quantitative research results cannot comprehensively reflect the emotional experiences and complex psychological changes of the study subjects. A few studies have focused on the psychiatric nurses' care experiences and attitudes toward patients with repeated NSSI. OBJECTIVE This study aimed to explore psychiatric nurses' care experiences and attitudes toward patients during repeated NSSI. METHODS A thematic analysis qualitative study was used. Using purposive sampling, 18 psychiatric nurses were recruited from a mental health center in Chengdu, China. Semi-structured interviews were conducted and audio-recorded. Audio-recordings were transcribed verbatim and analyzed using six-phase thematic analysis. RESULTS Four themes emerged from the analysis: psychiatric nurses' care experiences, perceptions, care attitudes and coping style toward repeated NSSI patients. Psychiatric nurses have experienced negative care experiences and severe career burnout during the patient's repeated NSSI. Nurses' attitudes toward NSSI patients changed during repeated NSSI, from understanding to indifference to anger and resentment. At the same time, it was found that nurses' coping style with NSSI patients could be divided into three stages, namely, active coping, neglect and perfunctory, and criticism and punishment. CONCLUSIONS The findings have implications for health care systems regarding interventions to improve nurses' care experiences and attitudes toward repeated NSSI patients. These findings suggest that enhancing nurses' understanding of NSSI, establishing standardized emergency response and intervention programs, guiding positive professional values and responsibility, and improving nurses' caring attitudes can promote the early detection and timely intervention of NSSI.
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- Leiyu Yue
- Mental Health Center of West China Hospital, Sichuan University, No. 28 South Dianxin Street, Chengdu, 610041, China
- West China School of Nursing, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
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- Geriatric Psychiatric Ward 2, The Fourth People's Hospital of Chengdu, Chengdu, PR China
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- Mental Health Center of West China Hospital, Sichuan University, No. 28 South Dianxin Street, Chengdu, 610041, China
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- Mental Health Center of West China Hospital, Sichuan University, No. 28 South Dianxin Street, Chengdu, 610041, China
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- Mental Health Center of West China Hospital, Sichuan University, No. 28 South Dianxin Street, Chengdu, 610041, China.
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Tufty LM, Kang S, Ialongo NS, Meinzer MC. Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder and Subsequent Trauma Exposure: The Mediating Role of Deviant Peer Affiliation. Res Child Adolesc Psychopathol 2024:10.1007/s10802-024-01244-3. [PMID: 39331277 DOI: 10.1007/s10802-024-01244-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 08/23/2024] [Indexed: 09/28/2024]
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Individuals with ADHD symptoms are at an increased risk of lifetime trauma exposure. However, research has yet to fully examine whether symptoms of ADHD function as a temporal risk factor for experiencing trauma and specific mechanisms that may explain the association between symptoms of ADHD and trauma exposure. Two constructs that may account for the relation between ADHD symptoms and trauma are deviant peer association and neighborhood disadvantage. The present study sought to 1) elucidate the temporal nature of ADHD symptoms and exposure to trauma and 2) examine whether peer deviancy and/or neighborhood disadvantage mediate the relation between childhood ADHD symptoms and subsequent trauma exposure across a 20-year longitudinal cohort study. Participants (N = 616) were predominantly Black/African American (86%; Male n = 389) from an urban school district. Using structural equation modeling, total trauma exposures during young adulthood (Years 17-20) were regressed on parent- and teacher-rated ADHD symptoms in Grade 1 (Year 1). A significant indirect path from ADHD symptoms to trauma exposure through deviant peer affiliation (Year 16) indicated that having childhood ADHD symptoms predicted deviant peer affiliation 16 years later, which in turn predicted greater exposures to traumatic events during young adulthood, controlling for neighborhood disadvantage. Neighborhood disadvantage was not a significant mediator when accounting for peer deviancy. Taken together, findings contribute to a limited body of research that utilizes a prospective design to examine the association between childhood ADHD symptoms and trauma exposure in young adulthood among Black/African American youth. Potential targets for intervention are proposed.
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- Logan M Tufty
- Department of Psychology, University of Illinois Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
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- Department of Psychology, Loyola University Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
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- Johns Hopkins University, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Department of Psychology, University of Illinois Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.
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Breider S, de Bildt A, Greaves-Lord K, Dietrich A, Hoekstra PJ, van den Hoofdakker BJ. Parent Training for Disruptive Behaviors in Referred Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Randomized Controlled Trial. J Autism Dev Disord 2024:10.1007/s10803-024-06567-0. [PMID: 39331246 DOI: 10.1007/s10803-024-06567-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 09/11/2024] [Indexed: 09/28/2024]
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The purpose of this study was to investigate whether face-to-face and therapist-assisted online (i.e., blended) behavioral parent training are effective on reducing disruptive behaviors in children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in routine mental health care. Ninety-seven children with ASD (4-13 years; 76 boys) were randomized to face-to-face parent training, blended parent training, or a waitlist control condition. We assessed treatment effects on parent-rated child noncompliance (primary outcome) and irritability (secondary outcome). This involved comparing both formats separately to the control condition using linear regression models. Child behaviors at 6 months follow-up were also examined. Children in the face-to-face parent training condition improved significantly more on noncompliance and irritability than children in the waitlist condition and improvements sustained to 6 months follow-up. Children in the blended condition did not improve more than children in the waitlist condition and attrition was high. Our results extend findings from efficacy studies to routine mental health care and advocate the use of face-to-face parent training for disruptive behaviors in children with ASD. More research into blended parent training programs for children with ASD and disruptive behaviors in routine mental health care should be conducted to draw more definite conclusions about the value of blended parent training for these children. Trial registration number NL4712; date of registration 22-10-2014.
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- Simone Breider
- Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
- Accare Child Study Center, Groningen, The Netherlands
- The Research School of Behavioural and Cognitive Neurosciences, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands.
- Accare Child Study Center, Groningen, The Netherlands.
- The Research School of Behavioural and Cognitive Neurosciences, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands.
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- Department of Clinical Psychology and Experimental Psychopathology, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
- Jonx: Department of (Youth) Mental Health and Autism, Lentis Psychiatric Institute, Autism Team Northern-Netherlands, Groningen, The Netherlands
- Yulius Organization for Mental Health, Dordrecht, The Netherlands
- Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry/Psychology, Erasmus MC-Sophia, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
- Accare Child Study Center, Groningen, The Netherlands
- The Research School of Behavioural and Cognitive Neurosciences, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
- Accare Child Study Center, Groningen, The Netherlands
- The Research School of Behavioural and Cognitive Neurosciences, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
- Accare Child Study Center, Groningen, The Netherlands
- The Research School of Behavioural and Cognitive Neurosciences, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
- Department of Clinical Psychology and Experimental Psychopathology, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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Schladant M, Nunez C, Natale R, Velasquez C, Fernández E, Balzano G, Garilli A, Bulotsky-Shearer RJ, Ma R, Elbaum B. A mixed methods, cluster randomized control trial to examine assistive technology use to support early literacy in preschool children with disabilities. Disabil Rehabil Assist Technol 2024:1-13. [PMID: 39331739 DOI: 10.1080/17483107.2024.2407060] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/28/2023] [Revised: 07/17/2024] [Accepted: 09/13/2024] [Indexed: 09/29/2024]
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This mixed methods study examined the impact of a multi-faceted professional development (PD) program for preschool teachers and classroom assistants on teacher-supported assistive technology (AT) use and early literacy development of children with disabilities. Four special education preschools were randomized into intervention (2 schools, 9 teachers, 50 children) and waitlist control (2 schools, 17 teachers, 42 children) groups. The 24-week PD included online modules, coaching, and AT device kits. Pre-post gains in children's AT use and early literacy skills were analyzed using χ2 and repeated measures ANOVA. Teacher interviews and reflective commentaries were analyzed using Framework Analysis methodology. From pre- to post-test, the percent of children in the intervention group using some form of AT rose from 36 to 80%. The percent of children using AT in the control group went from 45 to 62%. The difference in change between the two groups was statistically significant, χ2 = 13.93, p=.001. Gains in early literacy skills were not significantly different across groups, F(1,90)=0.010, p=.922. Analysis of the qualitative data revealed three themes: the positive impact of AT on child engagement and participation, the importance of individualizing AT for each student, and barriers teachers faced in AT implementation. The PD program had a positive effect on children's AT use but not on gains in early literacy. Teachers' comments highlighted the nuanced relationship between AT use and literacy outcomes, suggesting the need for more targeted implementation of AT during literacy activities.
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- Michelle Schladant
- Department of Pediatrics, Mailman Center for Child Development, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, FL, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Mailman Center for Child Development, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, FL, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Mailman Center for Child Development, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, FL, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Mailman Center for Child Development, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, FL, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Mailman Center for Child Development, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, FL, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Mailman Center for Child Development, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, FL, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Mailman Center for Child Development, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, FL, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Mailman Center for Child Development, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, FL, USA
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- Department of Teaching and Learning, School of Education and Human Development, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL, USA
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Valdes V, Craighead LW, Nelson CA, Enlow MB. The Influence of Temperament, Theory of Mind, Inhibitory Control, and Prosocial Behavior on Child Anxiety Symptoms in the First Five Years of Life. Res Child Adolesc Psychopathol 2024:10.1007/s10802-024-01250-5. [PMID: 39331278 DOI: 10.1007/s10802-024-01250-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 09/13/2024] [Indexed: 09/28/2024]
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Anxiety disorders are among the most prevalent of all mental health disorders, often originating in early childhood and extending into later childhood, adolescence, and adulthood. Determining salient risk factors that precede their development is important for prevention and intervention efforts. Towards this end, we examined the role of temperament, theory of mind, inhibitory control, and prosocial behavior on child anxiety symptoms in the first 5 years of life. A community sample of children and their parents (N = 399) enrolled in a longitudinal study of emotion processing were assessed when the children were infants and at ages 2 years, 3 years, and 5 years. Linear mixed models and linear regression models revealed that greater anxiety at 5 years was associated with greater negative affectivity and behavioral inhibition, lower effortful control, lower theory of mind scores on the "desires" domain, and higher scores on the "intentions" domain (assessed from infancy to 3 years of age). These characteristics may be useful to assess in clinical settings to evaluate a patient's risk for developing anxiety. They may also be useful in developing interventions targeting specific vulnerabilities.
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- Viviane Valdes
- Division of Developmental Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital, Brookline, MA, USA
- Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Division of Developmental Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital, Brookline, MA, USA
- Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
- Harvard Graduate School of Education, Cambridge, MA, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Boston Children's Hospital, 300 Longwood Avenue, BCH 3199, Boston, MA, 02115, USA.
- Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
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Konrad K, Puetz VB. A context-dependent model of resilient functioning after childhood maltreatment-the case for flexible biobehavioral synchrony. Transl Psychiatry 2024; 14:388. [PMID: 39333480 PMCID: PMC11436866 DOI: 10.1038/s41398-024-03092-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/03/2023] [Revised: 08/20/2024] [Accepted: 09/03/2024] [Indexed: 09/29/2024] Open
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Many children who experience childhood adversity, whether in the form of threat or deprivation, develop adaptive competencies that lead to resilient functioning. Still, research has not succeeded in accurately predicting the level of resilient functioning by any kind of biomarkers, likely because it has sidelined the flexibility inherent in a construct that is situationally and developmentally variable. Whilst recent research acknowledges the importance of redefining resilience in order to reflect its dynamic nature after adversity, evidence for specific behaviors that are developmentally adaptive and dynamic throughout the lifespan is limited. We here propose a model in which resilient functioning is crucially dependent on the individual's capability to flexibly synchronize with and segregate from another's cognitive-affective, behavioral, and physiological states, known as 'biobehavioral synchrony'. Such an adaptive interpersonal skill is rooted in (a) the early caregiving experience and its regulatory effects on an individual's physiological stress reactivity, as well as (b) the development of self-other distinction which can be affected by childhood maltreatment. Bridging the gap between accounts of flexible resilient functioning and the latest thinking in biobehavioral synchrony, we will review behavioral and neurobiological evidence that threat and deprivation in childhood interfere with the development of dynamic, context-sensitive boundaries between self and other, mediated by the (right) tempo-parietal junction (a central neural hub for interpersonal synchronization), which puts the individual at risk for affective fusion or cut-off from others' arousal states. Our proposed model charts a path for investigating the differential effects of maltreatment experiences and mechanisms for intergenerational transmission of non-sensitive caregiving. We conclude with metrics, data analysis methods, and strategies to facilitate flexible biobehavioral synchrony.
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- Kerstin Konrad
- Child Neuropsychology Section, Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Psychosomatics and Psychotherapy, Medical Faculty, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany
- JARA-Brain Institute II, Molecular Neuroscience and Neuroimaging, RWTH Aachen & Research Centre Juelich, Juelich, Germany
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- Division of Psychology and Language Sciences, University College London, London, UK.
- Anna Freud National Centre for Children and Families, London, UK.
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Costache ME, Gioia F, Vanello N, Greco A, Lefebvre F, Capobianco A, Weibel S, Weiner L. Exploring Emotion Control and Alexithymia in Autistic Adults: An Ecological Momentary Assessment Study. J Autism Dev Disord 2024:10.1007/s10803-024-06551-8. [PMID: 39333448 DOI: 10.1007/s10803-024-06551-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 09/01/2024] [Indexed: 09/29/2024]
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Difficulties in controlling emotions - a proxy for emotion dysregulation (ED)-and difficulties in expressing feelings in words-'absence of emotion labelling' or alexithymia-co-exist in autism and contribute to elevated levels of impulsive and suicidal behaviour. To date, studies linking the two phenomena have relied on retrospective self-reported measures, lacking support for generalizability to real-life situations. The present study investigated in vivo emotion labelling and its impact on emotion control in 29 autistic adults without intellectual disability (ASC) and 28 neurotypical (NT) individuals of similar age, sex, and educational level. Participants were trained in an Ecological Momentary Assessment (EMA) to label their emotions, the arousal dimension, and their emotion control via smartphone over a one-week period. Findings showed that the ASC group experienced more instances of 'having an emotion that I cannot name' and, when they were able to label their emotions, they reported higher rates of negative and conflicting (simultaneously positive and negative) emotions. In both groups, the absence of emotion labelling, and intense negative emotions were associated with impaired emotion control. However, the association between lack of emotional awareness-'I have no emotion'-and impaired emotion control was only evident in ASC individuals. Our study highlights a nuanced facet of emotional processing in the ASC population. Further research is needed to gain a deeper understanding of the complex relationship between ED and alexithymia in autism.
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- Mădălina Elena Costache
- Laboratoire de Psychologie des Cognitions, Faculté de Psychologie, University of Strasbourg, 12 Rue Goethe, 67000, Strasbourg, France.
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- Dipartimento di Ingegneria dell'Informazione, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Ingegneria dell'Informazione, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Ingegneria dell'Informazione, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
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- Department of Biostatistics, Strasbourg University Hospital, Strasbourg, France
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- Ingineering Science, Computer Science and Imagery Laboratory, CNRS, University of Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France
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- Cognitive Neuropsychology and Pathophysiology of Schizophrenia, University of Strasbourg, INSERM 1114, Strasbourg, France
- UMR-S 1329, Strasbourg Translational Neuroscience & Psychiatry, INSERM, University of Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France
- Department of Psychiatry, Strasbourg University Hospital, Strasbourg, France
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- Laboratoire de Psychologie des Cognitions, Faculté de Psychologie, University of Strasbourg, 12 Rue Goethe, 67000, Strasbourg, France
- Department of Psychiatry, Strasbourg University Hospital, Strasbourg, France
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Xiong C, Zhang M, Yang H, Wei X, Zhao C, Zhang J. Modelling cell type-specific lncRNA regulatory network in autism with Cycle. BMC Bioinformatics 2024; 25:307. [PMID: 39333906 PMCID: PMC11430139 DOI: 10.1186/s12859-024-05933-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2024] [Accepted: 09/17/2024] [Indexed: 09/30/2024] Open
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BACKGROUND Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a class of complex neurodevelopment disorders with high genetic heterogeneity. Long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) are vital regulators that perform specific functions within diverse cell types and play pivotal roles in neurological diseases including ASD. Therefore, exploring lncRNA regulation would contribute to deciphering ASD molecular mechanisms. Existing computational methods utilize bulk transcriptomics data to identify lncRNA regulation in all of samples, which could reveal the commonalities of lncRNA regulation in ASD, but ignore the specificity of lncRNA regulation across various cell types. RESULTS Here, we present Cycle (Cell type-specific lncRNA regulatory network) to construct the landscape of cell type-specific lncRNA regulation in ASD. We have found that each ASD cell type is unique in lncRNA regulation, and more than one-third and all cell type-specific lncRNA regulatory networks are characterized as scale-free and small-world, respectively. Across 17 ASD cell types, we have discovered 19 rewired and 11 stable modules, along with eight rewired and three stable hubs within the constructed cell type-specific lncRNA regulatory networks. Enrichment analysis reveals that the discovered rewired and stable modules and hubs are closely related to ASD. Furthermore, more similar ASD cell types tend to be connected with higher strength in the constructed cell similarity network. Finally, the comparison results demonstrate that Cycle is a potential method for uncovering cell type-specific lncRNA regulation. CONCLUSION Overall, these results illustrate that Cycle is a promising method to model the landscape of cell type-specific lncRNA regulation, and provides insights into understanding the heterogeneity of lncRNA regulation between various ASD cell types.
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- Chenchen Xiong
- School of Engineering, Dali University, Dali, Yunnan, China
- Beijing CapitalBio Pharma Technology Co.,Ltd., Beijing, China
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- School of Engineering, Dali University, Dali, Yunnan, China
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- School of Engineering, Dali University, Dali, Yunnan, China
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- School of Engineering, Dali University, Dali, Yunnan, China
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- School of Engineering, Dali University, Dali, Yunnan, China.
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Adrian M, James KM, Gallop R, Chu PV, Vander Stoep A, McCauley E. Transitions in Suicide Risk from Early Adolescence to Early Adulthood. Arch Suicide Res 2024:1-17. [PMID: 39331043 DOI: 10.1080/13811118.2024.2403491] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/28/2024]
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OBJECTIVE Understanding patterns of suicide risk over the course of development can aid our ability to prevent suicide. Our community-based study examined changes in suicide risk status and predictors of changes in risk status in a sample of 521 adolescents over six assessments between the start of middle school and young adulthood (ages 12-22). METHODS Suicidal thoughts and behaviors (STB) were measured with the Diagnostic Interview Schedule for Children and the Moods and Feelings Questionnaire. Latent transition analysis (LTA) was utilized to evaluate transitions in suicide risk status over the course of development. Nine risk factors' initial values and change over time were modeled as predictors in the LTA. RESULTS Latent class analysis identified a four-class model of developmental suicide risk patterns: Class 1: Infrequent STB (73-87% of participants), Class 2: Diminishing STB (1-17% of participants), Class 3: Escalating STB (6-16% of participants), and Class 4: Consistently High STB (1-5% of participants). LTA demonstrated that infrequent STB members and escalating STB members were likely to maintain their risk class across time points. CONCLUSIONS Classification of STB trajectories demonstrated self-worth and family involvement were salient variables affecting transitions in risk over time and suggest prevention targets early in adolescence that could have impact on suicide risk in adulthood.
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Zhou J, Luo Y, Chang P, Li L. Patterns of Poly-Victimization Among Early Adolescents: A Latent Class and Two-Wave Latent Transition Analysis. Psychol Res Behav Manag 2024; 17:3341-3354. [PMID: 39355679 PMCID: PMC11444219 DOI: 10.2147/prbm.s477451] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/01/2024] [Accepted: 09/19/2024] [Indexed: 10/03/2024] Open
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Background Poly-victimization involves more than just counting incidents; it varies in severity and type among adolescents and can change over time. Objective The aim is to identify latent classes of poly-victimization among children in early adolescence, investigate transition probabilities between these latent categories, and examine the influencing factors. Methods We used stratified cluster random sampling to select 2275 junior high students from five rural middle schools in Shantou and Jieyang, China, and surveyed them in two waves. Latent Class Analysis (LCA) and Latent Transition Analysis (LTA) identified latent classes of poly-victimization, and multi-factor logistic regression examined factors influencing the probability of students transitioning between these latent classes. Results LCA identified three categories of poly-victimization: low poly-victimization, group, and high child maltreatment and peer and sibling victimization. The probabilities of remaining in the high child maltreatment and peer and sibling victimization group, transitioning to the transition group, or shifting to the low poly-victimization group were 37.00%, 29.20%, and 33.80%, respectively. Most transition group members remained in the same group, with a conversion probability of 77.10%, followed by transitioning to the low poly-victimization group with a probability of 15.80%. Physically healthy children, compared to those with disabilities or illnesses, were less likely to switch from the low poly-victimization group to the transition group (OR=0.034) or the high child maltreatment and peer and sibling victimization group (OR=0.14). Non-left-behind children, compared to left-behind children, have a higher probability of switching from the high child maltreatment and peer and sibling victimization group to the low poly-victimization group (OR=6.905). Conclusion The high child maltreatment and peer and sibling victimization group had similar probabilities of transitioning into other categories. Physical illness or disability, as well as being left behind, are significant risk factors for children transitioning from the low-harm group to the high-harm group.
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- Jiajun Zhou
- School of Public Health, Shantou University, Shantou, People's Republic of China
- Injury Prevention Research Center, Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, People's Republic of China
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- School of Public Health, Shantou University, Shantou, People's Republic of China
- Injury Prevention Research Center, Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, People's Republic of China
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- School of Public Health, Shantou University, Shantou, People's Republic of China
- Injury Prevention Research Center, Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, People's Republic of China
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- School of Public Health, Shantou University, Shantou, People's Republic of China
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Hjetland GJ, Finserås TR, Sivertsen B, Colman I, Hella RT, Andersen AIO, Skogen JC. Digital self-presentation and adolescent mental health: Cross-sectional and longitudinal insights from the "LifeOnSoMe"-study. BMC Public Health 2024; 24:2635. [PMID: 39333972 PMCID: PMC11437887 DOI: 10.1186/s12889-024-20052-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/21/2023] [Accepted: 09/11/2024] [Indexed: 09/30/2024] Open
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BACKGROUND The intensive use of social media among adolescents has caused concern about its impact on their mental health, but studies show that social media use is linked to both better and worse mental health. These seemingly contradictory findings may result from the diverse motivations, interactions, and experiences related to social media use, and studies investigating specific facets of social media use in relation to mental health and well-being, beyond general usage metrics, have been called for. Aspects of self-presentation on social media, such as feedback-seeking and upwards social comparison have been linked to worse mental health, however, there is a need for more studies exploring the relationship between self-presentation on social media and adolescent mental health over time. AIM The aim of this study was to explore the cross-sectional and longitudinal relationship between aspects of self-presentation and depression, anxiety, and well-being among adolescents. METHODS This study utilised both cross-sectional and longitudinal datasets from the LifeOnSoMe-study, comprising 3,424 and 439 participants, respectively (OSF preregistration https://doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/BVPS8 ). Latent Class Analysis (LCA) was used to identify similar response patterns within the Self-Presentation and Upwards Social Comparison Inclination Scale (SPAUSCIS). Regression models and first differencing methods were applied to evaluate the cross-sectional and longitudinal associations between focus on self-presentation and mental health and well-being among adolescents. RESULTS A strong emphasis on self-presentation was linked to increased levels of depression and anxiety in both males and females, and reduced well-being in females when compared to those with lower or intermediate self-presentation focus. The effect sizes ranged from small to medium. Furthermore, an escalation in self-presentation focus over time was associated with a slight increase in symptoms of anxiety and depression; however, the association with well-being did not reach statistical significance. CONCLUSION The results of the present study suggest that a heightened focus on self-presentation, which includes behaviours such as seeking feedback, employing strategic self-presentation tactics, and engaging in upward social comparisons, is associated with an elevated risk of reduced mental health.
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- Gunnhild Johnsen Hjetland
- Department of Health Promotion, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Bergen, Norway.
- Centre for Evaluation of Public Health Measures, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway.
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- Department of Health Promotion, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Bergen, Norway
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- Department of Health Promotion, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Bergen, Norway
- Department of Research and Innovation, Helse Fonna HF, Haugesund, Norway
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- School of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada
- Centre for Fertility and Health, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway
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- Regional Centre for Child and Youth Mental Health and Child Welfare, NORCE Research, Bergen, Norway
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- Department of Health Promotion, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Bergen, Norway
- Centre for Evaluation of Public Health Measures, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway
- Alcohol and Drug Research Western Norway, Stavanger University Hospital, Stavanger, Norway
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Zou H, Tang D, Chen Z, Wang EC, Zhang W. The effect of social anxiety, impulsiveness, self-esteem on non-suicidal self-injury among college students: A conditional process model. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PSYCHOLOGY 2024. [PMID: 39340177 DOI: 10.1002/ijop.13248] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/10/2023] [Accepted: 09/07/2024] [Indexed: 09/30/2024]
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Non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI) is an emerging concern in the field of public health. The objective of this study is to develop a conditional process model to investigate the relationship between social anxiety and NSSI, and the role of impulsiveness and self-esteem in this relationship. A convenience sample of 2717 university students (Mage = 19.81, 22.49% male) from Southern China was recruited. The age range of the participants is between 18 and 25 years. The data were analysed using Spearman correlation analysis, mediation analysis and moderation analysis. The study revealed a positive correlation between social anxiety and NSSI, with impulsiveness serving as a mediating factor in this association. The relationship between social anxiety and NSSI, impulsiveness and social anxiety, impulsiveness and NSSI were all found to be moderated by self-esteem. The prevalence of NSSI among college students exhibited a strong association with social anxiety and impulsiveness. The present investigation additionally demonstrated that there was no significant association between social anxiety, impulsivity and NSSI when high self-esteem was included. This finding implies that self-esteem plays a crucial role in safeguarding against NSSI.
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- Hongyu Zou
- Center for studies of Psychological Application, School of Psychology, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, China
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- Center for studies of Psychological Application, School of Psychology, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, China
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- School of Economics and Management, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou, China
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- Division of Environment and Sustainability, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, China
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- Center for studies of Psychological Application, School of Psychology, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, China
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Soto M, Micalizzi L, Price D, Rogers ML, Jackson KM. Birth order moderates the association between adverse childhood experiences and externalizing behavior symptoms in adolescence. J Exp Child Psychol 2024; 249:106077. [PMID: 39332240 DOI: 10.1016/j.jecp.2024.106077] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/07/2024] [Revised: 08/28/2024] [Accepted: 08/28/2024] [Indexed: 09/29/2024]
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Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) are associated with externalizing behaviors. Whereas some ACEs affect individual children (i.e., child-specific; e.g., failing a grade), others affect the family unit (i.e., family-wide; e.g., parent losing a job); effects of ACEs on externalizing behavior may manifest differently across groupings of ACEs. Moreover, birth order may modify the association between child-specific and family-wide ACEs and externalizing behavior due to differences in the experience of being a younger versus older sibling. This study examined the externalizing behavior of siblings in relation to their experiences of child-specific and family-wide ACEs to test the hypothesis that younger siblings are at greater risk for developing externalizing symptoms following familial ACE exposure. Participants were 61 sibling pairs (younger sibling Mage = 11.37 years, 44.1% male; older sibling Mage = 13.1 years, 52.5% male) recruited from six schools in the northeastern United States. Parents rated each child's externalizing behaviors (e.g., bullying, meanness) and retrospectively reported on each child's experience of 34 ACEs; two raters categorized ACEs as child-specific (n = 10) or family-wide (n = 24). Multilevel modeling revealed that both child-specific and family-wide ACEs were associated with increased externalizing behaviors. Birth order moderated the effect of family-wide (but not child-specific) ACEs on externalizing behaviors, independent of sex and age. Externalizing behavior was higher for younger siblings as compared with older siblings, particularly when a high number of ACEs (6+) were reported. This research should prompt future exploration of mechanistic theories of the impact of family-wide and child-specific ACEs and the role of birth order.
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- Marcela Soto
- School of Psychology, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Santiago Metropolitan Region, Chile
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- Center for Alcohol & Addiction Studies, School of Public Health, Brown University, Providence, RI 02912, USA; Department of Behavioral and Social Sciences, School of Public Health, Brown University, Providence, RI 02912, USA.
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- Center for Alcohol & Addiction Studies, School of Public Health, Brown University, Providence, RI 02912, USA; Department of Behavioral and Social Sciences, School of Public Health, Brown University, Providence, RI 02912, USA
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- Department of Behavioral and Social Sciences, School of Public Health, Brown University, Providence, RI 02912, USA
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- Center for Alcohol & Addiction Studies, School of Public Health, Brown University, Providence, RI 02912, USA; Department of Behavioral and Social Sciences, School of Public Health, Brown University, Providence, RI 02912, USA
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Pigatto F, Grant C, Marks E, Walker C, Fletcher B, Waldie KE. Perinatal cumulative risk scores for depression symptoms in young people from the Growing Up in New Zealand longitudinal study. J Affect Disord 2024:S0165-0327(24)01631-8. [PMID: 39341293 DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2024.09.143] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/18/2024] [Revised: 08/29/2024] [Accepted: 09/21/2024] [Indexed: 10/01/2024]
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BACKGROUND Adolescent depression has increased markedly over the last decade and often persists into adulthood with a range of adverse outcomes. Identifying the perinatal risk factors contributing to adolescent depression is crucial to advise early interventions. METHODS The study included 4563 young people from the Growing Up in New Zealand (GUiNZ) longitudinal study who completed a questionnaire on depression symptoms at age 12 years (Centre for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale for Children (CESD-10)). Cumulative Risk (CR) scores were created by combining the perinatal risk factors significantly associated with depression symptoms. Then, these CR scores were grouped into three levels and their association with depression symptoms was investigated in univariable and multivariable analyses. RESULTS We found a statistically significant association between the CR scores (from one to six perinatal risk factors) and depression score at age 12, compared to the no-risk factor group, suggesting a dose-response relationship. In the adjusted analysis, young people exposed to the low CR score (1-3 risk factors) had a 0.85 unit increase in depression score (p- < .001), and those exposed to the high CR (≥risk factors) had a 1.70 unit increase (p < .001) compared to no perinatal risk factors. LIMITATIONS Our model was focused on the perinatal CR score without including the effects of childhood risk factors. CONCLUSIONS The perinatal CR score is a valuable approach to identifying the subgroup of young people who are most at risk for depression symptoms. As such, early interventions that simultaneously address multiple perinatal risk factors for depression are recommended.
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- Francesca Pigatto
- School of Population Health, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
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- Department of Paediatrics: Child & Youth Health, School of Medicine, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand; General Paediatrics, Starship Children's Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand
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- School of Population Health, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
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- School of Population Health, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
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- Social and Community Health, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
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- School of Psychology, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand.
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Yamashita M, Shou Q, Mizuno Y. Unsupervised machine learning for identifying attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder subtypes based on cognitive function and their implications for brain structure. Psychol Med 2024:1-13. [PMID: 39324400 DOI: 10.1017/s0033291724002368] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/27/2024]
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BACKGROUND Structural anomalies in the frontal lobe and basal ganglia have been reported in patients with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). However, these findings have been not always consistent because of ADHD diversity. This study aimed to identify ADHD subtypes based on cognitive function and find their distinct brain structural characteristics. METHODS Using the data of 656 children with ADHD from the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD) Study, we applied unsupervised machine learning to identify ADHD subtypes using the National Institutes of Health Toolbox Tasks. Moreover, we compared the regional brain volumes between each ADHD subtype and 6601 children without ADHD (non-ADHD). RESULTS Hierarchical cluster analysis automatically classified ADHD into three distinct subtypes: ADHD-A (n = 212, characterized by high-order cognitive ability), ADHD-B (n = 190, characterized by low cognitive control, processing speed, and episodic memory), and ADHD-C (n = 254, characterized by strikingly low cognitive control, working memory, episodic memory, and language ability). Structural analyses revealed that the ADHD-C type had significantly smaller volumes of the left inferior temporal gyrus and right lateral orbitofrontal cortex than the non-ADHD group, and the right lateral orbitofrontal cortex volume was positively correlated with language performance in the ADHD-C type. However, the volumes of the ADHD-A and ADHD-B types were not significantly different from those of the non-ADHD group. CONCLUSIONS These results indicate the presence of anomalies in the lateral orbitofrontal cortex associated with language deficits in the ADHD-C type. Subtype specificity may explain previous inconsistencies in brain structural anomalies reported in ADHD.
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- Masatoshi Yamashita
- Research Center for Child Mental Development, University of Fukui, Fukui, Japan
- Division of Developmental Higher Brain Functions, United Graduate School of Child Development, University of Fukui, Fukui, Japan
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- Research Center for Child Mental Development, University of Fukui, Fukui, Japan
- Division of Developmental Higher Brain Functions, United Graduate School of Child Development, University of Fukui, Fukui, Japan
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- Research Center for Child Mental Development, University of Fukui, Fukui, Japan
- Division of Developmental Higher Brain Functions, United Graduate School of Child Development, University of Fukui, Fukui, Japan
- Department of Child and Adolescent Psychological Medicine, University of Fukui Hospital, Fukui, Japan
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Soler N, Perkes IE, Dale RC, Bray P. Parent-young person lived experience of sensory dysregulation in children with tic disorders: a qualitative study. Disabil Rehabil 2024:1-19. [PMID: 39324587 DOI: 10.1080/09638288.2024.2403727] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/21/2023] [Revised: 09/06/2024] [Accepted: 09/07/2024] [Indexed: 09/27/2024]
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PURPOSE To understand the breadth of sensory dysregulation on participation in daily tasks for young people with tic disorders, as research identified that sensory dysregulation experiences are broader than the symptoms being assessed. METHODS Eighteen semi-structured interviews were conducted with 16 families with children (5-16 years) with tic disorders. Interviews ranged from 45 to 120 min and were transcribed verbatim. Data collected from parents and young people were analysed and coded together. Thematic analysis using inductive and open coding methods was implemented using NVivo. RESULTS The impact of sensory dysregulation on daily life may be understood through the higher-order theme: ''sensory, emotions and tics; it's a ticking time bomb'', and three subthemes: (1) we sacrifice and adapt to get daily activities done in the home, (2) my child's experience of the community environment hinders participation, and (3) sensory preferences impact our entire family. CONCLUSION Sensory dysregulation experiences impact the entire family's quality of life, yet patient-reported sensory measures do not adequately capture the impact on the family unit and breath of symptoms. A sensory-based measure for children with tics is needed to comprehensively assess sensory dysregulation sensitivities for this population, ensuring patients' needs and effectiveness of therapy can be measured.
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- Nicolette Soler
- Department of Psychological Medicine, The Sydney Children's Hospitals Network, Sydney, Australia
- Children's Hospital Westmead Clinical School, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
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- Department of Psychological Medicine, The Sydney Children's Hospitals Network, Sydney, Australia
- Discipline of Psychiatry & Mental Health and Discipline of Paediatrics & Children's Health, School of Clinical Medicine, UNSW Medicine & Health, UNSW Sydney, Kensington, Australia
- School of Women's and Children's Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
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- Children's Hospital Westmead Clinical School, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
- Department of Paediatric Neurology, The Children's Hospital at Westmead, Sydney, Australia
- Kids Neuroscience Centre, and Brain and Mind Centre, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
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- The Sydney Children's Hospitals Network, Sydney, Australia and School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
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Laninga-Wijnen L, Pouwels JL, Giletta M, Salmivalli C. Feeling better now? Being defended diminishes daily mood problems and self-blame in victims of bullying. BRITISH JOURNAL OF EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY 2024. [PMID: 39327225 DOI: 10.1111/bjep.12717] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2023] [Accepted: 09/08/2024] [Indexed: 09/28/2024]
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BACKGROUND School bullying is a group phenomenon in which being defended by peer bystanders may buffer against the development of psychological problems in victims. AIMS This registered report examines whether being defended diminished victims' daily mood problems and self-blame, both from a within- and between-person perspective. MATERIALS AND METHODS Daily diary data were collected from n = 1669 Finnish 7th-9th grade students (M age = 14.45; 55.5% girl) across 3 weeks. In n = 1329 out of 12,366 assessments (10.7%), students indicated that schoolmates victimized them on the day of bullying. RESULTS Multi-level regression analyses indicated that students reported lower depressed mood, greater positive mood and lower self-blame on days that they were victimized and defended as compared to days when they were victimized but non-defended. Effect sizes were medium for depressed mood and small for positive mood and self-blame. Repeated victims (n = 144) were less likely to blame themselves for victimization on days they were defended, which, in turn, diminished feelings of humiliation (mediation). DISCUSSION Our findings indicate that being defended benefits victims of bullying by mitigating mood problems, both directly and indirectly via diminished self-blame. CONCLUSION Anti-bullying programmes that encourage peer defending have the potential to improve victims' psychological adjustment, even on a daily basis.
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- Behavioural Science Institute, Radboud University, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Developmental, Personality and Social Psychology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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- INVEST/Psychology, University of Turku, Turku, Finland
- Shandong Normal University, Jinan, China
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Shaul M, Whittle S, Silk TJ, Vijayakumar N. Pubertal timing mediates the association between threat adversity and psychopathology. Psychol Med 2024:1-11. [PMID: 39324385 DOI: 10.1017/s003329172400179x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/27/2024]
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BACKGROUND Exposure to adversity in childhood is a risk factor for lifetime mental health problems. Altered pace of biological aging, as measured through pubertal timing, is one potential explanatory pathway for this risk. This study examined whether pubertal timing mediated the association between adversity (threat and deprivation) and adolescent mental health problems (internalizing and externalizing), and whether this was moderated by sex. METHODS Aims were examined using the Adolescent Brain and Cognitive Development study, a large community sample from the United States. Data were used from three timepoints across the ages of 9-14 years. Latent scores from confirmatory factor analysis operationalized exposure to threat and deprivation. Bayesian mixed-effects regression models tested whether pubertal timing in early adolescence mediated the relationship between adversity exposure and later internalizing and externalizing problems. Sex was examined as a potential moderator of this pathway. RESULTS Both threat and deprivation were associated with later internalizing and externalizing symptoms. Threat, but not deprivation, was associated with earlier pubertal timing, which mediated the association of threat with internalizing and externalizing problems. Sex differences were only observed in the direct association between adversity and internalizing problems, but no such differences were present for mediating pathways. CONCLUSIONS Adversity exposure had similar associations with the pace of biological aging (as indexed by pubertal timing) and mental health problems in males and females. However, the association of adversity on pubertal timing appears to depend on the dimension of adversity experienced, with only threat conferring risk of earlier pubertal timing.
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- Michelle Shaul
- School of Psychology, Faculty of Health, Deakin University, Burwood, Victoria, Australia
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- Melbourne Neuropsychiatry Centre, Department of Psychiatry, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Centre for Social and Early Emotional Development, Faculty of Health, School of Psychology, Deakin University, Geelong, Victoria, Australia
- Developmental Imaging, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
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- Centre for Social and Early Emotional Development, Faculty of Health, School of Psychology, Deakin University, Geelong, Victoria, Australia
- Centre for Adolescent Health, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
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Yu JJ, Zhang Z. Long-term impact of adverse childhood experiences and perceived social support on depression trajectories. J Affect Disord 2024:S0165-0327(24)01659-8. [PMID: 39341289 DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2024.09.170] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/12/2024] [Revised: 09/21/2024] [Accepted: 09/25/2024] [Indexed: 09/30/2024]
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BACKGROUND While the impact of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) on depression is well-documented, how ACEs, physical violence victimization, social support, and school belongingness altogether shape depression from adolescence to young adulthood remains unclear. This study aims to clarify these relations by tracing the trajectory of depression across this critical developmental period. METHODS We utilized a 14-year, four-wave dataset from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health (Add Health), including 5734 participants who were 7th to 12th graders at baseline (51.4 % females). Latent growth curve modeling (LGCM) was used to analyze the trajectory of depression from adolescence to young adulthood, assessing the impact of ACEs, physical violence victimization, social support, and school belongingness on this progression. RESULTS Results from the LGCM indicated that childhood maltreatment and physical violence victimization were positively associated with an increase in depression from adolescence to young adulthood. Conversely, social support and school belongingness showed a negative association with depression, indicating their protective effects over time. Gender was found to moderate these longitudinal associations, with females showing increased vulnerability to the negative relations between early stressful environments (i.e., childhood maltreatment and physical violence victimization) and depression. Conversely, they seemed to benefit more from school belongingness and social support in mitigating depression. LIMITATIONS The study variables were all self-reported and exhibited some issues with reliability. CONCLUSION Practitioners should implement gender-specific programs for the prevention and intervention of depression from adolescence through young adulthood.
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Taylor J, Hall R, Langton T, Fraser L, Hewitt CE. Characteristics of children and adolescents referred to specialist gender services: a systematic review. Arch Dis Child 2024:archdischild-2023-326681. [PMID: 38594046 DOI: 10.1136/archdischild-2023-326681] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/09/2023] [Accepted: 02/04/2024] [Indexed: 04/11/2024]
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BACKGROUND Increasing numbers of children/adolescents experiencing gender dysphoria/incongruence are being referred to specialist gender services. Services and practice guidelines are responding to these changes. AIM This systematic review examines the numbers and characteristics of children/adolescents (under 18) referred to specialist gender or endocrinology services. METHODS Database searches were performed (April 2022), with results assessed independently by two reviewers. Peer-reviewed articles providing at least birth-registered sex or age at referral were included. Demographic, gender-related, mental health, neurodevelopmental conditions and adverse childhood experience data were extracted. A narrative approach to synthesis was used and where appropriate proportions were combined in a meta-analysis. RESULTS 143 studies from 131 articles across 17 countries were included. There was a twofold to threefold increase in the number of referrals and a steady increase in birth-registered females being referred. There is inconsistent collection and reporting of key data across many of the studies. Approximately 60% of children/adolescents referred to services had made steps to present themselves in their preferred gender. Just under 50% of studies reported data on depression and/or anxiety and under 20% reported data on other mental health issues and neurodevelopmental conditions. Changes in the characteristics of referrals over time were generally not reported. CONCLUSIONS Services need to capture, assess and respond to the potentially co-occurring complexities of children/adolescents being referred to specialist gender and endocrine services. Agreement on the core characteristics for collection at referral/assessment would help to ensure services are capturing data as well as developing pathways to meet the needs of these children.PROSPERO registration number CRD42021289659.
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- Jo Taylor
- Department of Health Sciences, University of York, York, UK
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- Department of Health Sciences, University of York, York, UK
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- Department of Health Sciences, University of York, York, UK
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- Department of Health Sciences, University of York, York, UK
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Cano-Crespo A, Moreno-García I, Servera M, Morales-Ortiz M. Emotional Regulation Problems in Cognitive Disengagement Syndrome (formerly Sluggish Cognitive Tempo), Attention Deficit and Hyperactivity Disorder, Anxiety and Depression. THE SPANISH JOURNAL OF PSYCHOLOGY 2024; 27:e20. [PMID: 39320849 DOI: 10.1017/sjp.2024.26] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/26/2024]
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Parents have reported emotional regulation problems in cognitive disengagement syndrome (CDS) and attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). The first objective of this research was to explore the differences between the parents' ratings on CDS, ADHD, hyperactivity/impulsivity, inattention, anxiety, depression and emotional dysregulation. The second one was to compare the predictive capacity of CDS and ADHD over anxiety, depression and emotional regulation problems. The third one was to analyze the mediation of emotional dysregulation in CDS, ADHD, hyperactivity/impulsivity, inattention, and anxiety and depression. The sampling used was non-probabilistic. The final sample consisted of 1,070 participants (484 fathers and 586 mothers) who completed the Emotion Regulation Checklist (ERC) and the Child and Adolescent Behavior Inventory (CABI). In relation to the first objective, first, mothers reported more emotional regulation problems in children than in fathers. Second, emotional regulation problems were more strongly correlated with hyperactivity/impulsivity. Significant differences were found in all father scores, except for anxiety and the emotional regulation subscale. Regarding mothers, significant differences were only observed in ADHD scores, hyperactivity/impulsivity, and depression. Both parents reported more problems in older children, except for hyperactivity/impulsivity scores and ADHD rated by mothers. According to the second objective, CDS scores were found to significantly predict anxiety and depression scores, but not those of inattention or emotional regulation problems. Finally, in relation to the third objective, emotional regulation problems mediated the relationships between CDS, ADHD, and anxiety and depression. In conclusion, the data support the importance of emotional regulation problems in understanding CDS and its relationship with ADHD, anxiety, and depression.
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Kim SG, Holland A, Brezinski K, Tu KM, McElwain NL. Adolescent-Mother Attachment and Dyadic Affective Processes: Predictors of Internalizing and Externalizing Symptoms. J Youth Adolesc 2024:10.1007/s10964-024-02091-7. [PMID: 39322855 DOI: 10.1007/s10964-024-02091-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2024] [Accepted: 09/15/2024] [Indexed: 09/27/2024]
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Given that adolescence is a critical period for socioemotional development, marked by shifting dynamics in the parent-child relationship, parent-adolescent dyadic regulation may serve as a key mechanism linking the quality of the parent-adolescent relationship to adolescent mental health. The current study investigated two dyadic regulatory processes during mother-adolescent conflictual interactions as interpersonal mechanisms underlying the link between adolescent-mother attachment security and adolescents' internalizing and externalizing symptoms: (a) mutual engagement in positive affect (i.e., dyadic positivity) and (b) mutual engagement in re-coordination following relational mismatches (i.e., dyadic repair). Eighty-six adolescents (Mage = 13.3 years, SD = 0.6, 37% girls) and their mothers participated. Path models revealed that attachment security was associated with greater engagement in dyadic positivity and repair. Moreover, the indirect effect of attachment security on adolescents' symptoms (i.e., internalizing symptoms at age 13 and externalizing symptoms at age 14) was significant via dyadic positivity, but not dyadic repair. Dyadic positivity during mother-adolescent conflictual interactions may be one interpersonal process that underlies the link between a secure child-mother attachment and mental health during adolescence.
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- Stephanie Gyuri Kim
- Department of Human Development and Family Studies, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, 61801, USA.
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- Department of Psychology, Edgewood College, Madison, WI, USA
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- Department of Human Development and Family Studies, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, 61801, USA
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- Department of Human Development and Family Studies, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, 61801, USA
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- Department of Human Development and Family Studies, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, 61801, USA
- The Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, 61801, USA
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