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Kong X, Brook CA, Li J, Li Y, Schmidt LA. Shyness subtypes and associations with social anxiety: A comparison study of Canadian and Chinese children. Dev Sci 2024; 27:e13369. [PMID: 36640049 DOI: 10.1111/desc.13369] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2022] [Revised: 12/28/2022] [Accepted: 01/02/2023] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
Abstract
Previous research has shown that there are distinct types of children's shyness within eastern and western cultures, with different origins, developmental courses, and outcomes. However, the measures used to examine children's shyness in eastern contexts have been developed almost exclusively in the North American context. Whether shyness subtypes and their predictive associations are conserved between western and eastern cultures on a children's shyness measure developed in an eastern context is an empirical question. Here we examined (a) whether two subtypes from the Chinese Shyness Scale (i.e., anxious and regulated) were identified in a western context, and (b) whether cultural context moderated the relation between the two subtypes of shy behavior and a widely used western characterized social anxiety measure. The participants were children aged 3-5 years from China (Mage = 4.46 years, SD = 0.64, n = 182, 53.8% boys) and Canada (Mage = 3.99 years, SD = 0.82, n = 201, 42.3% boys). The results indicated that the two shyness subtypes and the one-factor social anxiety construct were identified in both cultures. Subsequently, latent moderation structural equation modelling revealed that anxious shyness was significantly and positively related to social anxiety in children from both countries, but more strongly in Canada. Conversely, regulated shyness was significantly and positively related to social anxiety in Canadian children, but not in Chinese children. Findings are discussed regarding possible cultural explanations for why the relations between two Chinese shyness subtypes and social anxiety are different in Chinese and Canadian contexts and their implications to understanding cross-cultural differences in developmental shyness. RESEARCH HIGHLIGHTS: Two subtypes of shyness (anxious and regulated shyness) reported in China were identified in both China and Canada Country/culture moderated the relation between shyness subtypes and social anxiety Anxious shyness was positively related to social anxiety in both countries Regulated shyness was positively related to social anxiety in Canadian children, but not in Chinese children.
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- Xiaoxue Kong
- Department of Psychology, Neuroscience & Behaviour, McMaster University, Ontario, Hamilton, Canada
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- Department of Psychology, Neuroscience & Behaviour, McMaster University, Ontario, Hamilton, Canada
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- College of Preschool Education, Shanghai Normal University, Shanghai, China
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- College of Preschool Education, Shanghai Normal University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Psychology, Neuroscience & Behaviour, McMaster University, Ontario, Hamilton, Canada
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Cho S, Park I. Explaining the Patterns of Bullying Victimization Trajectories: Assessing the Generality of Low Self-Control and Crime Opportunity Models to Bullying Victims. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF OFFENDER THERAPY AND COMPARATIVE CRIMINOLOGY 2024; 68:1074-1105. [PMID: 35730545 DOI: 10.1177/0306624x221102793] [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: 06/15/2023]
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This study hypothesizes that self-control and opportunity variables affect heterogeneity in developmental trajectories of bullying victimization. Using data from a follow-up study of 2,351 Korean adolescents, the study incorporates a latent class growth analysis approach to identify subgroups, each with a unique pattern of the trajectories. The model yields three subgroups of bullying victims: the early-onset and decreaser, the increaser and late-peak, and the normative groups. Results suggest that, compared to the normative group, the early-onset and decreasing group members manifest lower levels of self-control and engage in a greater range of delinquent behaviors. Also, the impact of low self-control on group membership was attenuated after controlling for those opportunity variables, indicating a partially mediating relationship. Social guardianship variables distinguished normative groups from other victim groups. Further, members of the increaser and late-peak group were more likely than the early-onset and decreaser group members to engage in cyber deviance over the long-term.
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- Sujung Cho
- Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, USA
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Wakschlag LS, Sherlock P, Blackwell CK, Burns JL, Krogh‐Jespersen S, Gershon RC, Cella D, Buss KA, Luby JL. Modeling the normal:abnormal spectrum of early childhood internalizing behaviors: A clinical-developmental approach for the Multidimensional Assessment Profiles Internalizing Dimensions. Int J Methods Psychiatr Res 2023; 32:e1987. [PMID: 37814600 PMCID: PMC10654833 DOI: 10.1002/mpr.1987] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/17/2023] [Revised: 08/11/2023] [Accepted: 08/17/2023] [Indexed: 10/11/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND We expanded the Multidimensional Assessment Profiles (MAPS) Scales developmental specification model to characterize the normal:abnormal spectrum of internalizing (anxious and depressive) behaviors in early childhood via the MAPS-Internalizing (MAPS-INT) scale. METHODS The MAPS-INT item pool was generated based on clinical expertise and prior research. Analyses were conducted on a sub-sample of families (n = 183) from the diverse When to Worry early childhood sample. RESULTS Normal:abnormal descriptive patterns for both anxious and depressive behaviors were consistent with prior work: (1) extremes of normative variation are abnormal when very frequent; and (2) pathognomonic indicators that most children do not engage in and are abnormal, even if infrequent. Factor analysis revealed a two-factor MAPS-INT Anxious Behaviors structure (Fearful-Worried and Separation Distress) and a unidimensional MAPS-INT Depressive Behaviors factor with good fit and good-to-excellent test-retest reliability and validity. CONCLUSIONS We characterized the normal:abnormal spectrum of internalizing behaviors in early childhood via the MAPS-INT. Future research in larger representative samples can replicate and extend findings, including clinical thresholds and predictive utility. The MAPS-INT helps lay the groundwork for dimensional characterization of the internalizing spectrum to advance neurodevelopmental approaches to emergent psychopathology and its earlier identification.
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- Lauren S. Wakschlag
- Department of Medical Social SciencesFeinberg School of MedicineNorthwestern UniversityChicagoIllinoisUSA
- The Institute for Innovations in Developmental SciencesNorthwestern UniversityChicagoIllinoisUSA
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- Department of Medical Social SciencesFeinberg School of MedicineNorthwestern UniversityChicagoIllinoisUSA
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- Department of Medical Social SciencesFeinberg School of MedicineNorthwestern UniversityChicagoIllinoisUSA
- The Institute for Innovations in Developmental SciencesNorthwestern UniversityChicagoIllinoisUSA
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- Department of Medical Social SciencesFeinberg School of MedicineNorthwestern UniversityChicagoIllinoisUSA
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- The Institute for Innovations in Developmental SciencesNorthwestern UniversityChicagoIllinoisUSA
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- Department of Medical Social SciencesFeinberg School of MedicineNorthwestern UniversityChicagoIllinoisUSA
- The Institute for Innovations in Developmental SciencesNorthwestern UniversityChicagoIllinoisUSA
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- Department of Medical Social SciencesFeinberg School of MedicineNorthwestern UniversityChicagoIllinoisUSA
- The Institute for Innovations in Developmental SciencesNorthwestern UniversityChicagoIllinoisUSA
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- Department of PsychologyPennsylvania State UniversityUniversity ParkPennsylvaniaUSA
- Human Development & Family StudiesPennsylvania State UniversityUniversity ParkPennsylvaniaUSA
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- Washington University School of MedicineSt. LouisMissouriUSA
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Chow CHT, Poole KL, Xu RY, Sriranjan J, Van Lieshout RJ, Buckley N, Moffat G, Schmidt LA. Children's Shyness, Frontal Brain Activity, and Anxiety in the Perioperative Context. Behav Sci (Basel) 2023; 13:766. [PMID: 37754044 PMCID: PMC10525976 DOI: 10.3390/bs13090766] [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: 08/02/2023] [Revised: 09/07/2023] [Accepted: 09/12/2023] [Indexed: 09/28/2023] Open
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Although preoperative anxiety affects up to 75% of children undergoing surgery each year and is associated with many adverse outcomes, we know relatively little about individual differences in how children respond to impending surgery. We examined whether patterns of anterior brain electrical activity (i.e., a neural correlate of anxious arousal) moderated the relation between children's shyness and preoperative anxiety on the day of surgery in 70 children (36 girls, Mage = 10.4 years, SDage = 1.7, years, range 8 to 13 years) undergoing elective surgery. Shyness was assessed using self-report approximately 1 week prior to surgery during a preoperative visit (Time 1), preoperative anxiety was assessed using self-report, and regional EEG (left and right frontal and temporal sites) was assessed using a dry sensory EEG headband on the day of surgery (Time 2). We found that overall frontal EEG alpha power moderated the relation between shyness and self-reported preoperative anxiety. Shyness was related to higher levels of self-reported anxiety on the day of surgery for children with lower average overall frontal alpha EEG power (i.e., higher cortical activity) but not for children with higher average overall frontal alpha EEG power (i.e., lower cortical activity). These results suggest that the pattern of frontal brain activity might amplify some shy children's affective responses to impending surgery. Findings also extend prior results linking children's shyness, frontal brain activity, and anxiety observed in the laboratory to a real-world, ecologically salient environment.
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- Cheryl H. T. Chow
- Department of Psychology, Neuroscience & Behaviour, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON L8S 4L8, Canada; (K.L.P.); (R.Y.X.); (J.S.); (L.A.S.)
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- Department of Psychology, Neuroscience & Behaviour, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON L8S 4L8, Canada; (K.L.P.); (R.Y.X.); (J.S.); (L.A.S.)
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- Department of Psychology, Neuroscience & Behaviour, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON L8S 4L8, Canada; (K.L.P.); (R.Y.X.); (J.S.); (L.A.S.)
- Michael G. DeGroote School of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON L8S 4L8, Canada
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- Department of Psychology, Neuroscience & Behaviour, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON L8S 4L8, Canada; (K.L.P.); (R.Y.X.); (J.S.); (L.A.S.)
- Michael G. DeGroote School of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON L8S 4L8, Canada
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- Department of Psychiatry & Behavioural Neurosciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON L8S 4L8, Canada;
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- Department of Anesthesia, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON L8S 4L8, Canada;
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- Department of Psychology, Neuroscience & Behaviour, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON L8S 4L8, Canada; (K.L.P.); (R.Y.X.); (J.S.); (L.A.S.)
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Ding X, Zhang W, Ooi LL, Coplan RJ, Zhu X, Sang B. Relations between social withdrawal subtypes and socio-emotional adjustment among Chinese children and early adolescents. JOURNAL OF RESEARCH ON ADOLESCENCE : THE OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE SOCIETY FOR RESEARCH ON ADOLESCENCE 2023; 33:774-785. [PMID: 36751032 DOI: 10.1111/jora.12837] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/17/2022] [Revised: 01/14/2023] [Accepted: 01/21/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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The aim of the present study was to compare the relations between subtypes of social withdrawal and socio-emotional adjustment in Chinese children and early adolescents. Participants included 571 children (Mage = 9.62 years) and 345 adolescents Mage = 12.12 years) in mainland China. Social withdrawal subtypes (i.e., shyness, unsociability, social avoidance) and indices of socio-emotional adjustment were assessed via self-reports, peer nominations, and teacher ratings. Shyness tended to be more strongly associated with emotional maladjustment in early adolescence, whereas unsociability was more strongly associated with socio-emotional difficulties in childhood. For social avoidance, associations with indices of negative adjustment (i.e., social anxiety, emotional symptoms, peer problems) were stronger in childhood, however, associations with indices of positive adjustment (i.e., life satisfaction, well-being) were stronger in early adolescence.
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- Xuechen Ding
- Department of Psychology, Shanghai Normal University, Shanghai, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Behavioral Science, Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
- Department of Psychology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Department of Psychology, Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Psychology, Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Psychology, Shanghai Normal University, Shanghai, China
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- Lab for Educational Big Data and Policymaking, Shanghai Academy of Educational Sciences, Shanghai, China
- School of Psychology and Cognitive Science, East China Normal University, Shanghai, China
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Fisak B, Penna A, Mian ND, Lamoli L, Margaris A, Cruz SAMFD. The Effectiveness of Anxiety Interventions for Young Children: A Meta-Analytic Review. JOURNAL OF CHILD AND FAMILY STUDIES 2023; 32:1-12. [PMID: 37362628 PMCID: PMC10205556 DOI: 10.1007/s10826-023-02596-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/11/2022] [Accepted: 05/04/2023] [Indexed: 06/28/2023]
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Anxiety symptoms and disorders are prevalent and impairing in young children and these symptoms often persist and worsen over time, indicating the need for efficacious interventions for this age group. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of psychosocial interventions targeting anxiety in younger children and to assess the potential moderators of outcome. The effect sizes from 24 trials were assessed based on a random effect model. The mean weighted effect size was found to be significant and moderate in magnitude. Moderators, including level of intervention, intervention approach, rater, and level of training of the provider/program facilitator, are assessed and discussed. Overall, the findings indicate that anxiety interventions are effective in reducing anxiety in young children, and targeted trials show particularly strong promise.
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- Brian Fisak
- University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL USA
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- University of Central Florida/HCA Healthcare Graduate Medical Education Consortium Psychiatry Residency Program of Greater Orlando, Orlando, FL USA
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Dys SP, Burrows CA, Usher LV, Almas AN, Degnan KA, Fox NA, Henderson HA. Encouraging a Peer in Need: The Impacts of Social Anxiety and Peer Familiarity. SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT 2023; 32:618-632. [PMID: 37234510 PMCID: PMC10208239 DOI: 10.1111/sode.12648] [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: 03/21/2022] [Accepted: 09/13/2022] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Extant research has produced conflicting findings regarding the link between social fearfulness and prosocial behavior, with some studies reporting negative relations and others reporting null effects. Furthermore, these studies have focused predominantly on toddlerhood, and few have examined prosociality between peers. The present study investigated whether the link between social anxiety and a prosocial behavior (i.e., providing encouragement) varied depending on interpersonal and situational factors (i.e., one's familiarity with a peer, the level of support sought by a peer, respectively). We tested this question using a multimethod approach, which included an ecologically valid stress inducing task and dyadic design with a sample of 9- to 10-year-olds (N = 447). Results revealed that social anxiety was related negatively to providing encouragement among familiar and unfamiliar dyads. In familiar dyads, however, this main effect was qualified by an interaction with the level of support sought by one's peer. Compared to those low in social anxiety, children high in social anxiety provided relatively less encouragement in response to higher levels of support seeking from their peers. The findings are considered in relation to theorizing regarding the effect of overarousal on children's prosocial behavior.
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- University of British Columbia, Human Early Learning
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- University of Maryland, Department of Human Development
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Bekkhus M, McVarnock A, Coplan RJ, Ulset V, Kraft B. Developmental changes in the structure of shyness and internalizing symptoms from early to middle childhood: A network analysis. Child Dev 2023. [PMID: 36748207 DOI: 10.1111/cdev.13906] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Shyness is a temperamental trait that shares considerable conceptual overlap with aspects of internalizing problems, creating difficulties in operationalizing and assessing these two constructs and their association. This study addresses these issues by employing network analyses. Participants were, white, N = 555 children (Mage = 52.45 months, SD = 15.96, 55% girls) followed longitudinally over 4 years (2016-2010) in Norway. Teachers rated child shyness and assessed children's internalizing symptoms. Results suggest that two behavioral shyness traits were the most central aspects of shyness. The centrality of these aspects was robust across age. The most influential symptom connecting internalizing symptoms with shyness was "unhappy." Shyness became more differentiated with development, and associations between anxiety-related symptoms and shyness increased as children entered formal schooling.
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- Mona Bekkhus
- Department of Psychology, Promenta Research Centre, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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- Department of Psychology, Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Psychology, Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Psychology, Promenta Research Centre, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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- Division of Psychiatry, Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Oslo, Norway
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Baardstu S, Sette S, Brandlistuen RE, Wang MV. The role of early social play behaviors and language skills for shy children's later internalizing difficulties in school. Front Psychiatry 2023; 14:1120109. [PMID: 36937713 PMCID: PMC10014604 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyt.2023.1120109] [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: 12/09/2022] [Accepted: 02/13/2023] [Indexed: 03/05/2023] Open
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Research has demonstrated links from early childhood shyness to socioemotional problems later in life. This longitudinal study explored the role of early social play behaviors and language skills in the associations between childhood shyness and later internalizing and language difficulties in school. Participants were N = 7,447 children (50.1% girls) from the Norwegian Mother, Father, and Child Cohort Study (MoBa). Latent direct, indirect, and interaction path analyses were performed within a structural equation framework. Results showed that mother-rated childhood shyness from age 18 months to age five years was associated with mother-rated internalizing difficulties and language problems at age eight years. Lower levels of teacher-reported social play behaviors and poorer language skills in preschool increased the risk of later anxiety problems among shy children, whereas higher levels of language competencies and social play behaviors buffered against later anxiety problems. The study identifies some of the early risk and protective factors that may influence shy children's socio-emotional functioning and adjustment.
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- Silje Baardstu
- Department of Childhood and Families, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway
- *Correspondence: Silje Baardstu,
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- Department of Developmental and Social Psychology, Sapienza University, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Child Health and Development, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway
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Price NN, Kiel EJ. Maternal Worry Socialization and Toddler Inhibited Temperament: Transactional Associations and Stability across Time. Res Child Adolesc Psychopathol 2022; 50:1457-1469. [PMID: 35708816 PMCID: PMC9201259 DOI: 10.1007/s10802-022-00938-w] [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] [Accepted: 05/23/2022] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Caregiver socialization of child emotions has consequences for both typical development and anxiety risk, with caregivers' non-supportive responses to worry perhaps especially salient to children's anxiety development. Children, in turn, impact the caregiving environment they receive through their temperament. We investigated transactional relations between maternal non-supportive responses to child worry (mother-reported) and two differently-measured child inhibited temperament indices (i.e., mother-perceived child inhibition to novelty, laboratory-observed child dysregulated fear) in a sample of 136 predominantly non-Hispanic, White mother-toddler dyads. Worry socialization and mother-reported inhibition to novelty were measured at each of three time points (toddler age 2, 3, 4 years), and dysregulated fear was measured at ages 2 and 3. Constructs showed stability across time, with effect sizes ranging from medium to large. Child inhibited temperament measures positively correlated within time point at ages 2 and 3, and laboratory-observed child dysregulated fear predicted mothers' later perceptions of their children's inhibition to novelty. At toddler age 2, mothers of children showing more dysregulated fear reported responding more non-supportively to worry. However, when controlling for one another, more mother-perceived child inhibition to novelty and less laboratory-observed child dysregulated fear at age 3 predicted mothers' greater non-supportive worry responses at child age 4. There was an indirect effect across time, such that children's greater laboratory-observed dysregulated fear predicted their mothers' heightened perceptions of inhibited temperament, which in turn predicted mothers' greater non-supportive worry responses. Findings lend support to anxiety-relevant construct stability in toddlerhood, as well as child-elicited, rather than parent-elicited, associations across time.
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- Natalee N Price
- Department of Psychology, Miami University, 100 Psychology Building, 45056, Oxford, OH, USA.
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- Department of Psychology, Miami University, 100 Psychology Building, 45056, Oxford, OH, USA
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Ooi J, Dodd HF, Meiser-Stedman R, Hudson JL, Bridges J, Pass L. The efficacy of interventions for behaviourally inhibited preschool-aged children: A meta-analysis. J Anxiety Disord 2022; 88:102559. [PMID: 35366584 DOI: 10.1016/j.janxdis.2022.102559] [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: 05/17/2021] [Revised: 03/01/2022] [Accepted: 03/19/2022] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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The current systematic review and meta-analyses examined the efficacy of psychological interventions targeting behavioural inhibition and anxiety in preschool-aged children, evaluated within randomised controlled trials. Web of Science, MEDLINE, PsycINFO and CINAHL were systematically searched from inception to March 2021. Ten studies (N = 1475 children, aged 3 - 7 years) were included in the current review. Separate analyses were conducted for behavioural inhibition, anxiety symptoms, and anxiety diagnosis as reported by parents, teachers, and observer-ratings. Pooled outcomes ranged from post-intervention to 12-month follow-up due to the limited number of studies. Meta-analyses revealed that intervention did not reduce behavioural inhibition as assessed by independent observers (SMD = -0.13, 95% CI = -0.63 to.38), but did reduce behavioural inhibition as reported by parents (SMC = -0.64, 95% CI = -1.00 to -0.27) and teachers (SMD = -0.69, 95% CI = -1.02 to -0.36). Additionally, intervention appeared to reduce the risk of anxiety disorders (RR =0.75, 95% CI =0.62 to.90), and parent-report anxiety symptoms (SMC = -0.47, 95% CI = -0.83 to -0.12) in preschool-aged children. Intervention may be efficacious in reducing anxiety in preschool-aged behaviourally inhibited children. It is less clear whether intervention leads to change in BI.
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- Jinnie Ooi
- Department of Clinical Psychology and Psychological Therapies, Norwich Medical School, University of East Anglia, Norwich NR4 7TJ, UK; Department of Clinical Psychology, Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Colney Lane, Norwich NR4 7UY, UK.
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- College of Medicine and Health, St Luke's Campus, Heavitree Road, University of Exeter, Exeter EX1 2LU, UK
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- Department of Clinical Psychology and Psychological Therapies, Norwich Medical School, University of East Anglia, Norwich NR4 7TJ, UK
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- Black Dog Institute, University of New South Wales, Hospital Road, Randwick, NSW 2031, Australia
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- Department of Clinical Psychology and Psychological Therapies, Norwich Medical School, University of East Anglia, Norwich NR4 7TJ, UK
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- Department of Clinical Psychology and Psychological Therapies, Norwich Medical School, University of East Anglia, Norwich NR4 7TJ, UK
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Wakschlag LS, Finlay-Jones AL, MacNeill LA, Kaat AJ, Brown CH, Davis MM, Franklin P, Berkel C, Krogh-Jespersen S, Smith JD. Don't Get Lost in Translation: Integrating Developmental and Implementation Sciences to Accelerate Real-World Impact on Children's Development, Health, and Wellbeing. Front Public Health 2022; 10:827412. [PMID: 35493380 PMCID: PMC9046665 DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2022.827412] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/23/2021] [Accepted: 03/24/2022] [Indexed: 01/14/2023] Open
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Translation of developmental science discoveries is impeded by numerous barriers at different stages of the research-to-practice pipeline. Actualization of the vast potential of the developmental sciences to improve children's health and development in the real world is imperative but has not yet been fully realized. In this commentary, we argue that an integrated developmental-implementation sciences framework will result in a translational mindset essential for accelerating real world impact. We delineate key principles and methods of implementation science of salience to the developmental science audience, lay out a potential synthesis between implementation and developmental sciences, provide an illustration of the Mental Health, Earlier Partnership (MHE-P), and set actionable steps for realization. Blending these approaches along with wide-spread adoption of the translational mindset has transformative potential for population-level impact of developmental science discovery.
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- Lauren S. Wakschlag
- Department of Medical Social Sciences, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, United States
- Institute for Innovations in Developmental Sciences, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, United States
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- Early Neurodevelopment and Mental Health Team, Telethon Kids Institute, Nedlands, WA, Australia
- School of Population Health, Curtin University, Bentley, WA, Australia
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- Department of Medical Social Sciences, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, United States
- Institute for Innovations in Developmental Sciences, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, United States
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- Department of Medical Social Sciences, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, United States
- Institute for Innovations in Developmental Sciences, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, United States
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- Department of Medical Social Sciences, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, United States
- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, United States
- Department of Preventive Medicine, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, United States
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- Department of Medical Social Sciences, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, United States
- Institute for Innovations in Developmental Sciences, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, United States
- Department of Pediatrics, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, United States
- Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, IL, United States
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- Department of Medical Social Sciences, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, United States
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- College of Health Solutions, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, United States
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- Department of Medical Social Sciences, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, United States
- Institute for Innovations in Developmental Sciences, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, United States
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- Institute for Innovations in Developmental Sciences, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, United States
- Department of Population Health Sciences, Spencer Fox Eccles School of Medicine at the University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, United States
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Nyborg G, Mjelve LH, Arnesen A, Crozier WR, Bjørnebekk G, Coplan RJ. Teachers’ strategies for managing shy students’ anxiety at school. NORDIC PSYCHOLOGY 2022. [DOI: 10.1080/19012276.2022.2058072] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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- Norwegian Center for Child Behavioral Development, Oslo, Norway
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- University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
- Norwegian Center for Child Behavioral Development, Oslo, Norway
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Wood KR, Coplan RJ, Hipson WE, Bowker JC. Normative Beliefs about Social Withdrawal in Adolescence. JOURNAL OF RESEARCH ON ADOLESCENCE : THE OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE SOCIETY FOR RESEARCH ON ADOLESCENCE 2022; 32:372-381. [PMID: 33784421 DOI: 10.1111/jora.12617] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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The goal of this study is to explore normative beliefs about social withdrawal during adolescence. Participants were N = 419 adolescents (Mage = 16.13 years), who completed measures of normative beliefs about social withdrawal and their own social withdrawal (shyness, unsociability). Among the results, adolescents reported greater overall acceptance of unsociability compared to shyness, however, some gender differences also emerged. Specifically, adolescents were more accepting of unsociability when depicted by hypothetical females, and more accepting of shyness when depicted by hypothetical males. Participant social withdrawal was associated with greater acceptance of socially withdrawn behaviors in others. These findings provide a first look at normative beliefs about social withdrawal during a developmentally critical age period for this construct.
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Zeytinoglu S, Neuman K, Degnan KA, Almas AN, Henderson H, Chronis-Tuscano A, Pine DS, Fox NA. Pathways from maternal shyness to adolescent social anxiety. J Child Psychol Psychiatry 2022; 63:342-349. [PMID: 34184279 PMCID: PMC9394112 DOI: 10.1111/jcpp.13477] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 05/20/2021] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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BACKGROUND Social anxiety is amongst the most prevalent adolescent mental health problems; however, it is often unrecognized due to its comorbidity with other anxiety problems such as generalized anxiety. Thus, understanding the unique developmental pathways to social anxiety is critical for improving its prevention. We examined the pathway from maternal shyness, when children were 4 years old, to adolescents' social anxiety at age 15 through social wariness at age 7. We hypothesized that childhood social wariness would mediate the association between maternal shyness and social anxiety in adolescence. METHODS Participants (N = 291; 54% female) were followed from early childhood to adolescence. Mothers reported on their own shyness when children were 4 years old. Social wariness toward unfamiliar peers was observed in the laboratory at ages 4 and 7. Adolescent social anxiety and generalized anxiety were assessed via self-report, parent-report, and clinical diagnoses at age 15. RESULTS Maternal shyness was positively associated with adolescent social anxiety but not generalized anxiety at age 15. Higher levels of maternal shyness at age 4 predicted greater social wariness at age 7, which in turn predicted greater social anxiety but not generalized anxiety at age 15. Social wariness at age 7 partially mediated the association between maternal shyness and adolescent social anxiety. CONCLUSIONS This study identifies a unique developmental pathway from maternal shyness to adolescent social anxiety. Findings suggest that childhood social wariness connects maternal shyness to adolescent social anxiety.
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- Selin Zeytinoglu
- Department of Human Development and Quantitative Methodology, University of Maryland, College Park
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- Department of Psychology, Florida International University
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- School of Population and Public Health, University of British Columbia
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- Emotion and Development Branch, Section on Development and Affective Neuroscience, National Institute of Mental Health
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- Department of Human Development and Quantitative Methodology, University of Maryland, College Park
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Price NN, Kiel EJ. Longitudinal Links among Mother and Child Emotion Regulation, Maternal Emotion Socialization, and Child Anxiety. Res Child Adolesc Psychopathol 2022; 50:241-254. [PMID: 33821371 PMCID: PMC9218853 DOI: 10.1007/s10802-021-00804-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 03/03/2021] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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Models of transdiagnostic family emotion processes recognize parents' emotion-related characteristics and behaviors as key contributors to child emotional development and psychological functioning. One such psychological outcome, child anxiety, is prevalent and early emerging, underscoring the importance of identifying early family- and emotion-related mechanisms involved in anxiety risk. We investigated the extent to which mother and child emotion-related traits and behaviors related to child anxiety in a community sample of 175 mother-child dyads. Using three time-points (child ages 2-4 years, assessments 1 year apart), we examined how mothers' emotion dysregulation predicted their emotion socialization practices (either supportive or non-supportive) and children's emotion regulation (ER; either attention- or caregiver-focused) over time, in relation to later child anxiety. Models controlled for child inhibited temperament and also tested the role of maternal anxiety in these trajectories. Mothers reported on their emotion dysregulation, emotion socialization, and their own and their child's anxiety, whereas child ER and inhibited temperament were measured using laboratory observation. In supportive emotion socialization models, maternal emotion dysregulation predicted child anxiety 2 years later. An indirect effect emerged, such that greater maternal emotion dysregulation predicted greater non-supportive emotion socialization, which in turn related to children's greater caregiver-focused ER. Maternal emotion dysregulation, maternal anxiety, and child inhibited temperament each predicted child anxiety above and beyond other variables, although their shared variance likely accounted for some of the results. Findings lend partial support to current theoretical models of transdiagnostic family emotion processes and child anxiety development, suggesting promising avenues of future research.
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Bekkhus M, Baldwin D, Coplan RJ, Soest T, Skaret S, Ulset V, Borge AI. Examining launch and snare effects in the longitudinal associations between shyness and socio‐emotional difficulties in childhood. SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT 2021. [DOI: 10.1111/sode.12528] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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- Mona Bekkhus
- PROMENTA Research Center Department of Psychology University of Oslo Oslo Norway
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- PROMENTA Research Center Department of Psychology University of Oslo Oslo Norway
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- Department of Psychology University of Oslo Oslo Norway
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- PROMENTA Research Center Department of Psychology University of Oslo Oslo Norway
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Karevold E, Coplan R, Stoolmiller M, Mathiesen KS. A longitudinal study of the links between temperamental shyness, activity, and trajectories of internalising problems from infancy to middle childhood. AUSTRALIAN JOURNAL OF PSYCHOLOGY 2020. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-9536.2011.00005.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Evalill Karevold
- Division of Mental Health, Norwegian Institute of Public Health,
- Centre for Child and Adolescent Mental Health, Eastern and Southern Norway, Oslo, Norway
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- Department of Psychology, Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, and
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- Center for Teaching and Learning, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon, USA
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- Division of Mental Health, Norwegian Institute of Public Health,
- Centre for Child and Adolescent Mental Health, Eastern and Southern Norway, Oslo, Norway
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Bilodeau-Houle A, Bouchard V, Morand-Beaulieu S, Herringa RJ, Milad MR, Marin MF. Anxiety Sensitivity Moderates the Association Between Father-Child Relationship Security and Fear Transmission. Front Psychol 2020; 11:579514. [PMID: 33162918 PMCID: PMC7591469 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2020.579514] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/02/2020] [Accepted: 09/17/2020] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Observational fear learning can contribute to the development of fear-related psychopathologies, such as anxiety disorders and post-traumatic stress disorder. Observational fear learning is especially relevant during childhood. Parent-child attachment and anxiety sensitivity modulate fear reactions and fear learning but their impact on observational fear learning has not been investigated. This study investigated how these factors contribute to observational fear learning in children. We examined this question among 55 healthy parent-child dyads. Children (8–12 years old) watched a video of their parent undergoing a direct fear conditioning protocol, where one stimulus (CS+Parent) was paired with a shock and one was not (CS−), and a video of a stranger for whom a different stimulus was reinforced (CS+Stranger). Subsequently, all stimuli were presented to children (without shocks) while skin conductance responses were recorded to evaluate fear levels. Our results showed that children more sensitive to anxiety and who had lower father-child relationship security levels exhibited higher skin conductance responses to the CS+Parent. Our data suggest that the father-child relationship security influences vicarious fear transmission in children who are more sensitive to anxiety. This highlights the importance of the father-child relationship security as a potential modulator of children’s vulnerability to fear-related psychopathologies.
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- Alexe Bilodeau-Houle
- Department of Psychology, Université de Montréal, Montreal, QC, Canada.,Department of Psychology, Université du Québec à Montréal, Montreal, QC, Canada.,Research Center of the Institut Universitaire en Santé Mentale de Montréal, Montreal, QC, Canada
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- Department of Psychology, Université du Québec à Montréal, Montreal, QC, Canada.,Research Center of the Institut Universitaire en Santé Mentale de Montréal, Montreal, QC, Canada
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- Research Center of the Institut Universitaire en Santé Mentale de Montréal, Montreal, QC, Canada.,Department of Neurosciences, Université de Montréal, Montreal, QC, Canada
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI, United States
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- Department of Psychiatry, New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY, United States
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- Department of Psychology, Université du Québec à Montréal, Montreal, QC, Canada.,Research Center of the Institut Universitaire en Santé Mentale de Montréal, Montreal, QC, Canada
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Morris AS, Wakschlag L, Krogh-Jespersen S, Fox N, Planalp B, Perlman SB, Shuffrey LC, Smith B, Lorenzo NE, Amso D, Coles CD, Johnson SP. Principles for Guiding the Selection of Early Childhood Neurodevelopmental Risk and Resilience Measures: HEALthy Brain and Child Development Study as an Exemplar. ADVERSITY AND RESILIENCE SCIENCE 2020; 1:247-267. [PMID: 33196052 PMCID: PMC7649097 DOI: 10.1007/s42844-020-00025-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 10/16/2020] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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The vast individual differences in the developmental origins of risk and resilience pathways combined with sophisticated capabilities of big data science increasingly point to the imperative of large, neurodevelopmental consortia to capture population heterogeneity and key variations in developmental trajectories. At the same time, such large-scale population-based designs involving multiple independent sites also must weigh competing demands. For example, the need for efficient, scalable assessment strategies must be balanced with the need for nuanced, developmentally sensitive phenotyping optimized for linkage to neural mechanisms and specification of common and distinct exposure pathways. Standardized epidemiologic batteries designed for this purpose such as PhenX (consensus measures for Phenotypes and eXposures) and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Toolbox provide excellent "off the shelf" assessment tools that are well-validated and enable cross-study comparability. However, these standardized toolkits can also constrain ability to leverage advances in neurodevelopmental measurement over time, at times disproportionately advantaging established measures. In addition, individual consortia often expend exhaustive effort "reinventing the wheel," which is inefficient and fails to fully maximize potential synergies with other like initiatives. To address these issues, this paper lays forth an early childhood neurodevelopmental assessment strategy, guided by a set of principles synthesizing developmental and pragmatic considerations generated by the Neurodevelopmental Workgroup of the HEALthy Brain and Child Development (HBCD) Planning Consortium. These principles emphasize characterization of both risk- and resilience-promoting processes. Specific measurement recommendations to HBCD are provided to illustrate application. However, principles are intended as a guiding framework to transcend any particular initiative as a broad neurodevelopmentally informed, early childhood assessment strategy for large-scale consortia science.
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- Amanda Sheffield Morris
- Human Development and Family Science, Oklahoma State University, 700 North Greenwood Ave, Tulsa, OK 74106 USA
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- Department of Medical and Social Sciences, & Institute for Innovations in Developmental Sciences, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL USA
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- Department of Medical and Social Sciences, & Institute for Innovations in Developmental Sciences, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL USA
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- Department of Human Development and Quantitative Methodology, University of Maryland, College Park, MD USA
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- Department of Psychology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Washington University- St. Louis, St. Louis, MO USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY USA
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- Division of Research on Children, Youth, and Family, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles; Developmental Neuroscience and Neurogenetics Program, The Saban Research Institute; Department of Pediatrics, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA USA
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- Department of Human Development and Quantitative Methodology, University of Maryland, College Park, MD USA
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- Department of Cognitive, Linguistic, and Psychological Sciences, Brown University, Providence, RI USA
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Emory University, Atlanta, GA USA
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- Department of Psychology, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA USA
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Howes Vallis E, Zwicker A, Uher R, Pavlova B. Cognitive-behavioural interventions for prevention and treatment of anxiety in young children: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Clin Psychol Rev 2020; 81:101904. [PMID: 32891925 DOI: 10.1016/j.cpr.2020.101904] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/09/2019] [Revised: 06/12/2020] [Accepted: 08/10/2020] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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BACKGROUND Anxiety disorders are common and impairing throughout the life course. Propensity to anxiety disorders manifests as distress and avoidance of novel stimuli (called behavioural inhibition) as early as in infancy. Already in preschool children, anxiety disorders impact emotional development and school readiness. Anxiety disorders and behavioural inhibition are prospectively associated with increased risk of mood disorders, substance use, and suicide. Therefore, early targeted prevention and treatment need to be considered. Cognitive-behavioural interventions are effective for anxiety in older age group but their efficacy for preschool children remains to be established. METHODS We searched PsycINFO, PubMed, and Embase until September 19th, 2019 using terms describing anxiety, behavioural inhibition, intervention, and young children. We included studies with young children participating in a cognitive-behavioural intervention for anxiety disorders, anxiety symptoms, or behavioural inhibition. We completed random-effects robust meta-analyses to (1) compare anxiety measures before and after intervention and to (2) compare intervention and control groups. RESULTS We identified 43 samples including 2656 participants with a mean age of 5.45 (SD = 1.00) years. Anxiety decreased after cognitive-behavioural intervention (standardized mean difference [SMD] = -1.34, 95%CI -1.59 to -1.09, p < 0.0001). Anxiety decreased more in children who received intervention than in children in control conditions (SMD = -0.81, 95%CI -1.00 to -0.63, p < 0.0001). The difference remained significant after correcting for potential publication bias and outliers (SMD = -0.89, 95% CI -1.13 to -0.66, p < 0.0001). The improvement was maintained over follow-up. CONCLUSIONS Cognitive-behavioural interventions are effective for prevention and treatment of anxiety in young children.
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- Emily Howes Vallis
- Dalhousie University, Department of Psychiatry, Halifax, NS, Canada; Nova Scotia Health Authority, Halifax, NS, Canada
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- Dalhousie University, Department of Psychiatry, Halifax, NS, Canada; Dalhousie University, Department of Pathology, Halifax, NS, Canada
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- Dalhousie University, Department of Psychiatry, Halifax, NS, Canada; Nova Scotia Health Authority, Halifax, NS, Canada; Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London, UK
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- Dalhousie University, Department of Psychiatry, Halifax, NS, Canada; Nova Scotia Health Authority, Halifax, NS, Canada.
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Fu X, Liu J, Liu RD, Ding Y, Wang J, Zhen R, Jin F. Parental Monitoring and Adolescent Problematic Mobile Phone Use: The Mediating Role of Escape Motivation and the Moderating Role of Shyness. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH 2020; 17:ijerph17051487. [PMID: 32106623 PMCID: PMC7084728 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph17051487] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/05/2020] [Revised: 02/19/2020] [Accepted: 02/24/2020] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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In an attempt to reduce the negative consequences of adolescent media use, parents often monitor their children's online activities. However, research suggests that parental monitoring often does not reduce children's problematic mobile phone use as expected. Based on the results of a survey of 584 Chinese adolescents, we found that parental monitoring positively predicted children's problematic mobile phone use (PMPU) within a Chinese cultural context. The results also showed that children's escape motivation partially mediated this relationship, while their level of shyness moderated both the mediated path and the direct impact of parental monitoring on children's PMPU. The findings suggested that a higher level of shyness increased the likelihood that parental monitoring would increase the child's escape motivation and PMPU. The study results provide guidelines for parents and educators regarding interventions for adolescents' problematic phone use.
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- Xinchen Fu
- Beijing Key Laboratory of Applied Experimental Psychology, National Demonstration Center for Experimental Psychology Education (Beijing Normal University), Faculty of Psychology, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China; (X.F.); (F.J.)
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- Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708, USA;
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Applied Experimental Psychology, National Demonstration Center for Experimental Psychology Education (Beijing Normal University), Faculty of Psychology, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China; (X.F.); (F.J.)
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +86-10-58806324
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- Graduate School of Education, Fordham University, New York, NY 10023, USA;
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- Teachers’ College, Beijing Union University, Beijing 100011, China;
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- Institute of Psychological Sciences, College of Education, Hangzhou Normal University, No. 2318 Yuhangtang Road, Hangzhou 311121, China;
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Applied Experimental Psychology, National Demonstration Center for Experimental Psychology Education (Beijing Normal University), Faculty of Psychology, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China; (X.F.); (F.J.)
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Blöte AW, Miers AC, Van den Bos E, Westenberg PM. Negative social self-cognitions: How shyness may lead to social anxiety. JOURNAL OF APPLIED DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.appdev.2019.05.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Kiel EJ, Price NN, Premo JE. Maternal comforting behavior, toddlers' dysregulated fear, and toddlers' emotion regulatory behaviors. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2019; 20:793-803. [PMID: 30869939 DOI: 10.1037/emo0000600] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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Developmental theories of emotion regulation suggest that influences from both extrinsic (e.g., from caregivers) and intrinsic (i.e., temperament) sources contribute to children's displays of emotion regulatory behaviors. Very few studies have examined specific caregiver behaviors in relation to specific regulatory behaviors. Further, few empirical investigations have tested theoretical notions that temperament may be an important context in which to understand the nature of the relation between caregiver behavior and toddlers' regulatory behaviors. The current study examined the specific maternal behavior of physical comfort in relation to three regulatory strategies exhibited by toddlers (attention-shifting, caregiver-focused behavior, and self-focused behavior) in 117 pairs of mothers and their 24-month-old toddlers. Further, we tested the temperament dimension of dysregulated fear, a more recent derivation of behavioral inhibition, both in relation to regulatory efforts and as a moderator of relations between maternal comforting and toddler regulatory behaviors. Dysregulated fear related directly and positively to attention-shifting, and it moderated the relation between maternal comforting and both caregiver-focused and self-focused behaviors. This study provides new evidence of the importance of both extrinsic and intrinsic correlates of emotion regulation in early childhood. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2020 APA, all rights reserved).
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Liang X, Liu M, Wang M, Yu J, Wang Z, Lu S. Infant withdrawal and behavior problems in urban Chinese toddlers: Roles of maternal sensitivity to infant distress and emerging delay ability. Infant Ment Health J 2019; 40:248-262. [PMID: 30779855 DOI: 10.1002/imhj.21763] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Using a longitudinal design, this study examined the associations between infant temperamental withdrawal and behavior problems during toddlerhood and tested the moderating effects of maternal sensitivity to infant distress (MSID) and toddlers' ability to delay gratification (ADG) in urban Chinese families. Participants were 84 Chinese children (37 boys, 47 girls) and their mothers. When the infants were 6 months old (T1: infancy), their mothers reported their temperamental withdrawal, and research assistants observed and coded MSID by using a subscale of the Maternal Behavior Q-Sort during free-play interaction. When the toddlers were 1 year old (T2: early toddlerhood), their mothers reported their internalizing and externalizing problems. When the toddlers were 2 years old (T3: late toddlerhood), their mothers again reported their internalizing and externalizing problems, and their abilities of delay gratification were assessed through a laboratory-based procedure. Infant temperamental withdrawal was associated with increased internalizing problems in early toddlerhood and increased externalizing problems during middle to late toddlerhood; infants whose mothers were extremely high sensitive or low sensitive to their distress or those with late poor ability of delay gratification were at particular risk. The findings highlight the importance of matching parenting and promotion of self-control for temperamental withdrawn children's optimal development.
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- Xi Liang
- Research Centre for Child Development, Beijing Key Laboratory of Learning and Cognition, School of Psychology, Capital Normal University, Beijing, China
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- College of Education, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii
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- Elementary Education College, Capital Normal University, Beijing, China
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- Elementary Education College, Capital Normal University, Beijing, China
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- Research Centre for Child Development, Beijing Key Laboratory of Learning and Cognition, School of Psychology, Capital Normal University, Beijing, China
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- Research Centre for Child Development, Beijing Key Laboratory of Learning and Cognition, School of Psychology, Capital Normal University, Beijing, China
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Sad, Scared, or Rejected? A Short-Term Longitudinal Study of the Predictors of Social Avoidance in Chinese Children. JOURNAL OF ABNORMAL CHILD PSYCHOLOGY 2018; 47:1265-1276. [DOI: 10.1007/s10802-018-0476-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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Scherr JF, Hogan AL, Hatton D, Roberts JE. Stranger Fear and Early Risk for Social Anxiety in Preschoolers with Fragile X Syndrome Contrasted to Autism Spectrum Disorder. J Autism Dev Disord 2018; 47:3741-3755. [PMID: 28210826 DOI: 10.1007/s10803-017-3059-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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This study investigated behavioral indicators of social fear in preschool boys with fragile X syndrome (FXS) with a low degree of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) symptoms (FXS-Low; n = 29), FXS with elevated ASD symptoms (FXS-High; n = 25), idiopathic ASD (iASD; n = 11), and typical development (TD; n = 36). Gaze avoidance, escape behaviors, and facial fear during a stranger approach were coded. Boys with elevated ASD symptoms displayed more avoidant gaze, looking less at the stranger and parent than those with low ASD symptoms across etiologies. The iASD group displayed more facial fear than the other groups. Results suggest etiologically distinct behavioral patterns of social fear in preschoolers with elevated ASD symptoms.
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- Jessica F Scherr
- Department of Psychology, University of South Carolina, 1512 Pendleton Street, Barnwell College, Suite 220, Columbia, SC, 29208, USA
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- Department of Psychology, University of South Carolina, 1512 Pendleton Street, Barnwell College, Suite 220, Columbia, SC, 29208, USA
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- Department of Special Education, Vanderbilt University, 417D One Magnolia Circle, Nashville, TN, 37203, USA
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- Department of Psychology, University of South Carolina, 1512 Pendleton Street, Barnwell College, Suite 220, Columbia, SC, 29208, USA.
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Mian ND, Soto TW, Briggs-Gowan MJ, Carter AS. The Family Life Impairment Scale: Factor Structure and Clinical Utility with Young Children. JOURNAL OF CLINICAL CHILD AND ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY : THE OFFICIAL JOURNAL FOR THE SOCIETY OF CLINICAL CHILD AND ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY, AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION, DIVISION 53 2018; 47:S530-S541. [PMID: 29718718 PMCID: PMC6214795 DOI: 10.1080/15374416.2018.1458313] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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Although it is well-established that young children experience significant psychopathology, diagnostic decisions continue to be challenging, in part due to the way impairment is understood, defined, and measured. Most existing clinical tools assess impairment in an individualized manner, whereas for many young children, impairment is more accurately conceptualized as a family-oriented, multidimensional construct, impacting various parental and family activities. Two studies were completed using the Family Life Impairment Scale (FLIS), a multidimensional parent-report measure of family and associated impairment designed for young children. In Study 1, factor analysis was used in a large (n = 945) representative sample (23-48 months of age). FLIS associations with measures of parent and child well-being were explored to investigate convergent validity. Study 2 was completed in a sample (n = 174) of young children (18-33 months of age) diagnosed with autism spectrum disorders to explore factorial consistency in a clinical sample. Study 1 yielded evidence of a four-factor solution, including parent impairment (affecting parental well-being), family impairment (affecting family activities and routines), childcare impairment (affecting challenges with childcare), and positive growth (parental learning and growth associated with the child's problem). Evidence of convergent validity was also found, as factors were differentially associated with established measures of child symptoms and parent stress. Factor structure was supported in the clinical sample. Results support both the factorial structure and clinical utility of the FLIS for use across clinical and nonclinical populations of young children.
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- b Clinical Psychology Department , William James College
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- d Department of Psychology , University of Massachusetts Boston
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Gilbertson TJ, Morgan AJ, Rapee RM, Lyneham HJ, Bayer JK. Psychometric properties of the Child Anxiety Life Interference Scale - Preschool Version. J Anxiety Disord 2017; 52:62-71. [PMID: 29053989 DOI: 10.1016/j.janxdis.2017.10.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/25/2017] [Revised: 09/04/2017] [Accepted: 10/10/2017] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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Despite growing recognition of childhood anxiety as a common and often debilitating clinical concern, we have limited knowledge of the particular ways in which anxiety interferes with daily life for young children who have not yet entered formal schooling. The present study evaluated the psychometric properties of the Child Anxiety Life Interference Scale - Preschool Version (CALIS-PV). The CALIS-PV is a brief (18 item) parent-report measure of the impacts of a young child's anxiety on their own life and that of her or his parent. Participants were 784 parents of a child aged 3-7 years, who completed the CALIS-PV as a part of the follow-up assessment battery for two anxiety prevention trials targeted at preschool children with temperamental inhibition. Confirmatory factor analysis supported three CALIS-PV factors reflecting anxiety-related life interference at home, outside home and on parent life. The three factors showed good internal consistency and good convergent and divergent validity, and successfully differentiated children with and without an anxiety diagnosis. Findings provide initial support for the CALIS-PV as a reliable and valid measure of the daily life impacts of childhood anxiety for preschool-aged children and their parents.
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- Tamsyn J Gilbertson
- Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia; Murdoch Childrens Research Institute, Melbourne, Australia.
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- Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia; School of Psychology and Public Health, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia.
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- Centre for Emotional Health, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia.
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- Centre for Emotional Health, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia.
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- Murdoch Childrens Research Institute, Melbourne, Australia; School of Psychology and Public Health, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia; Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia.
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de la Torre-Luque A, Fiol-Veny A, Bornas X, Balle M, Llabres J. Impaired cardiac profile in adolescents with an increasing trajectory of anxiety when confronting an acute stressor. Eur Child Adolesc Psychiatry 2017; 26:1501-1510. [PMID: 28551841 DOI: 10.1007/s00787-017-1009-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2016] [Accepted: 05/21/2017] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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Maladaptive patterns of cardiac adjustment to stress in adolescents may reveal their vulnerability to anxiety disorders (ADs). Traditional research in this field has focused on anxiety levels, whereas the time course of anxiety has rarely been considered. Nevertheless, since overall anxiety decreases as adolescence progresses, increasing time courses are clinically relevant and can be associated with maladaptive contextual adjustment. In this study, the cardiac pattern of adjustment to stress in adolescents with increasing anxiety was analysed. A sample of 44 adolescents (M = 14.88 years, SD = 0.53, 45.45% boys) were exposed to a socially relevant stress induction protocol, and their cardiac functioning was recorded. Participants with a trajectory of increasing anxious symptomatology over a 12-month period (n = 24) showed attenuated heart rate levels in the stage of maximum stress in comparison to their non-increasing anxious counterparts (p < 0.05), as well as a heightened pattern of sample entropy throughout the stress induction (p < 0.05). These findings suggest a loss of cardiac flexibility in those adolescents at risk of ADs when confronting an acute stressor.
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- Alejandro de la Torre-Luque
- Research Institute of Health Sciences, Scientific-Technical Services and University Research Institutes, University of Balearic Islands, Valldemossa Road, km. 7.5, 07122, Palma, Balearic Islands, Spain.
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- Research Institute of Health Sciences, Scientific-Technical Services and University Research Institutes, University of Balearic Islands, Valldemossa Road, km. 7.5, 07122, Palma, Balearic Islands, Spain
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- Research Institute of Health Sciences, Scientific-Technical Services and University Research Institutes, University of Balearic Islands, Valldemossa Road, km. 7.5, 07122, Palma, Balearic Islands, Spain
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- Research Institute of Health Sciences, Scientific-Technical Services and University Research Institutes, University of Balearic Islands, Valldemossa Road, km. 7.5, 07122, Palma, Balearic Islands, Spain
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- Research Institute of Health Sciences, Scientific-Technical Services and University Research Institutes, University of Balearic Islands, Valldemossa Road, km. 7.5, 07122, Palma, Balearic Islands, Spain
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Brook CA, Willoughby T. Shyness and Social Anxiety Assessed Through Self-Report: What Are We Measuring? J Pers Assess 2017; 101:54-63. [PMID: 29125781 DOI: 10.1080/00223891.2017.1388808] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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The distinction between shyness and social anxiety remains unclear in the literature. In an attempt to shed further light on this issue, our research evaluated whether shyness and social anxiety were the same construct underlying various measurement scales. Participants (N = 801, Mage = 36.21, range = 18-74, female = 53.10%) responded to 10 questionnaires assessing either shyness or social anxiety. Evidence indicated that the scales were highly correlated and loaded onto 1 factor. Confirmatory factor analysis corroborated this finding. A second exploratory factor analysis revealed that all the shyness and social anxiety items best loaded together onto 3 factors: one corresponding to fear of negative evaluation, embarrassment, self-consciousness, scrutiny, authority, interaction anxiety, and shyness (71.0%); a second comprised of primarily interaction anxiety and shyness (17.7%); and a third associated with performance anxiety (7.5%). All scales were similarly discriminated from sociability. Overall, the constructs of shyness and social anxiety were not differentiated from each other. Researchers should carefully consider what items are included in shyness and social anxiety scales if these constructs are to be distinguished from one another.
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- Christina A Brook
- a Department of Psychology , Brock University , St. Catharines , Ontario , Canada
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- a Department of Psychology , Brock University , St. Catharines , Ontario , Canada
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Capriola NN, Booker JA, Ollendick TH. Profiles of Temperament among Youth with Specific Phobias: Implications for CBT Outcomes. JOURNAL OF ABNORMAL CHILD PSYCHOLOGY 2017; 45:1449-1459. [PMID: 28032271 PMCID: PMC5491379 DOI: 10.1007/s10802-016-0255-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Specific phobias (SPs) are characterized by excessive fear or anxiety regarding an object or situation. SPs often result in a host of negative outcomes in childhood and beyond. Children with SPs are broadly assumed to show dispositional over-regulation and fearfulness relative to children without SPs, but there are few attempts to distinguish dispositional patterns among children with SPs. In the present study, we examined trajectories of differing temperamental profiles for youth receiving a CBT-based treatment for their SP. Participants were 117 treatment seeking youth (M Age = 8.77 years, Age Range = 6-15 years; 54.7% girls) who met criteria for a SP and their mothers. Three temperament profiles emerged and were conceptually similar to previously supported profiles: well-adjusted; inhibited; and under-controlled. While all groups showed similarly robust reductions in SP severity following treatment, differences among the three groups emerged in terms of broader internalizing symptoms, externalizing symptoms, and global outlook. The well-adjusted group was higher in functioning initially than the other two groups. The inhibited group had initial disadvantages in initial internalizing symptoms. The under-controlled group showed greatest comorbidity risks and had initial disadvantages in both internalizing and externalizing symptoms. These distinct clusters represent considerable heterogeneity within a clinical sample of youth with SP who are often assumed to have homogenous behavior tendencies of inhibition and fearfulness. Findings suggest that considering patterns of temperament among children with phobias could assist treatment planning and inform ongoing refinements to improve treatment response.
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- Department of Psychology, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, 30322, USA
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Zhu J, Ooi LL, Li Y, Coplan RJ, Xie Q, Zhang Y, Xu P. Concomitants and outcomes of anxiety in Chinese kindergarteners: A one-year longitudinal study. JOURNAL OF APPLIED DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.appdev.2017.06.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Morales S, Brown KM, Taber-Thomas BC, LoBue V, Buss KA, Pérez-Edgar KE. Maternal anxiety predicts attentional bias towards threat in infancy. Emotion 2017; 17:874-883. [PMID: 28206795 PMCID: PMC5519443 DOI: 10.1037/emo0000275] [Citation(s) in RCA: 79] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Although cognitive theories of psychopathology suggest that attention bias toward threat plays a role in the etiology and maintenance of anxiety, there is relatively little evidence regarding individual differences in the earliest development of attention bias toward threat. The current study examines attention bias toward threat during its potential first emergence by evaluating the relations between attention bias and known risk factors of anxiety (i.e., temperamental negative affect and maternal anxiety). We measured attention bias to emotional faces in infants (N = 98; 57 male) ages 4 to 24 months during an attention disengagement eye-tracking paradigm. We hypothesized that (a) there would be an attentional bias toward threat in the full sample of infants, replicating previous studies; (b) attentional bias toward threat would be positively related to maternal anxiety; and (c) attention bias toward threat would be positively related to temperamental negative affect. Finally, (d) we explored the potential interaction between temperament and maternal anxiety in predicting attention bias toward threat. We found that attention bias to the affective faces did not change with age, and that bias was not related to temperament. However, attention bias to threat, but not attention bias to happy faces, was positively related to maternal anxiety, such that higher maternal anxiety predicted a larger attention bias for all infants. These findings provide support for attention bias as a putative early mechanism by which early markers of risk are associated with socioemotional development. (PsycINFO Database Record
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- Department of Psychology, The Pennsylvania State Universit
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- Department of Psychology, The Pennsylvania State Universit
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Allostatic load and comorbidities: A mitochondrial, epigenetic, and evolutionary perspective. Dev Psychopathol 2017; 28:1117-1146. [PMID: 27739386 DOI: 10.1017/s0954579416000730] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Stress-related pathophysiology drives comorbid trajectories that elude precise prediction. Allostatic load algorithms that quantify biological "wear and tear" represent a comprehensive approach to detect multisystemic disease processes of the mind and body. However, the multiple morbidities directly or indirectly related to stress physiology remain enigmatic. Our aim in this article is to propose that biological comorbidities represent discrete pathophysiological processes captured by measuring allostatic load. This has applications in research and clinical settings to predict physical and psychiatric comorbidities alike. The reader will be introduced to the concepts of allostasis, allostasic states, allostatic load, and allostatic overload as they relate to stress-related diseases and the proposed prediction of biological comorbidities that extend rather to understanding psychopathologies. In our transdisciplinary discussion, we will integrate perspectives related to (a) mitochondrial biology as a key player in the allostatic load time course toward diseases that "get under the skin and skull"; (b) epigenetics related to child maltreatment and biological embedding that shapes stress perception throughout lifespan development; and
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Kiel EJ, Wagers KB, Luebbe AM. The Attitudes About Parenting Strategies for Anxiety Scale: A Measure of Parenting Attitudes About Protective and Intrusive Behavior. Assessment 2017; 26:1504-1523. [PMID: 28703033 DOI: 10.1177/1073191117719513] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Protective and intrusive parenting behaviors consistently relate to children's anxiety development. We present two studies describing the development of the Attitudes about Parenting Strategies for Anxiety (APSA) scale, which assesses parent distress about children's displays of anxiety and shyness as well as parent attitudes about the effectiveness of protective and intrusive responses across several domains. Study 1 included 594 parents who completed the APSA and additional measures online and established the factor structure, internal reliability, and validity of the measure. We also performed a latent profile analysis of the attitude items to understand common patterns and their correlates. Study 2 comprised 108 mothers participating in a laboratory-based study and provided additional evidence for the factor structure, reliability, and validity, as well as 1-year stability. The APSA appears to be a reliable and valid measure that could have utility for understanding the determinants of parenting behaviors relevant to child anxiety development.
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Spence SH, Rapee RM. The etiology of social anxiety disorder: An evidence-based model. Behav Res Ther 2016; 86:50-67. [DOI: 10.1016/j.brat.2016.06.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 137] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/21/2016] [Revised: 06/07/2016] [Accepted: 06/29/2016] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Bufferd SJ, Dougherty LR, Olino TM, Dyson MW, Carlson GA, Klein DN. Temperament Distinguishes Persistent/Recurrent from Remitting Anxiety Disorders Across Early Childhood. JOURNAL OF CLINICAL CHILD AND ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY 2016; 47:1004-1013. [PMID: 27705002 DOI: 10.1080/15374416.2016.1212362] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Up to 20% of preschool-age children meet criteria for anxiety disorders and, for a large subset, anxiety appears to persist throughout early childhood. However, little is known about which factors predict persistence/recurrence of anxiety in young children. Temperament, including behavioral inhibition (BI), negative emotionality (NE), and positive emotionality (PE), predict the onset of anxiety disorders, but to our knowledge no study has examined whether temperament predicts the course of anxiety in young children. From a community sample of 3-year-olds, we identified 89 children (79.8% White, non-Hispanic; 41.6% female) who met criteria for an anxiety disorder and examined whether observed and parent-reported BI, NE, and PE at age 3 distinguished children who continued to meet criteria for an anxiety disorder from those who remitted by age 6. Higher levels of BI and lower levels of PE assessed in the laboratory and higher parent-reported BI and shyness and lower surgency at age 3 significantly predicted persistence/recurrence of anxiety disorders from age 3 to 6. These data are the first to demonstrate the influence of temperament on the course of anxiety disorders in young children. These findings can enhance assessment and treatment of anxiety by focusing intervention efforts on children who are at risk for persistent or recurring anxiety rather than children who are displaying transient, and possibly developmentally normative, anxiety.
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- Sara J Bufferd
- a Department of Psychology , California State University San Marcos
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- b Department of Psychology , University of Maryland, College Park
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- e Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science , Stony Brook University School of Medicine
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Nelemans SA, Hale WW, Raaijmakers QAW, Branje SJT, van Lier PAC, Meeus WHJ. Longitudinal associations between social anxiety symptoms and cannabis use throughout adolescence: the role of peer involvement. Eur Child Adolesc Psychiatry 2016; 25:483-92. [PMID: 26254219 PMCID: PMC4854944 DOI: 10.1007/s00787-015-0747-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/12/2015] [Accepted: 07/14/2015] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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There appear to be contradicting theories and empirical findings on the association between adolescent Social Anxiety Disorder (SAD) symptoms and cannabis use, suggesting potential risk as well as protective pathways. The aim of this six-year longitudinal study was to further examine associations between SAD symptoms and cannabis use over time in adolescents from the general population, specifically focusing on the potential role that adolescents' involvement with their peers may have in these associations. Participants were 497 Dutch adolescents (57 % boys; M age = 13.03 at T1), who completed annual self-report questionnaires for 6 successive years. Cross-lagged panel analysis suggested that adolescent SAD symptoms were associated with less peer involvement 1 year later. Less adolescent peer involvement was in turn associated with lower probabilities of cannabis use as well as lower frequency of cannabis use 1 year later. Most importantly, results suggested significant longitudinal indirect paths from adolescent SAD symptoms to cannabis use via adolescents' peer involvement. Overall, these results provide support for a protective function of SAD symptoms in association with cannabis use in adolescents from the general population. This association is partially explained by less peer involvement (suggesting increased social isolation) for those adolescents with higher levels of SAD symptoms. Future research should aim to gain more insight into the exact nature of the relationship between anxiety and cannabis use in adolescents from the general population, especially regarding potential risk and protective processes that may explain this relationship.
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- Stefanie A Nelemans
- Research Centre Adolescent Development, Utrecht University, PO Box 80.140, 3508 TC, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
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- Research Centre Adolescent Development, Utrecht University, PO Box 80.140, 3508 TC, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Research Centre Adolescent Development, Utrecht University, PO Box 80.140, 3508 TC, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Research Centre Adolescent Development, Utrecht University, PO Box 80.140, 3508 TC, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Developmental Psychology, VU University Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Research Centre Adolescent Development, Utrecht University, PO Box 80.140, 3508 TC, Utrecht, The Netherlands
- Department of Developmental Psychology, Tilburg University, Tilburg, The Netherlands
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Möller EL, Nikolić M, Majdandžić M, Bögels SM. Associations between maternal and paternal parenting behaviors, anxiety and its precursors in early childhood: A meta-analysis. Clin Psychol Rev 2016; 45:17-33. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cpr.2016.03.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 103] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/07/2014] [Revised: 12/04/2015] [Accepted: 03/02/2016] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Li Y, Coplan RJ, Wang Y, Yin J, Zhu J, Gao Z, Li L. Preliminary Evaluation of a Social Skills Training and Facilitated Play Early Intervention Programme for Extremely Shy Young Children in China. INFANT AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT 2016. [DOI: 10.1002/icd.1959] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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- Yan Li
- Department of Early Child Education; Shanghai Normal University; Shanghai China
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- Fushan Foreign Language Primary School; Shanghai China
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- Department of Early Child Education; Shanghai Normal University; Shanghai China
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- Department of Early Child Education; Shanghai Normal University; Shanghai China
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- Department of Early Child Education; Shanghai Normal University; Shanghai China
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- Department of Early Child Education; Shanghai Normal University; Shanghai China
- Experimental Kindergarten of Shanghai Normal University; Shanghai China
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Liu J, Coplan RJ, Ooi LL, Chen X, Li D. Examining the Implications of Social Anxiety in a Community Sample of Mainland Chinese Children. J Clin Psychol 2015; 71:979-93. [DOI: 10.1002/jclp.22195] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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- Shanghai Normal University
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Willoughby MT, Stifter CA, Gottfredson NC. The epidemiology of observed temperament: Factor structure and demographic group differences. Infant Behav Dev 2015; 39:21-34. [PMID: 25733489 PMCID: PMC4417459 DOI: 10.1016/j.infbeh.2015.02.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/19/2014] [Revised: 12/29/2014] [Accepted: 02/10/2015] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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This study investigated the factor structure of observational indicators of children's temperament that were collected across the first three years of life in the Family Life Project (N=1205) sample. A four-factor model (activity level, fear, anger, regulation), which corresponded broadly to Rothbart's distinction between reactivity and regulation, provided an acceptable fit the observed data. Tests of measurement invariance demonstrated that a majority of the observational indicators exhibited comparable measurement properties for male vs. female, black vs. white, and poor vs. not-poor children, which improved the generalizability of these results. Unadjusted demographic group comparisons revealed small to moderate sized differences (Cohen ds=|.23-.42|) in temperamental reactivity and moderate to large sized differences (Cohen ds=-.64--.97) in regulation. Collectively, demographic variables explained more of the variation in regulation (R(2)=.25) than in reactivity (R(2)=.02-.06). Follow-up analyses demonstrated that race differences were substantially diminished in magnitude and better accounted for by poverty. These results help to validate the distinction between temperamental reactivity and regulation using observational indicators.
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- Human Development & Family Studies, Pennsylvania State University, United States
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- Center for Developmental Science, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, United States
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Morales S, Beekman C, Blandon AY, Stifter CA, Buss KA. Longitudinal associations between temperament and socioemotional outcomes in young children: the moderating role of RSA and gender. Dev Psychobiol 2014; 57:105-19. [PMID: 25399505 DOI: 10.1002/dev.21267] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/11/2013] [Accepted: 10/17/2014] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Temperament is an important predictor of socioemotional adjustment, such as externalizing and internalizing symptoms. However, there is not a one-to-one correspondence between temperamental predispositions and these outcomes, implying that other factors also contribute to the development of internalizing and externalizing problems. Self-regulation is believed to interact with temperament, and has been studied as a predictor for later socioemotional outcomes. Respiratory sinus arrhythmia (RSA) is a psychophysiological measure of self-regulation that has been studied as a moderator of risk. The primary aim of the present study was to test if RSA baseline and RSA reactivity would moderate the link between temperament and socioemotional outcomes. Mothers reported the temperament of their infants (20 months; N = 154), RSA was collected at 24- and 42-months, and mothers reported externalizing and internalizing behaviors at kindergarten entry. RSA baseline and RSA reactivity moderated the relation between exuberant temperament and externalizing behaviors. However, these results were only significant for girls, such that high RSA baseline and greater RSA suppression predicted more externalizing behaviors when exuberance was high. Fearful temperament predicted later internalizing behaviors, but no moderation was present. These results are discussed in light of recent evidence regarding gender differences in the role of RSA as a protective factor for risk.
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- Santiago Morales
- Psychology Department at the Pennsylvania State University, 278 Moore Building, 16802, PA.
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AbstractThis study examined the role of child temperament as moderator of the effect of parenting style on children's externalizing and internalizing behaviors. A series of structural equation models were fit to a representative sample of 2,631 Canadian children from the National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth. In addition to testing for the presence of Temperament × Parenting interactions, these models also examined the direct and indirect effects of a number of additional contextual factors such as neighborhood problems, neighborhood cohesion, social support, and maternal depression. The results indicate that exposure to more positive parenting reduces behavior problems in children with difficult/unadaptable temperaments. No moderating effects of temperament on hostile parenting were found. Such results serve to highlight the pivotal role of positive features of the rearing environment as catalysts for the successful adaptation of children with difficult/unadaptable temperaments. The results of this modeling work also serve to emphasize the importance of considering the ways in which more distal factors can affect children's behavioral adaptation by contributing to changes in proximal family processes.
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Affrunti NW, Geronimi EMC, Woodruff-Borden J. Temperament, peer victimization, and nurturing parenting in child anxiety: a moderated mediation model. Child Psychiatry Hum Dev 2014; 45:483-92. [PMID: 24202548 DOI: 10.1007/s10578-013-0418-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Research has linked fearful temperament and childhood anxiety. Yet there remain numerous factors that moderate and mediate this relation. Two specific factors, identified in separate lines of research, are peer victimization and parenting. The current study tested a moderated mediational model to investigate the respective effects of peer victimization and nurturing parenting on the relation between fearful temperament and child anxiety. Participants were 124 parent-child dyads recruited from the community. Children were between the ages of 7 and 12 (56.5% male, 93.5% Caucasian) and most parents were mothers. Overall the data fit the model well. Analyses indicated that peer victimization was a mediator of the temperament to child anxiety relation, while nurturing parenting moderated this mediated effect. Nurturing parenting did not mediate the temperament to child anxiety relation directly. The findings suggest that nurturing parenting may be a specific, rather than global, protective factor for peer victimization in child anxiety.
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- Nicholas W Affrunti
- Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Life Sciences Building Room 317, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, 40292, USA,
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Doey L, Coplan RJ, Kingsbury M. Bashful Boys and Coy Girls: A Review of Gender Differences in Childhood Shyness. SEX ROLES 2013. [DOI: 10.1007/s11199-013-0317-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 83] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Karevold E, Ystrom E, Coplan RJ, Sanson AV, Mathiesen KS. A prospective longitudinal study of shyness from infancy to adolescence: stability, age-related changes, and prediction of socio-emotional functioning. JOURNAL OF ABNORMAL CHILD PSYCHOLOGY 2012; 40:1167-77. [PMID: 22527608 DOI: 10.1007/s10802-012-9635-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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This longitudinal, population-based and prospective study investigated the stability, age-related changes, and socio-emotional outcomes of shyness from infancy to early adolescence. A sample of 921 children was followed from ages 1.5 to 12.5 years. Parent-reported shyness was assessed at five time points and maternal- and self-reported social skills and symptoms of anxiety and depression were assessed at age 12.5 years. Piecewise latent growth curve analysis was applied, with outcomes regressed on latent shyness intercept and slope factors. Results showed moderate stability and increasing levels of shyness across time, with more variance and a steeper increase in early as compared to mid-to-late childhood. Both stable shyness and increased shyness in mid-to-late (but not early) childhood predicted poorer social skills and higher levels of anxiety and depression symptoms in early adolescence. The implications of the evidence for two developmental periods in shyness trajectories with differential impact on later socio-emotional functioning are discussed.
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Hudson JL, Dodd HF, Lyneham HJ, Bovopoulous N. Temperament and family environment in the development of anxiety disorder: two-year follow-up. J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry 2011; 50:1255-64.e1. [PMID: 22115146 DOI: 10.1016/j.jaac.2011.09.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2011] [Revised: 08/31/2011] [Accepted: 09/16/2011] [Indexed: 10/15/2022]
Abstract
OBJECTIVE Behavioral inhibition (BI) in early childhood is associated with increased risk for anxiety. The present research examines BI alongside family environment factors, specifically maternal negativity and overinvolvement, maternal anxiety, and mother-child attachment, with a view to providing a broader understanding of the development of child anxiety. METHOD Participants were 202 children classified at age 4 years as either behaviorally inhibited (N = 102) or behaviorally uninhibited (N = 100). Family environment, BI and child anxiety were assessed at baseline and child anxiety and BI were assessed again 2 years later when participants were 6 years of age. RESULTS After controlling for baseline anxiety, BI participants were significantly more likely to meet criteria for a diagnosis of social phobia and generalized anxiety disorder at follow-up. Path analysis suggested that maternal anxiety significantly affected child anxiety over time, even after controlling for the effects of BI and baseline anxiety. No significant paths from parenting or attachment to child anxiety were found. Maternal overinvolvement was significantly associated with BI at follow-up. CONCLUSIONS At age 4 years, BI, child anxiety, maternal anxiety, and maternal overinvolvement represent risk factors for anxiety at age 6 years. Furthermore, overinvolved parenting increases risk for BI at age 6, which may then lead to the development of anxiety in later childhood.
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Affiliation(s)
- Jennifer L Hudson
- Centre for Emotional Health, Department of Psychology, Balaclava Rd, North Ryde, Macquarie University, NSW 2109, Australia.
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Dinovo SA, Vasey MW. Reactive and self-regulatory dimensions of temperament: Interactive relations with symptoms of general distress and anhedonia. JOURNAL OF RESEARCH IN PERSONALITY 2011; 45:430-440. [PMID: 22581988 DOI: 10.1016/j.jrp.2011.05.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Converging evidence indicates that shared temperamental diatheses partly underlie the covariance between anxiety and depression. Although developmental psychopathology research suggests that self-regulatory temperament (e.g., effortful control or EC) mitigates reactive risks associated with negative affectivity (NA) and positive affectivity (PA), and their respective counterparts, behavioral inhibition- and activation sensitivity (BIS and BAS), no studies have established EC's protective effects in adulthood. This study examined concurrent relations between temperament and distress symptoms shared by anxiety and depression, and anhedonic symptoms unique to depression, in young adults. Anticipated two- and three-way interactions emerged supporting EC's moderating effect between reactive temperament (i.e., high BIS and low BAS) and both symptom dimensions. However, no interactive relations emerged between symptoms and NA, PA, and EC.
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- Salvatore A Dinovo
- Department of Psychology, The Ohio State University, 1835 Neil Avenue Mall, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
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