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Alacha HF, Isaac AJ, Gemmell N, Dougherty LR, Olino TM, Bufferd SJ. Comparison of Global and Daily Ratings of Associations between Anxiety and Depressive Behaviors and Impairment in Preschool-Aged Children. Child Psychiatry Hum Dev 2024:10.1007/s10578-024-01697-z. [PMID: 38578584 DOI: 10.1007/s10578-024-01697-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 03/18/2024] [Indexed: 04/06/2024]
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Anxiety and depressive difficulties can emerge during early childhood and cause impairment in functioning. Anxiety and depressive behaviors and impairment are typically assessed with global questionnaires that require recall of children's behavior over an extended period which could reduce the accuracy of parent report of children's behavior and functioning. The current study compared parents' report of children's anxiety and depressive behaviors and impairment when evaluated with global measures versus a daily diary measure. Participants (N = 901 parents of 3-5-year-old children) completed global and daily measures of children's behavior and impairment during enrollment to the study. Global measures were completed at baseline and the 14 daily diary measures were completed consecutively for two weeks. Across most measures, daily associations between parent-reported anxiety and depressive behaviors and impairment were stronger compared to associations with global measures. These results suggest that daily measures may better capture links between young children's typical behavior and functioning compared to global measures. In addition, daily assessment might be more effective for measuring mild to moderate yet still impairing behaviors that may be missed on global reports that require longer periods of recall.
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- University of Louisville, Kentucky, USA.
- Department of Psychological & Brain Sciences, University of Louisville, Life Sciences Building, Louisville, KY, 40292, USA.
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Schniering CA, Forbes MK, Rapee RM, Wuthrich VM, Queen AH, Ehrenreich-May J. Assessing Functional Impairment in Youth: Development of the Adolescent Life Interference Scale for Internalizing Symptoms (ALIS-I). Child Psychiatry Hum Dev 2023; 54:508-519. [PMID: 34655359 DOI: 10.1007/s10578-021-01241-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 08/20/2021] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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This study described the psychometric properties of a self-report measure of functional impairment related to anxiety and depression in adolescents, the Adolescent Life Interference Scale for Internalizing symptoms (ALIS-I). A clinical sample of 266 adolescents and a community sample of 63 adolescents, aged 11 to 18 years (Mean = 14.7, SD = 1.71) completed the ALIS-I and additional measures assessing internalizing problems. Exploratory factor analyses indicated four distinct but correlated factors of life interference related to personal withdrawal/avoidance, peer problems, problems with study/work, and somatic symptoms. Reliability and retest reliability (8-12 weeks) of the total score were high and psychometric properties of the subscales were acceptable. The ALIS-I effectively discriminated between clinical and community control groups, and expected correlations were shown between ALIS-I subscales and other related symptom measures. The ALIS-I is a promising instrument for the assessment of functional impairment related to internalizing disorders in youth.
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- Carolyn A Schniering
- Centre for Emotional Health, Department of Psychology, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW, 2109, Australia. .,Department of Psychology, University of Miami, 5665 Ponce de Leon Blvd, Coral Gables, FL, 33146, USA.
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- Centre for Emotional Health, Department of Psychology, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW, 2109, Australia
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- Centre for Emotional Health, Department of Psychology, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW, 2109, Australia.
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- Centre for Emotional Health, Department of Psychology, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW, 2109, Australia
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- Department of Psychology, Tufts University, 490 Boston Avenue, Medford, MA, USA
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- Department of Psychology, University of Miami, 5665 Ponce de Leon Blvd, Coral Gables, FL, 33146, USA
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McLean K, O'Connor E, Ong R, Joseph C, Skinner R, Goldfeld S. Psychosocial assessment tools for children and young people aged 5-18 years: A rapid review of the literature. J Paediatr Child Health 2023; 59:218-228. [PMID: 36633358 DOI: 10.1111/jpc.16324] [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: 12/19/2022] [Accepted: 12/21/2022] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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AIM Schools are a key platform for health promotion and a point of connection to local health-care services, with an almost universal reach across the child and adolescent population. This study sought to determine whether validated psychosocial assessment tools exist for a school-based nursing program that would assist in providing an initial health assessment to identify and understand the needs of children and young people referred to the nurse, with the outcome of appropriate connection to external health and wellbeing services. METHODS Rapid evidence assessment methodology was utilised to identify validated tools that could identify psychosocial concerns in children and young people aged 5-18 years. We identified articles from peer-reviewed journals via three electronic bibliographic databases (PubMed, Embase and CINAHL). We then extended the search for evidence through a search of the grey literature. RESULTS From 3963 peer-reviewed articles found in the database search, 10 relevant peer-reviewed publications met inclusion criteria. In combination with 12 grey literature sources, 33 tools were identified. These included self-report tools (typically for children aged 11 years and older), parent-report and teacher-report tools. We identified the six most promising psychosocial assessment tools. However, there was limited description about implementation within school-based nursing programs. CONCLUSIONS Several tools exist that show promise in assisting school-based nursing programs to conduct preliminary psychosocial assessments for children and young people. The introduction of any tools into practice would require implementation guidance and evaluation, including how and when they should be used, and when referral and follow-up is required.
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- Karen McLean
- Centre for Community Child Health, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.,Centre for Community Child Health, Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Centre for Community Child Health, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Centre for Community Child Health, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Centre for Community Child Health, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Health and Social Policy Branch, NSW Ministry of Health, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.,Specialty of Child and Adolescent Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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- Centre for Community Child Health, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.,Centre for Community Child Health, Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.,Department of Pediatrics, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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Jones BG, Reardon T, Creswell C, Dodd HF, Hill C, Jasper B, Lawrence PJ, Morgan F, Rapee RM, Violato M, Placzek A, Ukoumunne OC. Minimising Young Children's Anxiety through Schools (MY-CATS): statistical analysis plan for a cluster randomised controlled trial to evaluate the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of an online parent-led intervention compared with usual school practice for young children identified as at risk for anxiety disorders. Trials 2022; 23:1054. [PMID: 36575433 PMCID: PMC9795669 DOI: 10.1186/s13063-022-06899-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/11/2022] [Accepted: 11/08/2022] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND The Minimising Young Children's Anxiety through Schools (MY-CATS) trial is being conducted to determine whether an online evidence-based parent-guided cognitive behavioural therapy intervention in addition to usual school practice is effective and cost-effective compared with usual school practice in reducing anxiety disorders in children aged 4-7 deemed 'at risk' of anxiety disorders. This update article describes the detailed statistical analysis plan for the MY-CATS trial and reports a review of the underpinning sample size assumptions. METHODS AND DESIGN The MY-CATS study is a two-arm, definitive superiority pragmatic parallel group cluster randomised controlled trial in which schools will be randomised 1:1 to receive either the intervention (in addition to usual school practice) or the usual school practice only. This update to the (published) protocol provides a detailed description of the study methods, the statistical principles, the trial population and the planned statistical analyses, including additional analyses comprising instrumental variable regression and mediation analysis. TRIAL REGISTRATION ISRCTN82398107 . Prospectively registered on 14 January 2021.
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- Benjamin G. Jones
- grid.8391.30000 0004 1936 8024NIHR ARC South West Peninsula (PenARC), University of Exeter, Exeter, UK ,grid.8391.30000 0004 1936 8024Exeter Clinical Trials Unit (ExeCTU), University of Exeter, Exeter, UK
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- grid.4991.50000 0004 1936 8948Departments of Experimental Psychology and Psychiatry, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- grid.4991.50000 0004 1936 8948Departments of Experimental Psychology and Psychiatry, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- grid.8391.30000 0004 1936 8024College of Medicine and Health, University of Exeter, Exeter, UK
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- grid.9435.b0000 0004 0457 9566School of Psychology & Clinical Language Sciences, University of Reading, Reading, UK
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- Parents and Carers Together, Suffolk, UK
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- grid.5491.90000 0004 1936 9297Centre for Innovation in Mental Health, School of Psychology, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK
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- grid.1004.50000 0001 2158 5405Centre for Emotional Health, School of Psychological Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia
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- grid.4991.50000 0004 1936 8948Health Economics Research Centre, Nuffield Department of Population Health, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- grid.4991.50000 0004 1936 8948Departments of Experimental Psychology and Psychiatry, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- grid.8391.30000 0004 1936 8024NIHR ARC South West Peninsula (PenARC), University of Exeter, Exeter, UK
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Coles T, Lucas N, Daniell E, Sullivan C, Wang K, Olsen JM, Shepherd-Banigan M. Prioritizing Support Offered to Caregivers by Examining the Status Quo and Opportunities for Enhancement When Using Web-Based Self-reported Health Questionnaires: Descriptive Qualitative Study. JMIR Form Res 2022; 6:e30877. [PMID: 35394436 PMCID: PMC9034415 DOI: 10.2196/30877] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2021] [Revised: 01/13/2022] [Accepted: 01/26/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Background The Rosalynn Carter Institute for Caregivers (RCI) offers evidence-based interventions to promote caregivers’ health and well-being. Trained coaches regularly meet with caregivers to offer education and instructions to improve caregiver health, build skill sets, and increase resilience. Two of these interventions, RCI Resources for Enhancing Alzheimer's Caregiver Health (REACH) and Operation Family Caregiver (OFC), use a set of caregiver-reported questionnaires to monitor caregivers’ health status and needs. Objective This study aims to describe how web-based assessment questionnaires are used to identify and monitor caregiver status in the RCI REACH and OFC programs and outlines perceived enhancements to the web-based system that could support caregiver-coach encounters by directing priorities. Methods This was a descriptive, qualitative study. Data were collected via semistructured interviews with caregivers and coaches in the RCI REACH and OFC programs from July 2020 to October 2020. During the interviews, participants were asked to describe how the assessment questionnaires were used to inform caregiver-coach encounters, perceived usefulness of enhancements to web-based display, and preference for the structure of score results. The interviews were recorded, transcribed, and coded using structural and interpretive codes from a structured codebook. Qualitative content analysis was used to identify themes and summarize the results. Results A total of 25 caregivers (RCI REACH: 13/25, 52%; OFC: 12/25, 48%) and 11 coaches (RCI REACH: 5/11, 45%; OFC: 6/11, 55%) were interviewed. Most caregivers indicated that the assessment questions were relevant to their caregiving experience. Some caregivers and coaches indicated that they thought the assessment should be administered multiple times throughout the program to evaluate the caregiver progress. Overall, caregivers did not want their scores to be compared with those of other caregivers, and there was heterogeneity in how caregivers preferred to view their results at the question or topic level. Coaches were uncertain as to which and how much of the results from the self-reported questionnaires should be shared with caregivers. Overall, the results were very similar, regardless of program affiliation (RCI REACH vs OFC). Conclusions Web-based and procedural enhancements were identified to enrich caregiver-coach encounters. New and enhanced strategies for using web-based assessment questionnaires to direct priorities in the caregiver-coach encounters included integrating figures showing caregiver progress at the individual caregiver level, ability to toggle results through different figures focused on individual versus aggregate results, and support for interpreting scores. The results of this qualitative study will drive the next steps for RCI’s web-based platform and expand on current standards for administering self-reported questionnaires in clinical practice settings.
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- Theresa Coles
- Department of Population Health Sciences, Duke University, Durham, NC, United States
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- Department of Population Health Sciences, Duke University, Durham, NC, United States
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- Department of Population Health Sciences, Duke University, Durham, NC, United States
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- Department of Population Health Sciences, Duke University, Durham, NC, United States
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- Rosalynn Carter Institute for Caregivers, Americus, GA, United States
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- Rosalynn Carter Institute for Caregivers, Americus, GA, United States
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- Department of Population Health Sciences, Duke University, Durham, NC, United States.,Duke-Margolis Center for Health Policy, Duke University, Durham, NC, United States.,Center of Innovation to Accelerate Discovery and Practice Transformation, Durham Veterans Affairs Health Care System, Durham, NC, United States
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Reardon T, Dodd H, Hill C, Jasper B, Lawrence PJ, Morgan F, Rapee RM, Ukoumunne OC, Violato M, Davey E, Halliday G, Jones B, Martineau L, McCall A, Niekamp N, Placzek A, Potts R, Weisser T, Creswell C. Minimising young children's anxiety through schools (MY-CATS): protocol for a cluster randomised controlled trial to evaluate the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of an online parent-led intervention compared with usual school practice for young children identified as at risk for anxiety disorders. Trials 2022; 23:149. [PMID: 35168635 PMCID: PMC8848959 DOI: 10.1186/s13063-022-06010-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/14/2021] [Accepted: 01/06/2022] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Identifying and supporting young children who are at risk of developing anxiety disorders would benefit children, families, and wider society. Elevated anxiety symptoms, inhibited temperament, and high parental anxiety are established risk factors for later anxiety disorders, but it remains unclear who is most likely to benefit from prevention and early intervention programmes. Delivering an online intervention through schools to parents of young children who have one or more of these risks could maximise reach. The primary aim of this trial is to evaluate the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of delivering an online parent-led intervention, compared with usual school provision only, for children (aged 4-7) identified as at risk for anxiety disorders on the basis of at least one risk factor. We also aim to identify the characteristics of children who do and do not benefit from intervention and mechanisms of change from the intervention. METHODS The design will be a parallel group, superiority cluster randomised controlled trial, with schools (clusters) randomised to intervention or usual school practice arms in a 1:1 ratio stratified according to level of deprivation within the school. The study will recruit and randomise at least 60 primary/infant schools in England, and on the basis of recruiting 60 schools, we will recruit 1080 trial participants (540 per arm). Parents of all children (aged 4-7) in sampled Reception, Year 1, and Year 2 classes will be invited to complete screening questionnaires. Children who screen positive on the basis of anxiety symptoms, and/or behavioural inhibition, and/or parent anxiety symptoms will be eligible for the trial. Parents/carers of children in schools allocated to the intervention arm will be offered a brief online intervention; schools in both arms will continue to provide any usual support for children and parents throughout the trial. Assessments will be completed at screening, baseline (before randomisation), 6 weeks, 12 weeks, and 12 months post-randomisation. The primary outcome will be the absence/presence of an anxiety disorder diagnosis at 12 months. DISCUSSION The trial will determine if delivering an online intervention for parents of young children at risk of anxiety disorders identified through screening in schools is effective and cost-effective. TRIAL REGISTRATION ISRCTN 82398107 . Prospectively registered on Jan. 14, 2021.
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- Tessa Reardon
- Departments of Experimental Psychology and Psychiatry, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
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- College of Medicine and Health, University of Exeter, Exeter, UK
- School of Psychology & Clinical Language Sciences, University of Reading, Reading, UK
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- School of Psychology & Clinical Language Sciences, University of Reading, Reading, UK
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- Parents and Carers Together, Suffolk, UK
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- Centre for Innovation in Mental Health, School of Psychology, University of Southampton, Southampton, England
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- Centre for Emotional Health, Department of Psychology, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia
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- NIHR ARC South West Peninsula (PenARC), University of Exeter, Exeter, UK
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- Health Economics Research Centre, Nuffield Department of Population Health, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Departments of Experimental Psychology and Psychiatry, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Departments of Experimental Psychology and Psychiatry, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- NIHR ARC South West Peninsula (PenARC), University of Exeter, Exeter, UK
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- Departments of Experimental Psychology and Psychiatry, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Departments of Experimental Psychology and Psychiatry, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Departments of Experimental Psychology and Psychiatry, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Departments of Experimental Psychology and Psychiatry, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Departments of Experimental Psychology and Psychiatry, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Departments of Experimental Psychology and Psychiatry, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Departments of Experimental Psychology and Psychiatry, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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Acceptability and Outcomes of the Cool Little Kids Parenting Group Program for Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Families Within an Australian Population-Based Study. Child Psychiatry Hum Dev 2022:10.1007/s10578-021-01293-5. [PMID: 35034229 DOI: 10.1007/s10578-021-01293-5] [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] [Accepted: 11/27/2021] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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This feasibility study explored suitability of a preventive intervention for internalising problems in young children for culturally and linguistically diverse families in Australia. A subsample of 62 families whose main language at home was other than English was selected from a population-based randomised trial of the Cool Little Kids parenting program. The population trial recruited 545 inhibited preschool children. Measures included family demographics, feedback post-intervention and child internalising problems at longitudinal follow-up. Parents of children whose main language at home was not English gave feedback that Cool Little Kids was helpful for managing their inhibited child's emotional distress. Significantly fewer intervention than control children whose main language at home was not English had separation anxiety symptoms after 2 years (M (SD) = 3.00 (3.15) versus 5.95 (3.98), p = 0.041). Further work to expand accessibility of Cool Little Kids to recent immigrant parents who do not speak English could be worthwhile.
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Adams D, Malone S, Simpson K, Tucker M, Rapee RM, Rodgers J, Keen D. Protocol for a longitudinal study investigating the role of anxiety on academic outcomes in children on the autism spectrum. PLoS One 2021; 16:e0257223. [PMID: 34529686 PMCID: PMC8445440 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0257223] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/13/2020] [Accepted: 08/19/2021] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Children on the autism spectrum are consistently reported to underachieve compared to ability. In typically developing children, anxiety is a strong predictor of poor school performance. Despite the high prevalence of anxiety disorders among children on the spectrum, the impact of their anxiety on academic achievement is under-researched. The main aim of this project is to determine the moderating role anxiety may have in the development of academic learning behaviours (academic enablers) in children on the spectrum. This project addresses a gap in knowledge about the possible associations between anxiety and academic achievement in children on the spectrum. Understanding these associations opens up the possibility of new intervention pathways to enhance academic outcomes through anxiety reduction/prevention. METHODS This longitudinal study will aim to recruit 64 children on the spectrum aged 4-5 years and their parents. Information will be gathered from children, parents and teachers. Children will be randomly assigned to one of two conditions in order to experimentally manipulate anxiety levels in the sample: experimental (to receive an anxiety reduction/prevention program, N = 32) or control (no intervention/treatment as usual, N = 32). The primary outcome measures are child academic skills and enabling behaviours assessed using the Academic Competence Evaluation Scales and the WIAT-II. Anxiety will be assessed through parent and teacher report. Assessments will be conducted at baseline, post-experimental manipulation of anxiety, and within the first year of formal schooling. It is hypothesised that anxiety will moderate the relationship between autism characteristics and academic enablers. DISSEMINATION Results will be disseminated through peer-reviewed manuscripts and conference presentations. Lay summaries will be provided to all participants and available on the research centre website.
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- Dawn Adams
- Autism Centre of Excellence, Griffith University, Mount Gravatt, Queensland, Australia
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- Autism Centre of Excellence, Griffith University, Mount Gravatt, Queensland, Australia
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- Autism Centre of Excellence, Griffith University, Mount Gravatt, Queensland, Australia
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- Department of Psychology, Centre for Emotional Health, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia
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- Population Health Sciences Institute, Newcastle University, Newcastle Upon Tyne, United Kingdom
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- Autism Centre of Excellence, Griffith University, Mount Gravatt, Queensland, Australia
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Etkin RG, Lebowitz ER, Silverman WK. Using Evaluative Criteria to Review Youth Anxiety Measures, Part II: Parent-Report. JOURNAL OF CLINICAL CHILD AND ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY 2021; 50:155-176. [PMID: 33739908 DOI: 10.1080/15374416.2021.1878898] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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This Evidence Base Update of parent-report measures of youth anxiety symptoms is a companion piece to our update on youth self-report anxiety symptom measures (Etkin et al., 2021). We rate the psychometric properties of the parent-report measures as Adequate, Good, or Excellent using criteria developed by Hunsley and Mash (2008) and Youngstrom et al. (2017). Our review reveals that the evidence base for parent-report measures is considerably less developed compared with the evidence base for youth self-report measures. Nevertheless, several measures, the parent-report Screen for Child Anxiety-Related Emotional Disorders, Multidimensional Anxiety Scale for Children, and Spence Children's Anxiety Scale, were found to have Good to Excellent psychometric properties. We conclude our review with suggestions about which parent-report youth anxiety measures are best suited to perform different assessment functions and directions for additional research to expand and strengthen the evidence base.
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Zusammenfassung. Verhaltensauffälligkeiten bzw. psychische Störungen können bereits bei sehr jungen Kindern auftreten und sind häufig mit erheblichem Leiden bzw. Beeinträchtigungen für das Kind aber auch seine Eltern verbunden. Deshalb ist eine frühzeitige Erkennung sinnvoll, um langfristige Folgen oder eine Chronifizierung zu vermeiden. Ziel dieses Überblickartikels ist eine Bestandsaufnahme über die aktuell für das Vorschulalter verfügbaren diagnostischen Instrumente. Dabei wird neben Fragebögen, Entwicklungs- und Leistungstest auch ein neuartiges klinisches Interview zur strukturierten Diagnostik im Vorschulalter (0 – 6 Jahre), das SIVA 0 – 6 vorgestellt. Diagnostiker sollten bei der psychopathologischen Beurteilung von Symptomen in der frühen Kindheit Normvarianten von Normabweichungen abgrenzen. Psychische Auffälligkeiten müssen dabei immer im interaktionellen Kontext des Kindes mit seinen Eltern oder anderen wichtigen Personen gesehen werden.
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- Margarete Bolten
- Universitäre Psychiatrische Kliniken Basel, Klinik für Kinder- und Jugendlichen (UPKKJ)LMU München, Department Psychologie, LFE Klinische Psychologie des Kindes- und Jugendalters & Beratungspsychologie
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Morgan AJ, Tamir E, Rapee RM, Lyneham HJ, McLellan LF, Bayer JK. Online Assessment of Preschool Anxiety: description and initial validation of a new diagnostic tool. Child Adolesc Ment Health 2019; 24:259-265. [PMID: 32677211 DOI: 10.1111/camh.12324] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 01/17/2019] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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BACKGROUND The Online Assessment of Preschool Anxiety (OAPA) is a newly developed measure that assesses anxiety disorders in preschool children aged 3-6 years. This study aimed to explore the OAPA's initial psychometric properties with a particular focus on examining its construct validity, both convergent and discriminant. METHOD The OAPA was completed online by a community sample of 319 Australian parents of temperamentally inhibited preschool children (M: 5.3 years). Preliminary diagnoses were automatically generated before assessment reports were reviewed by a psychologist. Construct validity was examined by assessing the degree of agreement between the OAPA and existing valid questionnaire measures that were simultaneously administered online. RESULTS Nearly half of participants met criteria for a child anxiety disorder according to the OAPA, most commonly social phobia. Findings supported convergent validity with the Revised Preschool Anxiety Scale (an anxiety symptom measure), the Children's Anxiety Life Interference Scale - Preschool Version (a measure of life interference from anxiety), the Emotional Symptoms scale of the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire-Parent Version (a measure of broader internalizing symptoms), as well as an over-involved/protective parenting scale. Findings also supported initial discriminant validity with the Conduct Problems scale of the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire-Parent Version. CONCLUSIONS Results of this study provide evidence for the OAPA's preliminary construct validity. With further research into the OAPA's reliability (test-retest and interrater) and confirming construct validity, the OAPA may be a useful instrument for use in research settings and clinical practice.
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- Amy J Morgan
- School of Psychology and Public Health, La Trobe University, Bundoora, Vic., Australia.,Centre for Mental Health, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Vic., Australia
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- School of Psychology and Public Health, La Trobe University, Bundoora, Vic., Australia
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- Centre for Emotional Health, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- Centre for Emotional Health, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- Centre for Emotional Health, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- School of Psychology and Public Health, La Trobe University, Bundoora, Vic., Australia.,Murdoch Childrens Research Institute, Melbourne, Vic., Australia.,Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Vic., Australia
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Adams D, Clark M, Simpson K. The Relationship Between Child Anxiety and the Quality of Life of Children, and Parents of Children, on the Autism Spectrum. J Autism Dev Disord 2019; 50:1756-1769. [DOI: 10.1007/s10803-019-03932-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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