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Feng Y, Huang X, Zhao W, Ming Y, Zhou Y, Feng R, Xiao J, Shan X, Kang X, Duan X, Chen H. Association among internalizing problems, white matter integrity, and social difficulties in children with autism spectrum disorder. Prog Neuropsychopharmacol Biol Psychiatry 2024; 135:111109. [PMID: 39074528 DOI: 10.1016/j.pnpbp.2024.111109] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/09/2024] [Revised: 07/04/2024] [Accepted: 07/24/2024] [Indexed: 07/31/2024]
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Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is characterized by social difficulties and often accompanied by internalizing and externalizing problems, which are frequently overlooked. Here, we examined and compared fractional anisotropy (FA) between 79 children with ASD (aged 4-7.8 years) and 70 age-, gender-, and handedness- matched typically developing controls (TDCs, aged 3-7.2 years). We aimed to explore the relationship among social difficulties, internalizing and externalizing problems, and brain structural foundation (characterized by white matter integrity). Compared with the TDCs, the children with ASD exhibited more severe internalizing and externalizing problems, which were positively correlated with social difficulties. Reduced FA values were observed in specific white matter tracts that integrate a fronto-temporal-occipital circuit. In particular, the FA values within this circuit were negatively correlated with internalizing problems and SRS-TOTAL scores. Mediation analysis revealed that internalizing problems mediated the relationship between the FA values in the left middle longitudinal fasciculus (L-MdLF) and corpus callosum forceps major (CCM) and social difficulties in children with ASD. These findings contribute to our understanding of social difficulties, internalizing and externalizing problems, and white matter integrity in children with ASD and highlight internalizing problems as a mediator between social difficulties and white matter integrity.
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- Yu Feng
- The Clinical Hospital of Chengdu Brain Science Institute, School of Life Science and Technology, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 610054, PR China; MOE Key Lab for Neuro information, High-Field Magnetic Resonance Brain Imaging Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 610054, PR China
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- The Clinical Hospital of Chengdu Brain Science Institute, School of Life Science and Technology, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 610054, PR China; MOE Key Lab for Neuro information, High-Field Magnetic Resonance Brain Imaging Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 610054, PR China
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- The Clinical Hospital of Chengdu Brain Science Institute, School of Life Science and Technology, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 610054, PR China; MOE Key Lab for Neuro information, High-Field Magnetic Resonance Brain Imaging Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 610054, PR China
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- The Clinical Hospital of Chengdu Brain Science Institute, School of Life Science and Technology, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 610054, PR China; MOE Key Lab for Neuro information, High-Field Magnetic Resonance Brain Imaging Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 610054, PR China
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- Department of Medical Psychology, The First Affiliated Hospital, Hainan Medical University, Haikou 571199, Hainan, PR China
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- The Clinical Hospital of Chengdu Brain Science Institute, School of Life Science and Technology, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 610054, PR China; MOE Key Lab for Neuro information, High-Field Magnetic Resonance Brain Imaging Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 610054, PR China
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- The Clinical Hospital of Chengdu Brain Science Institute, School of Life Science and Technology, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 610054, PR China; MOE Key Lab for Neuro information, High-Field Magnetic Resonance Brain Imaging Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 610054, PR China
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- The Clinical Hospital of Chengdu Brain Science Institute, School of Life Science and Technology, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 610054, PR China; MOE Key Lab for Neuro information, High-Field Magnetic Resonance Brain Imaging Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 610054, PR China
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- Child Rehabilitation Unit, Affiliated Sichuan Provincial Rehabilitation Hospital of Chengdu University of TCM, Sichuan, Bayi Rehabilitation Center, Chengdu 611135, PR China
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- The Clinical Hospital of Chengdu Brain Science Institute, School of Life Science and Technology, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 610054, PR China; MOE Key Lab for Neuro information, High-Field Magnetic Resonance Brain Imaging Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 610054, PR China.
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- The Clinical Hospital of Chengdu Brain Science Institute, School of Life Science and Technology, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 610054, PR China; MOE Key Lab for Neuro information, High-Field Magnetic Resonance Brain Imaging Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 610054, PR China.
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Morrongiello BA, Vander Hoeven E. Unintentional poisoning exposures: how does modeling the opening of child-resistant containers influence children's behaviors? J Pediatr Psychol 2024:jsae064. [PMID: 39118194 DOI: 10.1093/jpepsy/jsae064] [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: 03/29/2024] [Revised: 07/12/2024] [Accepted: 07/18/2024] [Indexed: 08/10/2024] Open
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OBJECTIVE Unintentional poisoning in the home is a risk for children. Over-the-counter medicinal products in child-resistant containers (CRC) are common causes of pediatric poisoning. The current study examined children's abilities to open three types of CRC mechanisms (twist, flip, and push) and corresponding control containers, comparing their ability to do so spontaneously and after explicit modeling. The study also examined if inhibitory control (IC) was associated with children's overall score for spontaneous openings. METHOD Children 5-8 years old were randomly assigned to one of three mechanism conditions (between-participants factor): twist, flip, and push, with each child experiencing both a risk and a control container (within-participants factor) having that mechanism. Children were first left alone with a container (measures: engagement with container, spontaneous opening) for up to 2 min and subsequently observed an adult explicitly model opening the container before the child was asked to do so (measure: opening after modeling). RESULTS Children were more engaged with and likely to spontaneously open control containers than CRCs, though some (4%-10%) also opened CRCs. After modeling, significantly more children opened each of the three types of CRCs, with nearly all children opening the push mechanism CRC. IC positively predicted children being more engaged with and spontaneously opening more containers. CONCLUSIONS Implications for improving pediatric poison prevention are discussed.
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Sachs R, Nakonezny PA, Balzen KM, Heerschap J, Kennard BD, Emslie GJ, Stewart SM. The effect of parent-adolescent discrepancies in reports of familial dysfunction and depression on suicidal ideation in adolescents. Suicide Life Threat Behav 2024; 54:515-527. [PMID: 38385782 PMCID: PMC11164646 DOI: 10.1111/sltb.13062] [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: 09/16/2022] [Revised: 11/14/2023] [Accepted: 01/05/2024] [Indexed: 02/23/2024]
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INTRODUCTION Parents and adolescents are often discrepant in their reports of adolescent psychosocial factors. Few studies have addressed parent-adolescent discrepancies in subjective ratings of familial dysfunction and depression as longitudinal predictor variables, and none have done so in a treatment setting for adolescents with acute suicidality. This study examined how parent-adolescent discrepancies in familial dysfunction and depression impact adolescent treatment response in an intensive outpatient program for suicidality. METHODS Adolescents (N = 315) were assessed at treatment entry and exit for familial dysfunction, depression, and suicidal ideation. Parents received parallel assessments of familial dysfunction and adolescent depression at each time point. A polynomial regression was conducted to determine whether parent-adolescent discrepancies in reports of familial dysfunction and depression at entry related to the treatment outcome of adolescent-reported depression and suicide ideation at exit. RESULTS Significant discrepancies were present with on average adolescents reporting more depression and familial dysfunction than parents. Entry discrepancy in familial dysfunction (but not depression) predicted suicide ideation at exit. CONCLUSIONS Our results suggest that parent-adolescent discrepancies in perception of familial dysfunction is a risk factor for poor outcomes in suicidal youth and might be a fruitful target in treatment programs.
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- Raney Sachs
- Department of Psychiatry, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX
- Division of Psychology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX
- Peter O’Donnell Jr. School of Public Health, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX
- Division of Psychology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX
- Department of Psychiatry, Children’s Health Children’s Medical Center, Dallas, TX
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX
- Division of Psychology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX
- Department of Psychiatry, Children’s Health Children’s Medical Center, Dallas, TX
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX
- Department of Psychiatry, Children’s Health Children’s Medical Center, Dallas, TX
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX
- Division of Psychology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX
- Department of Psychiatry, Children’s Health Children’s Medical Center, Dallas, TX
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Pei F, Yoon S, Zhai F, Gao Q. Environment matters: How are neighborhood structural indexes associated with parenting stress among Asian immigrant families? PLoS One 2023; 18:e0293594. [PMID: 38019764 PMCID: PMC10686471 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0293594] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/17/2023] [Accepted: 10/16/2023] [Indexed: 12/01/2023] Open
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The Asian immigrant population is the fourth largest immigrant population in the United States, and its parenting stress issues have been consistently recognized in previous studies. However, little attention has been paid to neighborhood-level factors and their parenting stress. Using the Study of Asian American Families and 2016 American Community Survey 5-year estimates, this study examined the association between neighborhood structural indexes and Asian immigrant parents' parenting stress, along with the mechanism driving the relationship. We found that cultural orientation and social support fully mediated the effects of economic disadvantages on parenting stress among Asian immigrant parents. Only cultural orientation mediated the direct effects of ethnic heterogeneity on Asian parents' parenting stress. Improving Asian immigrants' living environment, including economic status and ethnic diversity, would be critical to relieve the parenting stress of Asian immigrant families. Interventions and preventions to increase social support, and inform cultural orientation and acculturation are emphasized.
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- Fei Pei
- David B. Falk College of Sport and Human Dynamics, School of Social Work, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY, United States of America
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- College of Social Work, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, United States of America
- Department of Social Welfare, College of Social Sciences, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, South Korea
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- Graduate School of Social Service, Fordham University, Bronx, New York, United States of America
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- School of Social Work, Columbia University, New York, New York, United States of America
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Ramsli EG, Skar AMS, Skylstad V, Sjöblom D, Gread Z, Chiong W, Engebretsen IMS. Child and Caregiver Reporting on Child Maltreatment and Mental Health in the Philippines Before and After an International Child Development Program (ICDP) Parenting Intervention. JOURNAL OF CHILD & ADOLESCENT TRAUMA 2023; 16:247-258. [PMID: 37234832 PMCID: PMC10205937 DOI: 10.1007/s40653-022-00483-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 08/16/2022] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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Child maltreatment is a serious problem affecting millions of children. Research on self-reporting of child maltreatment has shown a difference in reporting between caregivers and children. Increased understanding of this has implications for further evaluations of parenting programmes and assessment of violence and maltreatment. The purpose of this study was to explore caregiver-child reporting discrepancies on child maltreatment and emotional health before and after piloting of the International Child Development Program (ICDP) in the Philippines. Data was collected from caregivers and their children before and after caregiver participation in ICDP. Participants were selected from the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program in Leyte by Save the Children. Caregivers and children completed a questionnaire with some adapted items from the Conflict Tactics Scale Parent-Child version (CTSPC), some relevant complementary items on psychological aggression and items from the emotional problems subscale from the Strength and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ). Matching items, subscales and total count scores were compared using paired t-tests in STATA 14. Forty-six caregivers and 43 children aged from 5-13 years participated at baseline, and 44 caregivers and 42 children at endline. At baseline, children reported significantly more maltreatment than their caregivers. The groups reported similarly at baseline and endline on the items from the subscale on emotional problems. Both children and caregivers had lower scores on our harsh discipline scale at endline, indicating improved parenting strategies after the intervention. These results indicate a difference in reporting of child maltreatment between caregivers and children, with higher rates reported by the children before the intervention, but not after. This is important because it illustrates child and caregiver perspectives on maltreatment, and how they can differ. As such, our findings point towards a positive effect of ICDP on parenting.
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- Emil Graff Ramsli
- Centre for International Health (CIH), Department of Global Public Health and Primary Care (IGS), Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
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- Centre for International Health (CIH), Department of Global Public Health and Primary Care (IGS), Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
- The Norwegian Centre for Violence and Traumatic Stress Studies (NKVTS), Oslo, Norway
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- Centre for International Health (CIH), Department of Global Public Health and Primary Care (IGS), Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
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- Save the Children Finland (SCF), Helsinki, Finland
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- Save the Children Philippines (SCP), Manila, Philippines
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- Save the Children Philippines (SCP), Manila, Philippines
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- Centre for International Health (CIH), Department of Global Public Health and Primary Care (IGS), Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
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Kuitunen-Paul S, Eichler A, Wiedmann M, Basedow LA, Roessner V, Golub Y. Comparing self-report and parental report of psychopathologies in adolescents with substance use disorders. Eur Child Adolesc Psychiatry 2023; 32:331-342. [PMID: 34480628 PMCID: PMC9970943 DOI: 10.1007/s00787-021-01865-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/28/2021] [Accepted: 08/27/2021] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Both internalizing and externalizing psychopathologies interfere with the treatment of substance use disorders (SUD) in adolescents. Self-reports of psychopathologies are likely biased and may be validated with parental reports. We compared N = 70 standardized self-reports of adolescents entering outpatient SUD treatment (13.2-18.6 years old, 43% female) to parental reports on the same psychopathologies, and explored biases due to gender, age, SUD diagnoses and SUD severity. Bivariate bootstrapped Pearson correlation coefficients revealed several small to moderate correlations between both reporting sources (r = 0.29-0.49, all pcorrected ≤ 0.039). A repeated measures MANOVA revealed moderately stronger parental reports of adolescent psychopathologies compared to adolescent self-reports for most externalizing problems (dissocial and aggressive behaviors, p ≤ 0.016, η2part = 0.09-0.12) and social/attention problems (p ≤ 0.012, η2part = 0.10), but no differences for most internalizing problems (p ≥ 0.073, η2part = 0.02-0.05). Differences were not associated with other patient or parental characteristics including age, gender, number of co-occurring diagnoses or presence/absence of a certain SUD (all puncorrected ≥ 0.088). We concluded that treatment-seeking German adolescents with SUD present with a multitude of extensive psychopathologies. The relevant deviation between self- and parental reports indicate that the combination of both reports might help to counteract dissimulation and other reporting biases. The generalizability of results to inpatients, psychiatry patients in general, or adolescents without SUD, as well as the validity of self- and parental reports in comparison to clinical judgements remain unknown.
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- Sören Kuitunen-Paul
- Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Technische Universität Dresden, Fetscherstr. 74, 01307 Dresden, Germany
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- Department of Child and Adolescent Mental Health, Friedrich‐Alexander‐Universität Erlangen‐Nürnberg (FAU), University Hospital Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany
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- Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Technische Universität Dresden, Fetscherstr. 74, 01307 Dresden, Germany
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- Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Technische Universität Dresden, Fetscherstr. 74, 01307 Dresden, Germany
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- Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Technische Universität Dresden, Fetscherstr. 74, 01307 Dresden, Germany
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- Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Technische Universität Dresden, Fetscherstr. 74, 01307 Dresden, Germany
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Chlebowski C, Lind T, Ganger W, Brookman-Frazee L. Are we on the same page? Therapist and caregiver agreement on therapist evidence-based strategy use in youth mental health. EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE IN CHILD AND ADOLESCENT MENTAL HEALTH 2022; 9:87-102. [PMID: 38694790 PMCID: PMC11060707 DOI: 10.1080/23794925.2022.2148310] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/04/2024]
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- Colby Chlebowski
- UC San Diego, Department of Psychiatry, Child and Adolescent Services Research Center, 9500 Gilman Drive #0812, La Jolla CA 92093-0603
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- San Diego State University, Department of Child and Family Development, Child and Adolescent Services Research Center, San Diego, CA
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- San Diego State University Research Foundation, Child and Adolescent Services Research Center, San Diego, CA
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- UC San Diego, Department of Psychiatry, Child and Adolescent Services Research Center, Autism Discovery Institute at Rady Children's Hospital-San Diego, San Diego, CA
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Chen BC, Lui JHL, Benson LA, Lin YJR, Ponce NA, Innes-Gomberg D, Lau AS. After the Crisis: Racial/Ethnic Disparities and Predictors of Care Use Following Youth Psychiatric Emergencies. JOURNAL OF CLINICAL CHILD & ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY 2022; 52:360-375. [DOI: 10.1080/15374416.2022.2127103] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/05/2022]
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- Department of Psychology, University of California
- Department of Psychology, University of Maryland
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- Department of Psychology, University of California
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Zhang S, Xu Y, Hong JS, Liu M, Liao M. Discrepancies between children's and caregivers' child maltreatment reporting and their associations with child wellbeing. CHILD ABUSE & NEGLECT 2022; 133:105858. [PMID: 36058065 DOI: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2022.105858] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/11/2022] [Revised: 08/01/2022] [Accepted: 08/22/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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BACKGROUND Child maltreatment reporting is critical for case investigation and service disposition. However, reporting discrepancies across informants is a challenge for child welfare services. METHODS Using data from the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study (n = 3150), the current study examined child-caregiver discrepancies in reporting the frequencies of psychological and physical maltreatment. Multivariate models were used to examine how caregivers' reports, children's reports, and discrepancies between the two were associated with child anxiety, depression, aggression, and delinquency. RESULTS A quarter of the children reported psychological maltreatment at a higher (25.7 %) or lower (23.8 %) frequency than their caregivers' report, respectively; 8.4 % and 8.7 % of the children did so in physical maltreatment reports, respectively. Multivariate models showed that children's maltreatment reports were more closely associated with children's anxiety, depression, and delinquency than caregivers' reports, while caregivers' reports were more closely associated with children's aggression. After accounting for caregivers' reporting and other covariates, children who reported more frequent psychological maltreatment than their caregivers' report had a higher level of anxiety, depression, and delinquency (b = 0.17 to 0.25, p < 0.001), and the opposite was true (b = -0.36 to -0.13, p < 0.001). Similarly, children who reported more frequent physical maltreatment than their caregivers' report had a higher level of all negative outcomes (b = 0.04 to 0.44; p = 0.04 to <0.00), and the opposite was true for aggression (b = -0.08, p = 0.004). CONCLUSIONS The findings suggest that in addition to other reporting barriers, children and caregivers may perceive maltreatment differently, and such discrepancies are related to children's wellbeing.
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- Saijun Zhang
- University of Mississippi, Department of Social Work, Garland 315, University, MS 38677, United States of America.
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- University of South Carolina College of Social Work, 1512 Pendleton St Hamilton College, Columbia, SC 29208, United States of America
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- Wayne State University School of Social Work, 5447 Woodward Avenue, Detroit, MI 48202, United States of America; Ewha Womans University Department of Social Welfare, 52 Ewhayeodae-gil, Seodaemun-gu, Seoul, South Korea
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- Howard University School of Social Work, 601 Howard Place, NW, Washington, DC 20059, United States of America
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- Morgan State University School of Social Work, 1700 East Cold Spring Lane, Jenkins 351, Baltimore, MD 21251, United States of America
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Trumello C, Ballarotto G, Ricciardi P, Paciello M, Marino V, Morelli M, Tambelli R, Babore A. Mothers and fathers of pre-school children: a study on parenting stress and child's emotional-behavioral difficulties. CURRENT PSYCHOLOGY 2022; 42:1-12. [PMID: 36035250 PMCID: PMC9395769 DOI: 10.1007/s12144-022-03599-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/16/2022] [Revised: 07/31/2022] [Accepted: 08/01/2022] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The present study aimed to analyze the differences between maternal and paternal parenting stress and children's behavioral functioning, as determined by teacher and parent reports. In addition, it sought to evaluate the presence of clusters based on parenting stress and to determine whether perceptions of children's behavioral functioning varied across these clusters. The sample was composed of the parents and teachers of N = 201 children. Parents completed a self-report questionnaire on parenting stress and parents and teachers filled out report-form questionnaires assessing children's emotional and behavioral functioning. The results showed that mothers had higher levels of parenting stress than fathers, and both parents reported more prosocial behavior in children than did teachers. Furthermore, middle stressed parents had children who expressed more prosocial behavior than did parents in other clusters. The findings also showed that parenting stress influenced partners' perceptions of children's behavioral functioning. The multiplicity of child observers facilitated a better understanding of how parenting stress, linked to parent-child interactions, may play an important role in shaping parents' perceptions of their children.
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- Carmen Trumello
- Department of Psychological, Health and Territorial Sciences, University G. d’Annunzio of Chieti, Chieti, Italy
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- Department of Dynamic and Clinical Psychology, and Health Studies, Sapienza University of Rome, via degli Apuli 1, 00185 Rome, Italy
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- Department of Psychological, Health and Territorial Sciences, University G. d’Annunzio of Chieti, Chieti, Italy
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- Faculty of Psychology, International Telematic University Uninettuno, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Psychological, Health and Territorial Sciences, University G. d’Annunzio of Chieti, Chieti, Italy
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- Department of Dynamic and Clinical Psychology, and Health Studies, Sapienza University of Rome, via degli Apuli 1, 00185 Rome, Italy
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- Department of Dynamic and Clinical Psychology, and Health Studies, Sapienza University of Rome, via degli Apuli 1, 00185 Rome, Italy
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- Department of Psychological, Health and Territorial Sciences, University G. d’Annunzio of Chieti, Chieti, Italy
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Sim A, Georgiades K. Neighbourhood and family correlates of immigrant children's mental health: a population-based cross-sectional study in Canada. BMC Psychiatry 2022; 22:447. [PMID: 35790945 PMCID: PMC9254422 DOI: 10.1186/s12888-022-04096-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/10/2022] [Accepted: 06/24/2022] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Immigrant children exhibit significant variation in their mental health outcomes despite disproportionate exposure to socio-economic adversity compared to their non-immigrant peers. Identifying aspects of neighbourhood and family contexts that are most salient for immigrant children's mental health can help to inform and target interventions to prevent mental disorder and promote mental well-being among this population. METHODS The study analyzed multi-informant data from 943 first- and second-generation immigrant caregiver and child dyads from the Hamilton Youth Study, a representative sample of immigrant and non-immigrant families in Hamilton, Ontario. Multivariate multilevel regression models examined associations between neighbourhood and family characteristics and processes, and parent and child self reports of internalizing and externalizing problems. RESULTS Positive and negative parenting behaviours were significantly associated with internalizing and externalizing problems, with negative parenting demonstrating associations with externalizing problems across both parent and child reports (b = 0.26-1.27). Neighbourhood social disorder and parental trauma exposure were associated with greater internalizing and externalizing problems, and neighbourhood immigrant concentration was associated with fewer externalizing problems for parent reports only. Adding parental distress and parenting behaviour to the models reduced the coefficients for parental trauma exposure by 37.2% for internalizing problems and 32.5% for externalizing problems and rendered the association with neighbourhood social disorder non-significant. Besides the parenting variables, there were no other significant correlates of child-reported internalizing and externalizing problems. CONCLUSIONS Results highlight the importance of parenting behaviour and parental experiences of trauma and distress for immigrant children's mental health. While not unique to immigrants, the primacy of these processes for immigrant children and families warrants particular attention given the heightened risk of exposure to migration-related adverse experiences that threaten parental and family well-being. To prevent or mitigate downstream effects on child mental health, it is imperative to invest in developing and testing trauma-informed and culturally responsive mental health and parenting interventions for immigrant families.
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- Amanda Sim
- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences, McMaster University, The Offord Centre for Child Studies, Hamilton, ON, Canada.
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- grid.25073.330000 0004 1936 8227Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences, McMaster University, The Offord Centre for Child Studies, Hamilton, ON Canada
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Anderson KN, Swedo EA, Clayton HB, Niolon PH, Shelby D, McDavid Harrison K. Building Infrastructure for Surveillance of Adverse and Positive Childhood Experiences: Integrated, Multimethod Approaches to Generate Data for Prevention Action. Am J Prev Med 2022; 62:S31-S39. [PMID: 35597581 PMCID: PMC9210215 DOI: 10.1016/j.amepre.2021.11.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2021] [Revised: 11/01/2021] [Accepted: 11/11/2021] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Adverse and positive childhood experiences have a profound impact on lifespan health and well-being. However, their incorporation into ongoing population-based surveillance systems has been limited. This paper outlines critical steps in building a comprehensive approach to adverse and positive childhood experiences surveillance, provides examples from the Preventing Adverse Childhood Experiences: Data to Action cooperative agreement, and describes improvements needed to optimize surveillance data for action. Components of a comprehensive approach to adverse and positive childhood experiences surveillance include revisiting definitions and measurement, including generating and using uniform definitions for adverse and positive childhood experiences across data collection efforts; conducting youth-based surveillance of adverse and positive childhood experiences; using innovative methods to gather and analyze near real-time data; leveraging available data, including from administrative sources; and integrating data on community- and societal-level risk and protective factors for adverse childhood experiences, including social and health inequities such as racism and poverty, as well as policies and conditions that create healthy environments for children and families. Comprehensive surveillance data on adverse and positive childhood experiences can inform data-driven prevention and intervention efforts, including focusing prevention programming and services to populations in greatest need. Data can be used to evaluate progress in reducing the occurrence of adverse childhood experiences and bolstering the occurrence of positive childhood experiences. Through expansion and improvement in adverse and positive childhood experiences surveillance-including at federal, state, territorial, tribal, and local levels-data-driven action can reduce children's exposure to violence and other adversities and improve lifelong health and well-being.
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- Kayla N Anderson
- Division of Violence Prevention, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control (NCIPC), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia.
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- Division of Violence Prevention, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control (NCIPC), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia
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- Division of Violence Prevention, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control (NCIPC), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia
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- Division of Violence Prevention, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control (NCIPC), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia
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- Division of Violence Prevention, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control (NCIPC), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia
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- Division of Violence Prevention, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control (NCIPC), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia
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Jin B, Roopnarine JL. The beneficial role of family enmeshment among South Korean immigrants in the United States. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PSYCHOLOGY 2022; 57:676-684. [PMID: 35323999 DOI: 10.1002/ijop.12843] [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: 02/16/2021] [Accepted: 03/04/2022] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Enmeshment is considered inimical to healthy family dynamics among European Americans. However, recent studies have failed to show negative associations between family enmeshment and individual outcomes among Asian Heritage families. Using structural equation modelling and multiple group analysis, this study examined whether enmeshed relationships are dysfunctional in Korean immigrant families in the United States and whether degree of acculturation moderated the associations between enmeshment and children's socioemotional functioning and academic performance. The sample consisted of 98 South Korean immigrant families with children between 9 and 14 years of age residing in the Greater New York City Area. Results showed that enmeshed family relationships tended to be beneficial to child socioemotional functioning and the association became more evident with lower than higher degree of acculturation. Findings are discussed in terms of the meaning of enmeshment when working with Korean immigrant families in the United States.
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- Bora Jin
- Department of Counseling, Dankook University, Yongin, South Korea
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- Department of Human Development and Family Science, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY, USA.,Department of Psychology, Anton de Kom University of Suriname, Paramaribo, Suriname
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Candel OS. The Link between Parenting Behaviors and Emerging Adults' Relationship Outcomes: The Mediating Role of Relational Entitlement. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH 2022; 19:828. [PMID: 35055650 PMCID: PMC8775879 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph19020828] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/04/2021] [Revised: 01/07/2022] [Accepted: 01/08/2022] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Previous research shows a link between parenting and children's characteristics and interpersonal behaviors. However, little is known about the ways in which parenting tactics affect children's romantic relationships and whether the children's characteristics can mediate these associations. With this study, the aim was to test the associations between parents' helicopter parenting/autonomy-supportive behaviors and emergent adults' relational satisfaction and couple conflict. In addition, it was tested whether the sense of relational entitlement (excessive and restricted) mediated the links. Two hundred and twelve emergent adult-parent dyads participated in this study. Mediation analyses showed that parental autonomy-supportive behaviors had indirect effects on both the relational satisfaction and the couple conflict reported by the emerging adults through excessive relational entitlement. The link was positive for the former couple-related outcome and negative for the latter one. Helicopter parenting was not related to any variable reported by the emerging adults. In conclusion, positive parenting can increase relational stability and well-being by diminishing some potentially negative psychological characteristics of emerging adults.
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- Octav-Sorin Candel
- Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iasi, 700554 Iasi, Romania
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Hong JY, Choi S, Cheatham GA. Parental stress of Korean immigrants in the U.S.: Meeting Child and Youth's educational needs amid the COVID-19 pandemic. CHILDREN AND YOUTH SERVICES REVIEW 2021; 127:106070. [PMID: 34728872 PMCID: PMC8554711 DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2021.106070] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/07/2020] [Revised: 04/18/2021] [Accepted: 05/16/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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This study investigates Korean immigrants' parental stress amid the COVID-19 pandemic, especially when they experience difficulties trying to meet their children's educational needs. Korean immigrant parents residing in the U.S. were invited to complete an online survey through purposive sampling. The final sample included a total of 341 Korean immigrant parents from 42 U.S. states. Three models of Ordinary Least Squares (OLS) regressions were conducted to examine the associations between parent-reported difficulties meeting the children's educational needs, parental stress, and the immigrant parents' resilience and social support. Findings indicate that parents' difficulties meeting their children's educational needs in general as well as language barriers were associated with increased parental stress. Moreover, parents' resilience and social support also significantly decreased parental stress levels. Implications for practice, policy, and future research are presented.
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- Joo Young Hong
- Department of Exceptional, Deaf, and Interpreter Education, University of North Florida, United States
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- School of Social Work, Texas State University, United States
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Guastaferro K, Osborne MC, Lai BS, Aubé SS, Guastaferro WP, Whitaker DJ. Parent and Child Reports of Parenting Behaviors: Agreement Among a Longitudinal Study of Drug Court Participants. Front Psychiatry 2021; 12:667593. [PMID: 34267685 PMCID: PMC8275873 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyt.2021.667593] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/17/2021] [Accepted: 05/31/2021] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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Identifying ways to support children of parents with substance use disorder is a critical public health issue. This study focused on the parent-child relationship as a critical catalyst in child resilience. Using data from a longitudinal cohort study, the aims of this study were to: (1 ) examine the agreement between parent and child reports of parenting behaviors and (2 ) describe the association between agreement and child mental health. Participants were 50 parent-child dyads that included parents enrolled in an adult drug court and their children, aged 8-18. Overall, agreement (i.e., concordance) between parent and child reports of parenting was slight to fair. Parents reported their parenting behaviors to be slightly more positive than how children rated the same behaviors in the areas of: involvement, 0.53 (SD = 0.80); positive parenting, 0.66 (SD = 0.87), and monitoring behaviors, 0.46 (SD = 0.90). Parents also rated themselves, in comparison to their children's reports, as using less inconsistent discipline, -0.33 (SD = 1.00), and less corporal punishment, 0.13 (SD = 1.01). Agreement was related to some, but not all, child mental health outcomes. When parents rating their parenting as more positive than their child reported, that had a negative effect on child self-esteem and personal adjustment. Contrary to hypotheses, we did not find a significant relationship between positive parenting and internalizing problems. Findings have implications for obtaining parent and child reports of parenting within the drug court system, and for identifying children at higher risk for externalizing problems.
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- Kate Guastaferro
- Department of Human Development and Family Studies, College of Health and Human Development, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, United States
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- Byrdine F. Lewis College of Nursing and Health Professions, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA, United States
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- Counseling, Developmental and Educational Psychology, Lynch School of Education and Human Development, Boston College, Boston, MA, United States
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- Counseling, Developmental and Educational Psychology, Lynch School of Education and Human Development, Boston College, Boston, MA, United States
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- School of Criminology and Criminology, College of Social Work and Criminal Justice, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL, United States
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- School of Public Health, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA, United States
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Tilley JL, Huey SJ, Farver JM, Lai MHC, Wang CX. The Immigrant Paradox in the Problem Behaviors of Youth in the United States: A Meta-analysis. Child Dev 2021; 92:502-516. [PMID: 33528841 DOI: 10.1111/cdev.13542] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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This meta-analysis synthesizes the empirical data on problem behaviors among foreign- (G1) and U.S-born (G2+) youth and explores the effects of immigrant status on youth internalizing and externalizing problems. A random effects meta-regression with robust variance estimates summarized effect sizes for internalizing and externalizing problems across 91 studies (N = 179,315, Mage = 13.98). Results indicated that G1 youth reported significantly more internalizing problems (g = .06), and fewer externalizing problems than G2+ youth (g = -.06). Gender and sample type moderated the effects. The findings provide a first-step toward reconciling mixed support for the immigrant paradox by identifying for whom and under what conditions the immigrant experience serves as a risk or protective factor for youth.
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Wong HY, Jenvey V, Lill A. Children's self‐reports and parents' reports of internalising and externalising problems in Chinese and Anglo‐Celtic children in Australia. AUSTRALIAN JOURNAL OF PSYCHOLOGY 2020. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-9536.2011.00038.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Biological Sciences, Clayton Campus, Monash University, Victoria, Australia
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Verlenden J, Naser S, Brown J. Steps in the Implementation of Universal Screening for Behavioral and Emotional Risk to Support Multi-Tiered Systems of Support: Two Case Studies. JOURNAL OF APPLIED SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGY 2020. [DOI: 10.1080/15377903.2020.1780660] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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- Jorge Verlenden
- Satcher Health Leadership Fellowship Program, Satcher Health Leadership Institute, Morehouse School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
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- Department of Psychology, Cleveland State University, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
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- College of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Minnesota State University, Mankato, Minnesota, USA
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Therapist-Observer Concordance in Ratings of EBP Strategy Delivery: Challenges and Targeted Directions in Pursuing Pragmatic Measurement in Children's Mental Health Services. ADMINISTRATION AND POLICY IN MENTAL HEALTH AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH 2020; 48:155-170. [PMID: 32507982 DOI: 10.1007/s10488-020-01054-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Pragmatic measures of therapist delivery of evidence-based practice (EBP) are critical to assessing the impact of large-scale, multiple EBP implementation efforts. As an initial step in the development of pragmatic measurement, the current study examined the concordance between therapist and observer ratings of items assessing delivery of EBP strategies considered essential for common child EBP targets. Possible EBP-, session-, and therapist-levels factors associated with concordance were also explored. Therapists and independent observers rated the extensiveness of therapist (n = 103) EBP strategy delivery in 680 community psychotherapy sessions in which six EBPs were used. Concordance between therapist- and observer-report of the extensiveness of therapist EBP strategy use was at least fair (ICC ≥ .40) for approximately half of the items. Greater therapist-observer concordance was observed in sessions where a structured EBP was delivered and in sessions where therapists reported being able to carry out planned activities. Findings highlighted conditions that may improve or hinder therapists' ability to report on their own EBP strategy delivery in a way that is consistent with independent observers. These results can help inform the development of pragmatic therapist-report measures of EBP strategy delivery and implementation efforts more broadly.
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Wang-Schweig M, Miller BA. Examining the Interdependence of Parent-adolescent Acculturation Gaps on Acculturation-based Conflict: Using the Actor-Partner Interdependence Model. J Youth Adolesc 2018; 50:367-377. [PMID: 30328076 DOI: 10.1007/s10964-018-0948-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/06/2018] [Accepted: 10/05/2018] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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While some studies have supported the conceptual models developed to explain how conflict may result from parent-adolescent acculturation gaps within immigrant families, others have produced contradictory findings. Therefore, the Actor-Partner Interdependence Model may be a step toward explaining the discrepancies in the field. It is a model for dyadic data analysis. It differs from prior approaches for assessing acculturation gaps because it considers the interdependence between two family members, suggesting that adolescents' perceived degree of conflict may be a response to their own acculturation (actor effect) and at the same time, to their parents' acculturation (partner effect), and vice versa. The purpose of this study is to assess parent-adolescent acculturation levels on perceived acculturation-based conflict using the Actor-Partner Interdependence Model within Chinese American families (n = 187 dyads). The mean age of the adolescents was 12.3 years old (SD = 0.95). Findings from the study demonstrate that adolescents perceived greater conflict the more they were acculturated but perceived less conflict the more their parents were acculturated. Parents perceived less conflict the higher their adolescents scored on both acculturation and cultural maintenance. However, parents perceived greater conflict the higher they maintained their own culture. Results suggest that the partner effects reveal information that may help clarify whether acculturation gaps are related to conflict within immigrant families.
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- Meme Wang-Schweig
- Prevention Research Center/Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation, 2150 Shattuck Avenue, Suite 601, Berkeley, CA, 94704-1365, USA.
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- Prevention Research Center/Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation, 2150 Shattuck Avenue, Suite 601, Berkeley, CA, 94704-1365, USA.
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An Exploration of Parent-Youth Agreement on Functional Impairment in Adolescents Utilizing Outpatient Mental Health Services. Healthcare (Basel) 2018; 6:healthcare6030106. [PMID: 30200203 PMCID: PMC6164739 DOI: 10.3390/healthcare6030106] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/16/2018] [Revised: 08/15/2018] [Accepted: 08/28/2018] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Parent-youth agreement on the youth’s functional impairment may have important implications for mental health service utilization, assessment, therapy goal development, and treatment engagement for adolescents. The present study examines parent-youth agreement on their perceptions of youth functional impairment in a predominantly racial/ethnic minority sample of adolescents utilizing outpatient mental health services. Parent and youth functional impairment ratings were compared, and agreement was estimated in multiple ways. On average, parents indicated higher levels of youth functional impairment compared to youth in their overall scores, and when differences existed between parents and youth at the functioning domain and item level. Although there was similarity in the proportion of parents and youth who reported total impairment above the clinical cut-off, actual agreement between parent-youth pairs was only slight. There appeared to be substantial variation in agreement levels when identifying problems in functional impairment at the domain and item levels, and some areas of strong consensus were identified. These findings highlight the need to consider parent-youth agreement in perceptions of functional impairment and the complexities that may underlie this agreement.
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Dickson KS, Suhrheinrich J, Rieth SR, Stahmer AC. Parent and Teacher Concordance of Child Outcomes for Youth with Autism Spectrum Disorder. J Autism Dev Disord 2018; 48:1423-1435. [PMID: 29164440 PMCID: PMC5889953 DOI: 10.1007/s10803-017-3382-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Cross-informant ratings of are considered gold standard for child behavioral assessment. To date, little work has examined informant ratings of adaptive functioning for youth with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). In a large, diverse sample of youth with ASD, this study evaluated parent-teacher concordance of ratings of adaptive functioning and ASD-specific symptomatology across time. The impact of child clinical characteristics on concordance was also examined. Participants included 246 children, their caregivers and teachers. Parent-teacher concordance was variable but generally consistent across time. Concordance was significantly impacted by autism severity and child cognitive abilities. Findings inform the broader concordance literature and support the need to consider child clinical factors when assessing child functioning in samples of children with ASD.
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- Kelsey S Dickson
- Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive MC0812, La Jolla, San Diego, CA, 92093, USA.
- Child and Adolescent Services Research Center, 3665 Kearny Villa Road, Suite 200, San Diego, CA, 92123, USA.
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- Child and Adolescent Services Research Center, 3665 Kearny Villa Road, Suite 200, San Diego, CA, 92123, USA
- San Diego State University, 5500 Campanile Dr., San Diego, CA, 92182, USA
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- Child and Adolescent Services Research Center, 3665 Kearny Villa Road, Suite 200, San Diego, CA, 92123, USA
- San Diego State University, 5500 Campanile Dr., San Diego, CA, 92182, USA
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- Child and Adolescent Services Research Center, 3665 Kearny Villa Road, Suite 200, San Diego, CA, 92123, USA
- University of California, Davis MIND Institute, 2825 50th Street, Sacramento, CA, 95817, USA
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Nguyen DJ, Kim JJ, Weiss B, Ngo V, Lau AS. Prospective relations between parent-adolescent acculturation conflict and mental health symptoms among Vietnamese American adolescents. CULTURAL DIVERSITY & ETHNIC MINORITY PSYCHOLOGY 2018; 24:151-161. [PMID: 28714707 PMCID: PMC5771994 DOI: 10.1037/cdp0000157] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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OBJECTIVES Intergenerational acculturation conflict in immigrant families has been implicated as a risk factor for adolescent maladjustment. However, the directionality and specific family related mediators of this association have not been identified. The present study prospectively examined relations between adolescent reports of perceived acculturation conflict and internalizing and externalizing mental health symptoms. Perceived parent-adolescent relationship strain and perceived parental psychological control were examined as potential mediators. METHOD Survey measures were administered to 375 Vietnamese American adolescents (48.8% males; M = 15.55 years, SD = .59) at 3 time points over 6 months. RESULTS Using cross-lagged path analysis, perceived acculturation conflict predicted externalizing symptoms, whereas internalizing symptoms predicted perceived acculturation conflict. Perceived maternal psychological control mediated the association between perceived acculturation conflict and later externalizing symptoms, whereas maternal psychological control, parental unresponsiveness, and unmet parent expectations mediated the association between internalizing symptoms and later acculturation conflict. CONCLUSION Culturally competent enhancement of parental sensitivity and responsiveness might be targeted as a modifiable protective factor in family-based preventive interventions for at-risk immigrant families. (PsycINFO Database Record
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- Department of Psychology· University of California, Los Angeles
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- Department of Psychology and Human Development · Vanderbilt University
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- Department of Psychology· University of California, Los Angeles, 1285 Franz Hall · Box 951563 Los Angeles, CA 90095-1563, , Telephone: (310) 206-5363
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Cheng S, Keyes KM, Bitfoi A, Carta MG, Koç C, Goelitz D, Otten R, Lesinskiene S, Mihova Z, Pez O, Kovess‐Masfety V. Understanding parent-teacher agreement of the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ): Comparison across seven European countries. Int J Methods Psychiatr Res 2018; 27:e1589. [PMID: 29024371 PMCID: PMC5937526 DOI: 10.1002/mpr.1589] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/26/2015] [Revised: 08/02/2017] [Accepted: 08/08/2017] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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Assessments of child psychopathology are often derived from parental and teacher reports, yet there is substantial disagreement. This study utilized data from 7 European countries to examine parent-teacher agreement and possible explanatory factors for parent-teacher disagreement such as child and family characteristics, parenting dimensions, and maternal distress were explored. Parent-teacher agreement of the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire were assessed using a cross-sectional survey of 4,894 school aged children 6-11 from the School Children Mental Health Europe Project. Parent-teacher agreement was low to moderate (Pearson correlation ranging from .24 (Prosocial) to .48 (Hyperactivity) for the 5 subscales across 7 countries); kappa coefficient ranged from .01 (Turkey) to .44 (Italy) for internalizing problems and .19(Romania) to .44(Italy) for externalizing problems. Child's gender and age, mother's employment status, single parent home, number of children in household, and selected parenting dimension were found to be explanatory of informant disagreement. This study not only serves to advance our understanding of parent-teacher agreement of the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire in 7 European countries but provides a novel approach to examining the factors that contribute to informant disagreement.
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- Sabrina Cheng
- Department of Epidemiology, Mailman School of Public HealthColumbia UniversityNew YorkNYUSA
- New York University School of MedicineNew YorkNYUSA
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- Department of Epidemiology, Mailman School of Public HealthColumbia UniversityNew YorkNYUSA
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- The Romanian League for Mental HealthBucharestRomania
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- Department of Public Health, Center of Liaison PsychiatryCagliari UniversityCagliariItaly
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- Yeniden Health and Education SocietyIstanbulTurkey
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- Friedrich‐Alexander University Erlangen‐NurenbergErlangenGermany
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- Faculty of Social SciencesRadboud University NijmegenNijmegenThe Netherlands
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- Clinic of Psychiatry, Faculty of MedicineUniversity of VilniusVilniusLithuania
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- Department of PsychologyNew Bulgaria UniversitySophiaBulgaria
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- Department MéTis, École des Hautes Études en Santé PubliqueParis Descartes UniversityParisFrance
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- Department MéTis, École des Hautes Études en Santé PubliqueParis Descartes UniversityParisFrance
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Kobulsky JM, Kepple NJ, Holmes MR, Hussey DL. Concordance of Parent- and Child-Reported Physical Abuse Following Child Protective Services Investigation. CHILD MALTREATMENT 2017; 22:24-33. [PMID: 27742847 DOI: 10.1177/1077559516673156] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/14/2023]
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Knowledge about the concordance of parent- and child-reported child physical abuse is scarce, leaving researchers and practitioners with little guidance on the implications of selecting either informant. Drawing from a 2008-2009 sample of 11- to 17-year-olds ( N = 636) from Wave 1 of the second National Survey of Child and Adolescent Well-Being, this study first examined parent-child concordance in physical abuse reporting (Parent-Child Conflict Tactic Scale). Second, it applied multivariate regression analysis to relate parent-child agreement in physical abuse to parent-reported (Child Behavior Checklist) and child-reported (Youth Self Report) child behavioral problems. Results indicate low parent-child concordance of physical abuse (κ = .145). Coreporting of physical abuse was related to clinical-level parent-reported externalizing problems ([Formula: see text] = 64.57), whereas child-only reports of physical abuse were the only agreement category related to child-reported internalizing problems ( B = 4.17, p < .001). Attribution bias theory may further understanding of reporting concordance and its implications.
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- Julia M Kobulsky
- 1 Jack, Joseph, and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA
- 2 School of Social Work, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- 3 School of Social Welfare, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, USA
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- 1 Jack, Joseph, and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA
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- 1 Jack, Joseph, and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA
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Korelitz KE, Garber J. Congruence of Parents' and Children's Perceptions of Parenting: A Meta-Analysis. J Youth Adolesc 2016; 45:1973-95. [PMID: 27380467 PMCID: PMC5222679 DOI: 10.1007/s10964-016-0524-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 123] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/27/2016] [Accepted: 06/13/2016] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Parents and children often report different perspectives about parents' behaviors. Such lack of congruence is important because it may reflect problems in their relationship and may be associated with children's maladjustment. We conducted a systematic, quantitative review of parent-child agreement and discrepancy about parenting behaviors, and potential moderators (e.g., children's age, race, clinical status, family intactness) of the extent of mother-child and father-child congruence. The meta-analyses included 85 studies with 476 effect sizes of the degree of agreement and discrepancy in parent-child reports of three parenting behaviors: Acceptance, Psychological Control, and Behavioral Control assessed with one of the most widely-used measures of parenting-the Children's Report of Parental Behavior Inventory. Mother-child and father-child dyads exhibited significant but modest levels of agreement (r) across parenting constructs. The amount and direction of discrepancy (Hedges' g) varied by the parenting construct and parents' sex. Overall, parents' reports were more favorable than their children's report about the parents' behaviors. Significant associations were found between the magnitude of agreement/discrepancy and children's age, race, clinical status, and family intactness. Moderators differed by parenting construct, parents' sex, and type of effect size. Implications of these findings for researchers and clinicians are discussed and highlight the need for further research about the meaning of parent-child incongruence, its relation to children's psychopathology, and interventions for reducing it.
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- Katherine E Korelitz
- Department of Psychology and Human Development, Vanderbilt University, 0552 Peabody, 230 Appleton Place, Nashville, TN, 37203-5721, USA
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- Department of Psychology and Human Development, Vanderbilt University, 0552 Peabody, 230 Appleton Place, Nashville, TN, 37203-5721, USA.
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Introduction to the Special Issue: Discrepancies in Adolescent-Parent Perceptions of the Family and Adolescent Adjustment. J Youth Adolesc 2016; 45:1957-72. [PMID: 27384957 DOI: 10.1007/s10964-016-0533-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 96] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/18/2016] [Accepted: 06/22/2016] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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Researchers commonly rely on adolescents' and parents' reports to assess family functioning (e.g., conflict, parental monitoring, parenting practices, relationship quality). Recent work indicates that these reports may vary as to whether they converge or diverge in estimates of family functioning. Further, patterns of converging or diverging reports may yield important information about adolescent adjustment and family functioning. This work is part of a larger literature seeking to understand and interpret multi-informant assessments of psychological phenomena, namely mental health. In fact, recent innovations in conceptualizing, measuring, and analyzing multi-informant mental health assessments might meaningfully inform efforts to understand multi-informant assessments of family functioning. Therefore, in this Special Issue we address three aims. First, we provide a guiding framework for using and interpreting multi-informant assessments of family functioning, informed by recent theoretical work focused on using and interpreting multi-informant mental health assessments. Second, we report research on adolescents' and parents' reports of family functioning that leverages the latest methods for measuring and analyzing patterns of convergence and divergence between informants' reports. Third, we report research on measurement invariance and its role in interpreting adolescents' and parents' reports of family functioning. Research and theory reported in this Special Issue have important implications for improving our understanding of the links between multi-informant assessments of family functioning and adolescent adjustment.
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Kim J, Chan YF, McCauley E, Stoep AV. Parent-Child Discrepancies in Reporting of Child Depression in Ethnic Groups. J Nurse Pract 2016; 12:374-380. [PMID: 27672356 DOI: 10.1016/j.nurpra.2016.01.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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- JaHun Kim
- Assistant Professor, College of Nursing, Seattle University, 901 12 Avenue, Seattle, WA 98122 phone: 206-296-5728, Clinical Assistant Professor, Psychosocial and Community Health, School of Nursing, University of Washington, 1959 NE Pacific Street, Box 357260, Seattle, WA 98195
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- Research Scientist, Division of Integrated Care & Public Health, Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington, 1959 NE Pacific Street, Box 356560, Seattle, WA 98195-6560, phone: 206-543-8335
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- Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington/Seattle Children's Hospital, Director Psychology Internship Program, University of Washington School of Medicine, phone: 206-987-2579
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- Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Department of Epidemiology, University of Washington, Box 534920, Child Health Institute, 6200 NE 74 Street, Suite 210, Seattle, WA 98115-1538, phone: 206-543-1538
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Augenstein TM, Thomas SA, Ehrlich KB, Daruwala S, Reyes SM, Chrabaszcz JS, De Los Reyes A. Comparing Multi-Informant Assessment Measures of Parental Monitoring and Their Links with Adolescent Delinquent Behavior. PARENTING, SCIENCE AND PRACTICE 2016; 16:164-186. [PMID: 27482171 PMCID: PMC4963022 DOI: 10.1080/15295192.2016.1158600] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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OBJECTIVE Parents' poor monitoring of adolescents' whereabouts and activities is commonly linked to adolescents' increased engagement in delinquent behaviors. Yet, different domains of parental monitoring (parental monitoring behaviors vs. parental knowledge) and reports from multiple informants (parent vs. adolescent) may vary in their links to delinquent behavior. DESIGN Seventy-four parental caregivers and 74 adolescents completed survey measures of parental monitoring and knowledge, and adolescents completed self-report surveys of delinquent behavior. RESULTS We observed low-to-moderate magnitudes of correspondence between parent- and adolescent-reports of parental monitoring behaviors and parental knowledge. Adolescent self-reported delinquent behavior related to parent and adolescent reports of parental monitoring behaviors and parental knowledge, with adolescents who self-reported engagement in delinquent behaviors evidencing lower levels of parental knowledge and higher levels of poor monitoring compared to adolescents who did not self-report engagement in delinquent behaviors. Adolescent self-reported engagement in delinquent behaviors evidenced stronger links to parental monitoring when based on adolescent reports of monitoring (relative to parent reports), whereas stronger links held between adolescent self-reported delinquent behavior and parental knowledge when based on parent reports of knowledge (relative to adolescent reports). CONCLUSIONS Links between monitoring and adolescents' delinquent behavior vary by the kind of monitoring measure completed as well as the informant completing the measure. These findings inform measurement selection in research and clinical assessments of parental monitoring and adolescent delinquent behavior.
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- Comprehensive Assessment and Intervention Program, Department of Psychology, University of Maryland at College Park, Biology/Psychology Building College Park, MD 20742
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Ohannessian CM, Laird R, De Los Reyes A. Discrepancies in Adolescents' and Mothers' Perceptions of the Family and Mothers' Psychological Symptomatology. J Youth Adolesc 2016; 45:2011-21. [PMID: 27048418 DOI: 10.1007/s10964-016-0477-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/27/2016] [Accepted: 03/23/2016] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Research has shown that discrepancies in adolescents' and their parents' perceptions of the family are linked to adolescent adjustment. Of note, the majority of studies to date have focused on differences in perceptions between adolescents and their parents. However, recent research has suggested that convergence in adolescents' and their parents' perceptions of the family may be linked to adolescent psychological outcomes as well. To date, research examining adolescents' and parents' perceptions of the family in relation to outcomes has focused only on adolescent outcomes. Therefore, the goal of this study was to examine the relationship between adolescents' and their mothers' perceptions of the family and mothers' psychological symptomatology. Surveys were administered to 141 adolescents (56 % girls) and their mothers during the spring of 2007. The results indicated that adolescents viewed the family more negatively in comparison to their mothers. In addition, interactions between adolescents' and mothers' reports of open communication, communication problems, and family satisfaction predicted mothers' psychological symptoms. These interactions indicated that mothers reported the most psychological symptoms when adolescents and mothers agreed that family functioning was poor (e.g., low open communication, high communication problems, low family satisfaction). The findings from this study underscore the need to consider adolescents' and parents' perceptions of the family in tandem when considering parental psychological adjustment.
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- Christine McCauley Ohannessian
- Connecticut Children's Medical Center, University of Connecticut School of Medicine, 282 Washington Street, Hartford, CT, 06106, USA.
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De Los Reyes A, Ohannessian CM, Laird RD. Developmental Changes in Discrepancies Between Adolescents' and Their Mothers' Views of Family Communication. JOURNAL OF CHILD AND FAMILY STUDIES 2016; 25:790-797. [PMID: 30906175 PMCID: PMC6425964 DOI: 10.1007/s10826-015-0275-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Prior work indicates that adolescents perceive the family more negatively than do their parents. These discrepant views comprise some of the most robust observations in psychological science, and are observed on survey reports collected in vastly different cultures worldwide. Yet, whether developmental changes occur with these discrepant views remains unclear. In a sample of 141 adolescents and their mothers, we examined 1-year developmental changes in discrepancies between parents' and adolescents' views of family functioning. We focused on discrepant views about a relatively covert domain of family functioning (i.e., internal views of open communication) and a relatively overt domain of such functioning (i.e., views about observable communication problems). We observed significant developmental changes in discrepant views for open communication, but not for communication problems. These findings have important implications for research examining links between discrepant views of family functioning and whether these discrepancies serve as risk or protective factors for adolescent psychosocial functioning.
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- Andres De Los Reyes
- Comprehensive Assessment and Intervention Program, Department of Psychology, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, USA
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- Department of Psychology, University of New Orleans, New Orleans, LA 70148, USA
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Ho GWK. Acculturation and its implications on parenting for Chinese immigrants: a systematic review. J Transcult Nurs 2014; 25:145-58. [PMID: 24391120 DOI: 10.1177/1043659613515720] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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PURPOSE To systematically review and synthesize existing findings on acculturation and its implications on parenting for Chinese immigrants. METHOD Three electronic databases were searched for original research articles that examined acculturation and its influence on parenting in Chinese immigrants. RESULTS Twenty-two studies were included. Findings suggest that acculturation influences parenting beliefs, attitudes, and practices, as well as parent-child relationships among Chinese immigrants. Acculturation discrepancies between parents and children are associated with negative child outcomes. DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSIONS Further research is needed to better understand the relationships among acculturation and parenting perceptions, parent-child relationships, and parent-child acculturation discrepancies and associated child outcomes. In particular, longitudinal studies with larger samples and multiple methods are needed to suggest causal inferences and validate these relationships. IMPLICATIONS FOR PRACTICE Nurses are at the unique junction to identify these problems through interacting with individuals and families at the clinical and mental/community health levels.
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- Grace W K Ho
- Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing, Baltimore, MD, USA
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Ohannessian CM, De Los Reyes A. Discrepancies in Adolescents' and their Mothers' Perceptions of the Family and Adolescent Anxiety Symptomatology. PARENTING, SCIENCE AND PRACTICE 2014; 14:1-18. [PMID: 24634608 PMCID: PMC3947635 DOI: 10.1080/15295192.2014.870009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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OBJECTIVE This study examines relations between adolescents' and their mothers' perceptions of the family and adolescent anxiety symptomatology. DESIGN Surveys were administered to 145 15- to 18-year-old adolescents and their mothers. RESULTS Adolescents viewed the family more negatively than did their mothers. In addition, adolescent girls' perceptions of the family (satisfaction and communication) negatively predicted later adolescent anxiety symptomatology. Significant interactions between adolescent and mother reports of family satisfaction and communication also were found for girls, but not for boys. For girls, discrepant family perceptions with their mothers appeared to protect them from anxiety if their mothers had negative perceptions of the family. CONCLUSIONS Understanding the similarities and differences among family members' perspectives yields useful predictive information that cannot be obtained from studying these perspectives in isolation from one another.
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Leung JTY, Shek DTL. Parent-Adolescent Discrepancies in Perceived Parenting Characteristics and Adolescent Developmental Outcomes in Poor Chinese Families. JOURNAL OF CHILD AND FAMILY STUDIES 2014; 23:200-213. [PMID: 24482569 PMCID: PMC3890555 DOI: 10.1007/s10826-013-9775-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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We examined the relationships between parent-adolescent discrepancies in perceived parenting characteristics (indexed by parental responsiveness, parental demandingness, and parental control) and adolescent developmental outcomes (indexed by achievement motivation and psychological competence) in poor families in Hong Kong. A sample of 275 intact families having at least one child aged 11-16 experiencing economic disadvantage were invited to participate in the study. Fathers and mothers completed the Parenting Style Scale and Chinese Parental Control Scale, and adolescents completed the Social-Oriented Achievement Motivation Scale and Chinese Positive Youth Development Scale in addition to paternal and maternal Parenting Style Scale and Chinese Parental Control Scale. Results indicated that parents and adolescents had different perceptions of parental responsiveness, parental demandingness, and paternal control, with adolescents generally perceived lower levels of parenting behaviors than did their parents. While father-adolescent discrepancy in perceived paternal responsiveness and mother-adolescent discrepancy in perceived maternal control negatively predicted adolescent achievement motivation, mother-adolescent discrepancy in perceptions of maternal responsiveness negatively predicted psychological competence in adolescents experiencing economic disadvantage. The present findings provided support that parent-child discrepancies in perceived parenting characteristics have negative impacts on the developmental outcomes of adolescents experiencing economic disadvantage. The present study addresses parent-child discrepancies in perceived parental behaviors as "legitimate" constructs, and explores their links with adolescent psychosocial development, which sheds light for researchers and clinical practitioners in helping the Chinese families experiencing economic disadvantage.
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- Janet T. Y. Leung
- Department of Applied Social Sciences, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Core H, Hung Hom, Hong Kong
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- Department of Applied Social Sciences, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Core H, Hung Hom, Hong Kong
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McDonald KL, Baden RE, Lochman JE. Parenting Influences on the Social Goals of Aggressive Children. APPLIED DEVELOPMENTAL SCIENCE 2013. [DOI: 10.1080/10888691.2013.748423] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Titzmann PF. Growing up too soon? Parentification among immigrant and native adolescents in Germany. J Youth Adolesc 2011; 41:880-93. [PMID: 21879381 DOI: 10.1007/s10964-011-9711-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/22/2011] [Accepted: 08/18/2011] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Parentification (adolescents' adoption of adult family roles by providing instrumental or emotional support for their parents) is assumed to be higher in immigrant than native families. An often discussed reason for parentification is the adolescent-parent acculturation gap in immigrant families whereby immigrant adolescents acculturate faster and outperform their parents socio-culturally. The aim of this multi-informant, multi-group study was to investigate levels, predictors, and psychosocial outcomes of instrumental and emotional parentification. The sample comprised 197 native (adolescents: mean age 14.7 years, 52% female) and 185 ethnic German immigrant (adolescents: mean age 15.7 years, 60% female) mother-adolescent dyads. Results revealed higher levels of emotional and instrumental parentification among immigrant adolescents. Parents' partnership dissatisfaction predicted instrumental and emotional parentification only in the native German sample. Among immigrants, language brokering related to instrumental and emotional parentification, and a larger mother-adolescent acculturation gap was associated with higher levels of emotional parentification. The positive psychosocial outcome, self-efficacy, was predicted by instrumental parentification in both adolescent groups. Exhaustion, the negative outcome, however, was related to higher levels of instrumental and lower levels of emotional parentification only in the immigrant group. The results of this study highlight that family systems can change due to migration to another country, with adolescents becoming more responsible for family matters than is normative for their age. However, only some of these premature responsibilities carry a risk of maladaptation, with others seeming to provide opportunities for positive developmental growth.
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- Peter F Titzmann
- Department of Developmental Psychology in Jena, Center for Applied Developmental Science, Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena, Am Steiger 3/1, 07743, Jena, Germany.
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