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Yamamoto N, Ohigashi S, Todo N, Moriguchi Y. The Relationship Between Hostile Intent Attribution and Aggression in Japanese Children. Child Psychiatry Hum Dev 2023:10.1007/s10578-023-01623-9. [PMID: 37950841 DOI: 10.1007/s10578-023-01623-9] [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: 10/09/2023] [Indexed: 11/13/2023]
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Previous studies showed that hostile intent attribution (HIA) was significantly correlated with and contributed to the development of aggression in children. Studies that directly examined the factors that explained the relationship between HIA and aggression are lacking. Hence, this study investigated (a) the correlation between HIA and aggression and (b) the variables (hyperactivity, prosociality, and collaborative problem-solving) that mediated the relationship between HIA and aggression in Japanese children aged 4-9 years. The participants were 180 children and their caregivers. First, the caregivers reported their children's aggression, hyperactivity, prosociality, and collaborative problem-solving through questionnaires. Next, the children worked on an HIA task. The results showed a weak positive correlation between HIA and aggression. Furthermore, significant indirect effects were observed among all the mediation models. The model that contained all three mediators yielded the smallest Akaike Information Criterion value. In this model, the indirect effect was significant only for the path with hyperactivity as the mediator. These findings provide several suggestions for revealing the mechanism of the relationship between HIA and aggression during childhood. Notably, children's hyperactivity was suggested to play a particularly important role in the relationship between HIA and aggression.
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- Graduate School of Letters, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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- Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Hachioji, Japan
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Frowijn I, De Caluwé E. Psychopathic traits in the interpersonal context: Is the effect of psychopathic traits on prosocial behavior mediated by peer problems? Acta Psychol (Amst) 2023; 238:103976. [PMID: 37419060 DOI: 10.1016/j.actpsy.2023.103976] [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: 02/13/2023] [Revised: 06/29/2023] [Accepted: 06/30/2023] [Indexed: 07/09/2023] Open
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Psychopathic traits are often investigated within the individual, while most traits come to expression within the interpersonal context. Low social communion might even be an important overlooked core feature of psychopathy. This raises the question how psychopathic (i.e., Grandiose-Manipulative, Callous-Unemotional, and Irresponsible-Impulsive) traits affect the tendency to show prosocial behavior, and whether peer problems explain this relationship. Besides, the effects of gender on these subrelations are explored. In total, 541 community adolescents and emerging adults (26.4 % men; 16-25 years old, Mage = 21.7, SDage = 2.50) completed questionnaires, measuring psychopathic traits, prosocial behavior, and peer problems. The relationship between psychopathic traits and prosocial behavior was investigated with three separate moderated mediation regression analyses (for Grandiose-Manipulative, Callous-Unemotional, and Impulsive-Irresponsible traits separately) including peer problems as mediator and gender as moderator. Significant direct negative effects of Grandiose-Manipulative and Callous-Unemotional traits on prosocial behavior were found, though not for Impulsive-Irresponsible traits. Peer problems did not mediate this relation and gender was no moderator. The significant moderation effect indicated that only for women a significant direct positive effect of Callous-Unemotional traits on peer problems was found, but not for men nor other psychopathic traits. More gender differences were found with men (vs. women) scoring significantly higher on all three psychopathic traits and lower on prosocial behavior. Implications of psychopathic traits within the interpersonal context are discussed and future research could further investigate how this relationship can be explained, for example by including different types of measures and other potential mediators (e.g., empathy).
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- Iris Frowijn
- Department of Developmental Psychology, University of Tilburg, the Netherlands; Fivoor Science and Treatment Innovation (FARID), Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
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- Department of Developmental Psychology, University of Tilburg, the Netherlands
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Liu J, Ding R, Gao R, Bao Y, Hood SK, Ni S. A preliminary investigation of psychometric properties of the youth-reported Pediatric Symptom Checklist (PSC-Y) in Chinese elementary, middle, and high schools. J Affect Disord 2022; 311:205-213. [PMID: 35605704 DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2022.05.106] [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: 12/07/2021] [Revised: 05/16/2022] [Accepted: 05/18/2022] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The current study validated the youth-reported Pediatric Symptom Checklist-Youth (PSC-Y) using a Chinese youth sample (N = 20,996). The factor structure, measurement invariance, and criterion validity were examined. First, factor analysis documented that the correlated three-factor structure, including externalizing problems, internalizing problems, and attention problems fit the data best, which aligns with the prior factor structure of the PSC-Y in other settings (e.g., teacher ratings). In addition, measurement invariance was established across gender and age groups. The latent mean differences revealed that middle and high school students and females reported more internalizing and attention problems than elementary students and males. Additionally, high school students and females were less likely to report externalizing problems than elementary students and males. Finally, the criterion validity of the PSC-Y was established using external scales assessing subjective wellbeing and prosocial behavior. Teachers, school administrators, and school psychologists can utilize the results of this study to more precisely identify youth at risk for psychosocial problems.
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- Jin Liu
- Department of Educational Studies, College of Education, University of South Carolina, USA
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- Tsinghua Shenzhen International Graduate School, Tsinghua University, China.
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- Department of Educational Studies, College of Education, University of South Carolina, USA
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- Department of Graduate Psychology, James Madison University, USA
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- Department of Educational Studies, College of Education, University of South Carolina, USA
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- Tsinghua Shenzhen International Graduate School, Tsinghua University, China.
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Wittkowski A, Emsley R, Bee PE, Camacho E, Calam R, Abel KM, Duxbury P, Gomez P, Cartwright K, Reid HE. A Feasibility Randomized Controlled Trial of a Parenting Intervention Offered to Women With Severe Mental Health Problems and Delivered in a Mother and Baby Unit Setting: The IMAgINE Study Outcomes. Front Psychiatry 2022; 13:815018. [PMID: 35651824 PMCID: PMC9149174 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyt.2022.815018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/14/2021] [Accepted: 03/28/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Background Approximately 1-2% of mothers may experience severe mental illness (SMI) requiring admission to an inpatient Mother and Baby Unit (MBU). MBUs aim to provide mental health assessment and treatment and strengthen the mother-infant relationship, essential for infant development. Whilst MBUs offer various interventions, they do not routinely offer structured parenting interventions. The Baby Triple P Positive Parenting Program (BTP) was developed to enhance parenting competence, psychological coping and the quality of partner and other social support. Guided by lived experience consultation, we aimed to determine the feasibility and acceptability of delivering BTP plus Treatment as Usual (TAU) in this setting. Method A multi-site, parallel-group, single-blind pilot randomized controlled trial (registration: ISRCTN12765736) comparing BTP+TAU to TAU in participants, recruited from two MBUs in England. The Baby Triple P intervention consisted of eight parenting sessions, with the final four being delivered over the telephone following MBU discharge. Feasibility outcomes were participant intervention engagement and study retention. Clinical outcomes including maternal parenting competence, bonding and mental health outcomes were assessed at baseline, post-baseline/intervention (10 weeks) and six-month follow-up. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and linear regression models. An economic feasibility analysis was also conducted. Results Thirty-seven of the 67 eligible participants consented; 34 were randomized (16 to BTP+TAU and 18 to TAU), of whom 20 were retained at post-intervention data collection and 21 at six-month follow-up. Twelve participants (75%) completed the intervention, which was rated as highly acceptable. Clinical outcomes signaled potential improvements in maternal parenting competence, bonding, mood and mental health symptomatology in participants who received the intervention. Healthcare resource use and EQ-5D-5L questionnaires were well-completed by participants. Delivering BTP in this setting is estimated to cost £443-822 per participant. Conclusions This is the first trial of a parenting intervention in a MBU setting. BTP is feasible and acceptable to mothers with SMI, with a promising signal for treatment efficacy. Although minor modifications may be required for the collection of observer-rated measures post-MBU discharge, the findings indicate that a larger, definitive trial could be conducted, especially if the setting is extended to include perinatal mental health community settings.
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- Anja Wittkowski
- Division of Psychology and Mental Health, School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, The University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom
- Department of Clinical Psychology, Laureate House, Wythenshawe Hospital, Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester, United Kingdom
- Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, The University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom
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- Department of Biostatistics and Health Informatics, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Division of Nursing, Midwifery and Social Work, School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, The University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom
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- Division of Population Health, Health Services Research and Primary Care, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, School of Health Sciences, The University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom
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- Division of Psychology and Mental Health, School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, The University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom
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- Division of Psychology and Mental Health, School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, The University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom
- Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, The University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom
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- Department of Research and Innovation, Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester, United Kingdom
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- Department of Clinical Psychology, Laureate House, Wythenshawe Hospital, Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester, United Kingdom
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- Department of Research and Innovation, Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester, United Kingdom
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- Division of Psychology and Mental Health, School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, The University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom
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Padilla-Walker LM, Van der Graaff J, Workman K, Carlo G, Branje S, Carrizales A, Gerbino M, Gülseven Z, Hawk ST, Luengo Kanacri P, Mesurado B, Samper-García P, Shen YL, Taylor LK, Trach J, van Zalk MHW, Žukauskienė R. Emerging adults’ cultural values, prosocial behaviors, and mental health in 14 countries during the COVID-19 pandemic. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BEHAVIORAL DEVELOPMENT 2022. [DOI: 10.1177/01650254221084098] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Evidence suggests an impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on mental health, particularly among emerging adults. However, theories on altruism born of suffering or adversarial growth suggest that we might also see prosocial behavior as a function of the pandemic, which may protect against mental health challenges. Because cultural values are central in determining prosocial behavior, the current study explored how cultural values were differentially associated with adaptive prosocial behaviors that might protect against mental health challenges. Participants for the current study included 5,682 young people aged 18–25 years from 14 different countries around the world (68% female, 62% college students). Path analyses suggested that there were few differences in patterns as a function of culture, but revealed that horizontal individualism and horizontal and vertical collectivism were indirectly associated with lower levels of depression via prosocial behavior toward family members. Discussion focuses on the importance of coping by strengthening family relationships via prosocial behavior during the pandemic.
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- University College Dublin, Ireland
- Queen’s University Belfast, UK
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Conduct problems among children in low-income, urban neighborhoods: A developmental psychopathology- and RDoC-informed approach. Dev Psychopathol 2021. [DOI: 10.1017/s0954579421001103] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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AbstractConduct problems are associated with numerous negative long-term psychosocial sequelae and are among the most frequent referrals for children's mental health services. Youth residing in low-income, urban communities are at increased risk for conduct problems, but not all youth in these environments develop conduct problems, suggesting heterogeneity in risk and resilience processes and developmental pathways. The present study used a developmental psychopathology- and Research Domain Criteria (RDoC)-informed approach for conceptualizing risk and resilience for conduct problems among children from low-income, urban neighborhoods. Participants were 104 children (M = 9.93 ± 1.22 years; 50% male; 96% African American, 4% Latinx). We assessed four constructs reflecting cognitive and neurobiological processes associated with conduct problems using multiple levels of analysis and informants: autonomic nervous system reactivity, limbic system/orbitofrontal cortical functioning, dorsolateral prefrontal cortical functioning, and conduct problems. Latent profile analysis identified four profiles: typically developing (TD, n = 34); teacher-reported conduct problems (TCP, n = 14); emotion processing (EP, n = 27); and emotion expression recognition (EER, n = 29). External validation analyses demonstrated that profiles differed on various indices of conduct problems in expected ways. The EP profile exhibited lower levels of emotional lability and callous–unemotional behaviors, and higher levels of prosocial behavior. The TD profile demonstrated elevated emotional lability. Implications for etiological and intervention models are presented.
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Black M, Barnes A, Strong M, Brook A, Ray A, Holden B, Foster C, Taylor-Robinson D. Relationships between Child Development at School Entry and Adolescent Health-A Participatory Systematic Review. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH 2021; 18:11613. [PMID: 34770127 PMCID: PMC8582847 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph182111613] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/01/2021] [Revised: 10/21/2021] [Accepted: 10/25/2021] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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The relationship between child development and adolescent health, and how this may be modified by socio-economic conditions, is poorly understood. This limits cross-sector interventions to address adolescent health inequality. This review summarises evidence on the associations between child development at school starting age and subsequent health in adolescence and identifies factors affecting associations. We undertook a participatory systematic review, searching electronic databases (MEDLINE, PsycINFO, ASSIA and ERIC) for articles published between November 1990 and November 2020. Observational, intervention and review studies reporting a measure of child development and subsequent health outcomes, specifically weight and mental health, were included. Studies were individually and collectively assessed for quality using a comparative rating system of stronger, weaker, inconsistent or limited evidence. Associations between child development and adolescent health outcomes were assessed and reported by four domains of child development (socio-emotional, cognitive, language and communication, and physical development). A conceptual diagram, produced with stakeholders at the outset of the study, acted as a framework for narrative synthesis of factors that modify or mediate associations. Thirty-four studies were included. Analysis indicated stronger evidence of associations between measures of socio-emotional development and subsequent mental health and weight outcomes; in particular, positive associations between early externalising behaviours and later internalising and externalising, and negative associations between emotional wellbeing and later internalising and unhealthy weight. For all other domains of child development, although associations with subsequent health were positive, the evidence was either weaker, inconsistent or limited. There was limited evidence on factors that altered associations. Positive socio-emotional development at school starting age appears particularly important for subsequent mental health and weight in adolescence. More collaborative research across health and education is needed on other domains of development and on the mechanisms that link development and later health, and on how any relationship is modified by socio-economic context.
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- Michelle Black
- School of Health and Related Research, The University of Sheffield, Regent Court, 30 Regent Street, Sheffield S1 4DA, UK; (A.B.); (M.S.); (A.B.); (B.H.); (C.F.)
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- School of Health and Related Research, The University of Sheffield, Regent Court, 30 Regent Street, Sheffield S1 4DA, UK; (A.B.); (M.S.); (A.B.); (B.H.); (C.F.)
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- School of Health and Related Research, The University of Sheffield, Regent Court, 30 Regent Street, Sheffield S1 4DA, UK; (A.B.); (M.S.); (A.B.); (B.H.); (C.F.)
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- School of Health and Related Research, The University of Sheffield, Regent Court, 30 Regent Street, Sheffield S1 4DA, UK; (A.B.); (M.S.); (A.B.); (B.H.); (C.F.)
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- Department of Health Sciences, University of York, Seebohm Rowntree Building, Heslington, York YO10 5DD, UK;
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- School of Health and Related Research, The University of Sheffield, Regent Court, 30 Regent Street, Sheffield S1 4DA, UK; (A.B.); (M.S.); (A.B.); (B.H.); (C.F.)
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- School of Health and Related Research, The University of Sheffield, Regent Court, 30 Regent Street, Sheffield S1 4DA, UK; (A.B.); (M.S.); (A.B.); (B.H.); (C.F.)
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- Public Health, Policy and Systems, Institute of Population Health, University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 3GL, UK;
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Hay DF, Paine AL, Perra O, Cook KV, Hashmi S, Robinson C, Kairis V, Slade R. Prosocial and Aggressive Behavior: A Longitudinal Study. Monogr Soc Res Child Dev 2021; 86:7-103. [PMID: 33973244 PMCID: PMC9943493 DOI: 10.1111/mono.12427] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Developmental theorists have made strong claims about the fundamental prosocial or aggressive nature of the human infant. However, only rarely have prosocial behavior and aggression been studied together in the same sample. We charted the parallel development of both behaviors from infancy to childhood in a British community sample, using a two-construct, multimethod longitudinal design. Data were drawn from the Cardiff Child Development Study (CCDS), a prospective longitudinal study of a volunteer sample of parents and their firstborn children. A sample of 332 mothers was recruited from National Health Service (NHS) prenatal clinics and general practice clinics in Wales, UK, between Fall of 2005 and Summer of 2007. Potential participants represented the full range of sociodemographic classifications of neighborhoods. Participating families were divided about equally between middle- and working-class families, were somewhat more likely to have sons than daughters, and the majority (90%) were in a stable partnership. In response to standard categories recommended for use in Wales at the time, the majority (93%) of mothers reported themselves as Welsh, Scottish, English, or Irish; most others named a European or South Asian nationality. Of the 332 families agreeing to participate, 321 mothers (Mage = 28 years) and 285 partners (Mage = 31 years) were interviewed during the pregnancy and 321 of the families contributed data at least once after the child's birth. After an initial home visit at 6 months, data collection occurred in four additional waves of testing when children's mean ages were approximately 1, 1.5, 2.5, and 7 years. Data collection alternated between family homes and Cardiff University. Of those families seen after the child's birth, 89% were assessed at the final wave of testing. Data collection ended in 2015. Methods included direct observation, experimental tasks, and collection of reports from mothers, fathers, other relatives or family friends, and classroom teachers. Interactions with a familiar peer were observed at 1.5 years. Interactions with unfamiliar peers took place during experimental birthday parties at 1 and 2.5 years. At 7 years, parents were interviewed, parents and teachers completed questionnaires, and the children engaged in cognitive and social decision-making tasks. Based on reports from parents and other informants who knew the children well, individual differences in both prosocial behavior and aggression were evident in children. Both types of behavior showed stability across the second and third years. The association between prosocial behavior and aggression changed over time: at 1.5 years, they were not significantly related (the association approached zero), but they became negatively correlated by 3 years. Different patterns were seen when children played with familiar versus unfamiliar peers. At 1.5 years, when children were observed at home with a familiar peer, prosocial behavior and aggression were unrelated, thus showing a pattern of results like that seen in the analysis of informants' reports. However, a different pattern emerged during the experimental birthday parties with unfamiliar peers: prosocial behavior and aggression were positively correlated at both 1 and 2.5 years, contributing to a general sociability factor at both ages. Gender differences in prosocial behavior were evident in informants' reports and were also evident at the 1-year (though not the 2.5-year) birthday parties. In contrast, gender differences in both prosocial behavior and aggression were evident by 7 years, both in children's aggressive decision-making and in their parents' and teachers' reports of children's aggressive behavior at home and school. By age 7, children's aggressive decision-making and behavior were inversely associated with their verbal skills, working memory, and emotional understanding. Some children had developed aggressive behavioral problems and callous-unemotional traits. A few (12%) met diagnostic criteria for conduct disorder or oppositional-defiant disorders, which had been predicted by early angry aggressiveness and lack of empathy for other people. Taken together, the findings revealed a gradual disaggregation of two ways in which children interact with other people. Individual differences in both prosocial behavior and aggression revealed continuity over time, with gender differences emerging first in prosocial behavior, then in aggression. Restrictions in the participant sample and the catchment area (e.g., all were first-time parents; all were drawn from a single region in the United Kingdom) mean that it is not possible to generalize findings broadly. It will be important to expand the study of prosocial behavior and aggression in other family and environmental contexts in future work. Learning more about early appearing individual differences in children's approaches to the social world may be useful for both educational and clinical practice.
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- School of Nursing and Midwifery, Centre for Evidence and Social InnovationQueen's University Belfast
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- Department of Psychology, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and NeuroscienceKing's College London
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Paine AL, Fahey K, Anthony RE, Shelton KH. Early adversity predicts adoptees' enduring emotional and behavioral problems in childhood. Eur Child Adolesc Psychiatry 2021; 30:721-732. [PMID: 32468437 PMCID: PMC8060221 DOI: 10.1007/s00787-020-01553-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/13/2019] [Accepted: 05/01/2020] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Children adopted from the public care system are likely to experience a cluster of inter-related risk factors that may place them on a trajectory of mental health problems that persist across the life course. However, the specific effects of putative risk factors on children's mental health post-placement are not well understood. We conducted a prospective, longitudinal study of children placed for adoption between 2014 and 2015 (N = 96). Adoptive parents completed questionnaires at approximately 5, 21, 36, and 48 months post-placement. We used time series analysis to examine the impact of pre-adoptive risk factors [adverse childhood experiences [ACEs], number of moves, days with birth parents and in care] on children's internalizing and externalizing problems, and prosocial behavior over 4 years post-placement. Adoptees' internalizing and externalizing problems remained consistently high over the 4-year study period, but more ACEs predicted increases in internalizing and externalizing problems. Contrary to expectations, more pre-placement moves and time in care predicted fewer problems over time, but exploratory analyses of interactive effects revealed this was only the case in rare circumstances. We identify pre- and post-removal factors that may incur benefits or have a deleterious impact on adoptees' outcomes in post-adoptive family life. Our findings provide knowledge for front-line professionals in the support of adoptive families and underscore the vital need for effective early intervention.
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- Amy L. Paine
- School of Psychology, Cardiff University, Tower Building, 70 Park Place, Cardiff, CF10 3AT UK
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- Department of Political and Cultural Studies, Swansea University, James Callaghan Building, Sketty, Swansea, SA2 8PZ UK
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- Centre for the Development and Evaluation of Complex Interventions for Public Health Improvement (DECIPHer), School of Social Sciences, Cardiff University, 1-3 Museum Place, Cardiff, CF10 3BD UK
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- School of Psychology, Cardiff University, Tower Building, 70 Park Place, Cardiff, CF10 3AT UK
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Toseeb U, St Clair MC. Trajectories of prosociality from early to middle childhood in children at risk of Developmental Language Disorder. JOURNAL OF COMMUNICATION DISORDERS 2020; 85:105984. [PMID: 32171144 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcomdis.2020.105984] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/15/2019] [Revised: 01/06/2020] [Accepted: 03/01/2020] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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Longitudinal research into the development of prosociality during childhood contributes to our understanding of individual differences in social and emotional outcomes. There is a dearth of literature on the development of prosociality in children with Developmental Language Disorder (DLD). Data from the UK based Millennium Cohort Study was used to investigate prosociality from age 5 to 11 years in 738 children at risk of Developmental Language Disorder (r-DLD) and 12,972 children in a general population (GP) comparison group. Multilevel mixed effects regression models were run to investigate the mean change in prosociality and latent class growth analysis was used to identify heterogeneous groups of children who shared similar patterns of development. Overall, children at risk of DLD were less prosocial at age 5 and, although they did become more prosocial by the age of 11, they did not reach the same levels of prosociality as those in the GP group. Subsequent sub group analysis revealed four distinct developmental trajectories: stable high (19 %), stable slightly low (36 %), decreasing to slightly low (5 %), and increasing to high (40 %). Children at risk of DLD were less likely than those in the GP group to be in the stable high class and more likely to be in the stable slightly low class. For children at risk of DLD, being prosocial was protective against concurrent social and emotional difficulties. But being prosocial in early childhood was not protective against later social and emotional difficulties nor did the absence of prosociality in early childhood make social and emotional difficulties in middle childhood inevitable. Rather, the presence of prosociality in middle childhood was the key protective factor, regardless of prosociality in early childhood. Prosociality is not a key area of concern for children at risk of DLD. Instead, it is an area of relative strength, which can be nurtured to mitigate social and emotional difficulties in children at risk of DLD, particularly in middle childhood.
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- Umar Toseeb
- Department of Education, Derwent College, University of York, York, YO10 5DD, UK.
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Donohue MR, Tillman R, Luby J. Early socioemotional competence, psychopathology, and latent class profiles of reparative prosocial behaviors from preschool through early adolescence. Dev Psychopathol 2020; 32:573-585. [PMID: 31131786 PMCID: PMC6879807 DOI: 10.1017/s0954579419000397] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Children who have difficulty using reparative behaviors following transgressions display a wide range of poorer social and emotional outcomes. Despite the importance of reparative skills, no study has charted the developmental trajectory of these behaviors or pinpointed predictors of poorer reparative abilities. To address these gaps in the literature, this study applied growth mixture modeling to parent reports of children's reparative behaviors (N = 230) in a 9-year longitudinal data set spanning from preschool to early adolescence. Three distinct trajectories of reparative behaviors were found: a low-stable, moderate-stable, and high-stable latent class. Poorer emotion understanding, social withdrawal, social rejection, and maladaptive guilt in the preschool period predicted membership in a low-stable reparative trajectory. Externalizing diagnoses, particularly conduct disorder and oppositional defiant disorder, also predicted membership in a low-stable reparative trajectory. Preschool-onset depression predicted membership in a low-stable reparative trajectory through high levels of maladaptive guilt. The findings from this study suggest that socioemotional deficits in the preschool period set children on longstanding trajectories of impaired reparative responding. Thus, emotion understanding, social functioning, maladaptive guilt, and early psychiatric symptoms should be targeted in early preventive interventions.
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- Meghan Rose Donohue
- Department of Psychiatry, Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, USA
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Goulet M, Clément ME, Helie S, Villatte A. Longitudinal Association Between Risk Profiles, School Dropout Risk, and Substance Abuse in Adolescence. CHILD & YOUTH CARE FORUM 2020. [DOI: 10.1007/s10566-020-09550-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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The Association Between Fathers' Depression and Children's Socioemotional Development: Evidence from a Longitudinal Household Survey in China. PREVENTION SCIENCE : THE OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE SOCIETY FOR PREVENTION RESEARCH 2020; 21:672-680. [PMID: 32266642 DOI: 10.1007/s11121-020-01117-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Depression is highly prevalent among parents around the world. Although there has been substantial research on maternal depression, few studies have additionally considered paternal depression and examined the independent and potentially interactive influence between paternal and maternal depression on children's development. The objectives of this study were to investigate the unique association between paternal depression and children's later socioemotional development, and explore whether this association was moderated by maternal depression. We used data from the 2012 and 2014 waves of the China Family Panel Studies. We used multivariable linear regression models to examine the association between paternal depression, as measured using the Center for Epidemiological Studies-Depression Scale, and children's socioemotional development, as measured using the Positive Behaviors Scale. We also explored whether there was effect modification by maternal depression. The sample comprised of 1615 children (Mage = 7.38 years; 48.5% female) and their parents. Twenty-four percent of fathers and 33% of mothers were depressed. We found that paternal depression was negatively associated with children's socioemotional development (β = - 0.18; 95% CI - 0.31, - 0.03), controlling for maternal depression and other sociodemographic covariates. Moreover, we found that the association was moderated by maternal depression, whereby the negative association was stronger when mothers were not depressed (β = - 0.30; 95% CI - 0.52, - 0.08) versus null when mothers were depressed (β = - 0.02; 95% CI - 0.24, 0.20). Parenting interventions should promote the mental health of fathers, in addition to mothers, as a more holistic and family-based approach for improving both the wellbeing of parents and behavioral development of children.
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Memmott-Elison MK, Holmgren HG, Padilla-Walker LM, Hawkins AJ. Associations between prosocial behavior, externalizing behaviors, and internalizing symptoms during adolescence: A meta-analysis. J Adolesc 2020; 80:98-114. [PMID: 32087386 DOI: 10.1016/j.adolescence.2020.01.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2019] [Revised: 11/26/2019] [Accepted: 01/20/2020] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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INTRODUCTION The purpose of this study was to conduct a meta-analysis investigating the consistency and strength of relations between prosocial behavior, externalizing behaviors, and internalizing symptoms from preadolescence (i.e., 1-9 years) to late adolescence (i.e., 19-25 years). This study directly addresses inconsistencies and gaps in the available literature by providing the field with a detailed, synthesized description of these associations. METHOD Fifty-five studies met the inclusion criteria, containing 742 independent correlational effect sizes. Statistical information and other study information was coded and entered into Comprehensive Meta-analysis III software, which was used to analyze results. RESULTS Results showed that higher levels of prosocial behavior were significantly associated with lower levels of externalizing behaviors, as expected. Additionally, more reported prosocial behavior was related to less reported internalizing symptoms. Follow-up analyses revealed specific relationships between prosocial behavior and aggression, deviant peer association, risky sexual behavior, substance use, delinquency/general externalizing behavior, depression, and general internalizing behaviors (i.e., emotional problems, negative emotionality). A variety of moderators of these associations were considered, including age and sex. CONCLUSIONS Findings are discussed in the context of the broader research literature, weaknesses in the field are noted, and numerous meaningful directions for future research are presented.
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Trait Emotional Intelligence and Young Adolescents’ Positive and Negative Affect: The Mediating Roles of Personal Resilience, Social Support, and Prosocial Behavior. CHILD & YOUTH CARE FORUM 2019. [DOI: 10.1007/s10566-019-09536-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Huber L, Plötner M, Schmitz J. Social competence and psychopathology in early childhood: a systematic review. Eur Child Adolesc Psychiatry 2019; 28:443-459. [PMID: 29637284 DOI: 10.1007/s00787-018-1152-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/10/2017] [Accepted: 04/02/2018] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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The acquisition of social competence, such as showing prosocial behaviour (fulfilling others' needs) and social initiative (fulfilling own needs), constitutes one major developmental task in childhood and adolescence. Previous research suggests that in middle childhood, impaired social competences are related to childhood psychopathology, such as externalizing and internalizing disorders. As the period of preschool age is a particularly important time for both the development of social competence and early psychopathological symptoms, we conducted a systematic review to investigate the role of social competence in relation to early childhood psychopathology. Twenty-one clinical as well as subclinical studies published prior to September 2016 were included in a qualitative analysis of the relation between prosocial behaviour, social initiative, and early externalizing and internalizing symptoms in preschool age children (age 3-6). Effect sizes for each study were calculated if required information was available. Our review suggests that from early on in childhood development, externalizing symptoms are accompanied by prosocial behaviour deficits such as lower levels of helping or cooperating, whereas internalizing symptoms may be accompanied by either deficient or excessive levels of prosocial behaviour. Exhibiting social initiative such as initiating contact with others or communicating one's own needs seems to be impaired in children with internalizing symptoms. Implications for current theory and future research are discussed.
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- Laura Huber
- Department of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, Institute of Psychology, University of Leipzig, Neumarkt 9-19, 04109, Leipzig, Germany.
- Leipzig Research Centre for Early Childhood Development, University of Leipzig, Jahnallee 59, 04109, Leipzig, Germany.
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- Department of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, Institute of Psychology, University of Leipzig, Neumarkt 9-19, 04109, Leipzig, Germany
- Leipzig Research Centre for Early Childhood Development, University of Leipzig, Jahnallee 59, 04109, Leipzig, Germany
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- Department of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, Institute of Psychology, University of Leipzig, Neumarkt 9-19, 04109, Leipzig, Germany
- Leipzig Research Centre for Early Childhood Development, University of Leipzig, Jahnallee 59, 04109, Leipzig, Germany
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Pfeiffer S, Gutzweiler R, Tschan T, In-Albon T. Konzeption, Akzeptanz und Durchführbarkeit einer modularisierten universellen Präventionsmaßnahme zur emotionalen Kompetenz für Kinder und Jugendliche an Schulen im Rahmen eines Service-Learning-Konzepts. VERHALTENSTHERAPIE 2019. [DOI: 10.1159/000497250] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Xiao SX, Spinrad TL, Eisenberg N. Longitudinal relations of preschoolers’ dispositional and situational anger to their prosocial behavior: The moderating role of shyness. SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT 2018. [DOI: 10.1111/sode.12346] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Sonya Xinyue Xiao
- T. Denny Sanford School of Social and Family Dynamics Arizona State University Tempe Arizona
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- T. Denny Sanford School of Social and Family Dynamics Arizona State University Tempe Arizona
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- Department of Psychology Arizona State University Tempe Arizona
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Wittkowski A, Cartwright K, Emsley R, Bee P, Calam R, Cross C, Abel KM, Reid H. Enhancing maternal and infant wellbeing: study protocol for a feasibility trial of the Baby Triple P Positive Parenting programme for mothers with severe mental health difficulties (the IMAGINE study). Trials 2018; 19:479. [PMID: 30201040 PMCID: PMC6131761 DOI: 10.1186/s13063-018-2869-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/28/2018] [Accepted: 08/21/2018] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Background There is a strong evidence base for the benefits of parenting interventions for parents without severe mental illness (SMI). As the impact of maternal SMI can be significant on child development, mothers need support to maximise outcomes for themselves and their children. Some mothers with SMI require admission jointly with their baby to a Mother and Baby Unit (MBU), a psychiatric inpatient ward, for assessment and treatment. However, MBUs do not yet offer formally evaluated, evidence-based parenting interventions as a matter of routine. This paper describes a study to investigate the feasibility and acceptability of conducting a randomised controlled trial (RCT) to evaluate a parenting and psychological intervention targeting the mother’s and infant’s wellbeing for mothers admitted to a MBU. Methods/Design This study is a multisite, single-blind feasibility trial with half the participants randomised to the Baby Triple P Positive Parenting Programme plus treatment as usual (TAU) and the other half randomised to TAU alone. Self-report and observer-rated assessments are collected at baseline, 10 weeks post-baseline and 6 months post-baseline. Participants are mothers admitted to a MBU in the Northwest of England or the Midlands. Participants are included if they are fluent in English to provide informed, written consent. Our objective is to determine whether we can recruit 66 women, randomise 60, and retain them in the intervention and study, and whether the intervention and study procedures are acceptable. As part of a nested process evaluation, qualitative interview data from trial participants and MBU staff will inform feasibility and acceptability. The feasibility of collecting data required to conduct an economic evaluation of the intervention will also be explored. Discussion Although research has been conducted in relation to mothers with severe mental illness and MBUs, to our knowledge, this is the first controlled trial to test the feasibility, acceptability, uptake and retention alongside the potential efficacy of a parenting intervention for this population. This study is essential to examine the contextual challenges involved in this setting with this population and to identify any refinements required. Trial registration ISRCTN12765736. Date of first registration: 2 February 2017. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (10.1186/s13063-018-2869-z) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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- Anja Wittkowski
- Division of Psychology and Mental Health, School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, The University of Manchester, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, Zochonis Building, Brunswick Street, Manchester, M13 9PL, UK. .,Department of Clinical Psychology, Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust, Laureate House, Wythenshawe Hospital, Southmoor Road, Manchester, M23 9LK, UK.
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- Division of Psychology and Mental Health, School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, The University of Manchester, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, Zochonis Building, Brunswick Street, Manchester, M13 9PL, UK.,Department of Clinical Psychology, Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust, Laureate House, Wythenshawe Hospital, Southmoor Road, Manchester, M23 9LK, UK
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- Department of Biostatistics and Health Informatics, King's College London, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, De Crespigny Park, London, SE5 8AF, UK
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- Division of Nursing, Midwifery & Social Work, The University of Manchester, Jean MacFarlane Building, Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9PL, UK
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- Division of Psychology and Mental Health, School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, The University of Manchester, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, Zochonis Building, Brunswick Street, Manchester, M13 9PL, UK
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- Department of Clinical Psychology, Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust, Laureate House, Wythenshawe Hospital, Southmoor Road, Manchester, M23 9LK, UK
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- Division of Psychology and Mental Health, School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, The University of Manchester, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, Zochonis Building, Brunswick Street, Manchester, M13 9PL, UK
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- Division of Psychology and Mental Health, School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, The University of Manchester, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, Zochonis Building, Brunswick Street, Manchester, M13 9PL, UK.,Department of Clinical Psychology, Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust, Laureate House, Wythenshawe Hospital, Southmoor Road, Manchester, M23 9LK, UK
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McChesney G, Toseeb U. Happiness, self-esteem, and prosociality in children with and without autism spectrum disorder: Evidence from a UK population cohort study. Autism Res 2018; 11:1011-1023. [DOI: 10.1002/aur.1957] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/03/2017] [Revised: 03/06/2018] [Accepted: 04/06/2018] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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- Gillian McChesney
- Department of Psychology; Manchester Metropolitan University, Brooks Building; Manchester UK
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- Department of Education; Derwent College, University of York; York
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Coulombe BR, Yates TM. Prosocial pathways to positive adaptation: The mediating role of teacher-child closeness. JOURNAL OF APPLIED DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.appdev.2018.08.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Plant DT, Pawlby S, Pariante CM, Jones FW. When one childhood meets another - maternal childhood trauma and offspring child psychopathology: A systematic review. Clin Child Psychol Psychiatry 2018; 23:483-500. [PMID: 29171287 DOI: 10.1177/1359104517742186] [Citation(s) in RCA: 77] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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BACKGROUND Child maltreatment can have a long-term impact on mental health. Less is known about the consequences of child maltreatment on the next generation's psychological wellbeing. AIM This systematic review aimed to synthesise the existing empirical literature on the association between a mother's history of maltreatment in her own childhood and her children's experiences of psychopathology, and to characterise potential mediating pathways. METHOD Electronic database and hand searches yielded 12 studies, with a combined sample size of 45,723 mother-child dyads, which met criteria for inclusion in the review. RESULTS There was evidence of an overall positive association between a mother's history of child maltreatment and her child's experience of emotional and behavioural difficulties across childhood and adolescence. Maternal psychological distress and poorer parenting practices were found to be key mediating pathways of this association. CONCLUSION Children of mothers who were exposed to maltreatment in childhood appear to be at an increased risk for psychopathology. Mothers with traumatic childhood experiences should be offered improved access to psychological therapies and parenting programmes to help mitigate the potential impact of child maltreatment on future generations.
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- Dominic T Plant
- 1 Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, King's College London, UK.,2 Salomons Centre for Applied Psychology, Canterbury Christ Church University, UK
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- 1 Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, King's College London, UK
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- 1 Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, King's College London, UK
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- 2 Salomons Centre for Applied Psychology, Canterbury Christ Church University, UK
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Distilling Heterogeneity among Children with Disruptive Behavior: Associations between Symptom Patterns and Social Functioning. JOURNAL OF ABNORMAL CHILD PSYCHOLOGY 2017; 46:1241-1252. [DOI: 10.1007/s10802-017-0350-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Kwok SYCL, Gu M, Cheung APS. A longitudinal study of the role of children's altruism and forgiveness in the relation between parental aggressive discipline and anxiety of preschoolers in China. CHILD ABUSE & NEGLECT 2017; 65:236-247. [PMID: 28189961 DOI: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2017.02.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/28/2016] [Revised: 01/05/2017] [Accepted: 02/02/2017] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Using data collected over a 1-year period on a stratified random sample of 368 parents with children studying in nurseries (mean age=3.97years), this study assessed the predictive effects of parental corporal punishment, parental psychological aggression, preschoolers' altruism, and preschoolers' forgiveness on preschoolers' anxiety symptoms in Hong Kong, China. Results of hierarchical regression analyses showed that parental psychological aggression, preschoolers' altruism and preschoolers' forgiveness at Time 1 significantly predicted preschoolers' anxiety at Time 2, when controlling for the initial level of preschoolers' anxiety and important demographic variables that co-vary with preschoolers' anxiety. Moreover, preschoolers' altruism moderated the predictive effect of parental psychological aggression on preschoolers' anxiety symptoms. The study has several significant contributions. First, the study supports the predictive effect of parental aggressive discipline on preschoolers' anxiety. Second, we provide evidence that preschoolers' altruism and forgiveness negatively predict preschoolers' anxiety symptoms. Third, preschoolers' altruism and forgiveness are shown to protect them against parental psychological aggression. A dual-focus approach to intervention and prevention is proposed to reduce aggressive discipline by parents as well as to enhance altruism and forgiveness in children. Parent training programs could be provided to teach parents positive discipline strategies. Home-based or school-based interventions could be designed for preschool children to foster and enhance their altruism and forgiveness.
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- Sylvia Y C L Kwok
- Department of Applied Social Sciences, City University of Hong Kong, Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon, Hong Kong.
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- Department of Applied Social Sciences, City University of Hong Kong, Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon, Hong Kong.
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- Department of Applied Social Sciences, City University of Hong Kong, Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon, Hong Kong.
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Piché G, Huỳnh C, Clément MÈ, Durrant JE. Predicting externalizing and prosocial behaviors in children from parental use of corporal punishment. INFANT AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT 2016. [DOI: 10.1002/icd.2006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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- Geneviève Piché
- Department of Psychoeducation and Psychology; Université du Québec en Outaouais; Saint-Jerome Canada
- Institut universitaire sur les dépendances - Centre intégré de santé et de services sociaux du Centre-Sud-de-l'Île-de-Montréal; Canada
- Canadian Research Chair on Violence against Children; Université du Québec en Outaouais; Saint-Jerome Canada
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- Department of Psychoeducation and Psychology; Université du Québec en Outaouais; Saint-Jerome Canada
- Institut universitaire sur les dépendances - Centre intégré de santé et de services sociaux du Centre-Sud-de-l'Île-de-Montréal; Canada
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- Department of Psychoeducation and Psychology; Université du Québec en Outaouais; Saint-Jerome Canada
- Canadian Research Chair on Violence against Children; Université du Québec en Outaouais; Saint-Jerome Canada
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- Department of Community Health Sciences; University of Manitoba; Winnipeg Canada
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Ma HK, Cheung PC, Shek DT. The relation of prosocial orientation to peer interactions, family social environment and personality of Chinese adolescents. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BEHAVIORAL DEVELOPMENT 2016. [DOI: 10.1177/0165025406073504] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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This study investigated the relation of peer interactions, family social environment and personality to prosocial orientation in Chinese adolescents. The results indicated no sex differences in general prosocial orientation and inclination to help others, but sex differences in inclination to maintain an affective relationship and inclination to co-operate and share with others. In general, prosocial orientation was associated negatively with peer negative influence and peer delinquent behavior, and positively with peer positive influence. Prosocial orientation was associated with positive family social environment. In addition, prosocial orientation was associated negatively with psychoticism and neuroticism, but positively with social desirability. The findings suggested that positive peer interactions, good family social environment and positive personality tended to increase the prosocial orientation of adolescents. From the perspective of the theory of planned behavior, the present findings in prosocial orientation were in line with similar findings in prosocial behavior in previous studies. Uses of the construct of prosocial orientation and implications of its correlates were discussed.
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Schröder L, Seehagen S, Zmyj N, Hebebrand J. [“Tit for Tat?” The development of prosocial behavior and its relationship to externalizing and internalizing problems]. ZEITSCHRIFT FUR KINDER- UND JUGENDPSYCHIATRIE UND PSYCHOTHERAPIE 2016; 44:31-38. [PMID: 26864225 DOI: 10.1024/1422-4917/a000396] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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Supporting other human beings is a fundamental aspect of human societies. Such so-called prosocial behavior is expressed in helping others, cooperating and sharing with them. This article gives an overview both of the development of prosocial behavior across childhood and of the relationship between prosociality and externalizing and internalizing problems. Especially externalizing problems are negatively associated with prosocial behavior, whereas the relationships with prosocial behavior are more heterogeneous for internalizing problems. Studies investigating developmental trajectories demonstrate that prosocial behavior and externalizing problems are not opposite ends of a continuum. Rather, they are two independent dimensions that may also co-occur in development. The same applies to internalizing problems, which can co-occur with pronounced prosociality as well as with low prosociality.
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- Lisa Schröder
- 1 Klinik für Psychiatrie, Psychosomatik und Psychotherapie des Kindes- und Jugendalters, LVR-Klinikum Essen, Medizinische Fakultät, Universität Duisburg-Essen
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- 2 AE Klinische Kinder- und Jugendpsychologie, Fakultät für Psychologie, Ruhr-Universität Bochum
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- 3 Institut für Psychologie, Technische Universität Dortmund
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- 1 Klinik für Psychiatrie, Psychosomatik und Psychotherapie des Kindes- und Jugendalters, LVR-Klinikum Essen, Medizinische Fakultät, Universität Duisburg-Essen
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Flynn E, Ehrenreich SE, Beron KJ, Underwood MK. Prosocial Behavior: Long-Term Trajectories and Psychosocial Outcomes. SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT 2015; 24:462-482. [PMID: 26236108 PMCID: PMC4517683 DOI: 10.1111/sode.12100] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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This study investigated developmental trajectories for prosocial behavior for a sample followed from age 10 - 18 and examined possible adjustment outcomes associated with membership in different trajectory groups. Participants were 136 boys and 148 girls, their teachers, and their parents (19.4% African American, 2.4% Asian, 51.9% Caucasian, 19.5% Hispanic, and 5.8% other). Teachers rated children's prosocial behavior yearly in grades 4 - 12. At the end of the 12th grade year, teachers, parents, and participants reported externalizing behaviors and participants reported internalizing symptoms, narcissism, and features of borderline personality disorder. Results suggested that prosocial behavior remained stable from middle childhood through late adolescence. Group-based mixture modeling revealed three prosocial trajectory groups: low (18.7%), medium (52.8%), and high (29.6%). Membership in the high prosocial trajectory group predicted lower levels of externalizing behavior as compared to the low prosocial trajectory group, and for girls, lower levels of internalizing symptoms. Membership in the medium prosocial trajectory group also predicted being lower on externalizing behaviors. Membership in the high prosocial trajectory group predicted lower levels of borderline personality features for girls only.
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Wang M, Saudino KJ. Positive affect: phenotypic and etiologic associations with prosocial behaviors and internalizing problems in toddlers. Front Psychol 2015; 6:416. [PMID: 25914668 PMCID: PMC4391446 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2015.00416] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/13/2015] [Accepted: 03/24/2015] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Despite evidence for the associations of positive affect to prosocial behaviors and internalizing problems, relatively little is known about the underlying etiology. The sample comprised over 300 twin pairs at age 3. Positive affect, prosocial behaviors, and internalizing problems were assessed using the Toddler Behavior Assessment Questionnaire (Goldsmith, 1996), the Revised Rutter Parent Scale for Preschool Children (Hogg et al., 1997), and the Child Behavior Checklist for ages 1.5-5 (Achenbach, 1991), respectively. Positive affect correlated positively with prosocial behaviors, and negatively with internalizing problems. Prosocial behaviors were negatively associated with internalizing problems. The relations of positive affect to prosocial behaviors and internalizing problems were due to environmental effects (shared and non-shared). In contrast, the link between prosocial behaviors and internalizing problems was entirely explained by genetic effects. The current study has moved beyond prior emphasis on negative affect and elucidated the less understood etiology underlying the associations between positive affect, prosocial behaviors, and internalizing problems. This study could guide the development of programs for promoting prosocial behaviors and alleviating internalizing problems in children.
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- Manjie Wang
- Psychology, Franklin and Marshall CollegeLancaster, PA, USA
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- Developmental Behavior Genetics Lab, Psychology, Boston UniversityBoston, MA, USA
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Nantel-Vivier A, Pihl RO, Côté S, Tremblay RE. Developmental association of prosocial behaviour with aggression, anxiety and depression from infancy to preadolescence. J Child Psychol Psychiatry 2014; 55:1135-44. [PMID: 24762335 DOI: 10.1111/jcpp.12235] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 02/12/2014] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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BACKGROUND Research on associations between children's prosocial behaviour and mental health has provided mixed evidence. The present study sought to describe and predict the joint development of prosocial behaviour with externalizing and internalizing problems (physical aggression, anxiety and depression) from 2 to 11 years of age. METHOD Data were drawn from the National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth (NLSCY). Biennial prosocial behaviour, physical aggression, anxiety and depression maternal ratings were sought for 10,700 children aged 0 to 9 years at the first assessment point. RESULTS While a negative association was observed between prosociality and physical aggression, more complex associations emerged with internalizing problems. Being a boy decreased the likelihood of membership in the high prosocial trajectory. Maternal depression increased the likelihood of moderate aggression, but also of joint high prosociality/low aggression. Low family income predicted the joint development of high prosociality with high physical aggression and high depression. CONCLUSIONS Individual differences exist in the association of prosocial behaviour with mental health. While high prosociality tends to co-occur with low levels of mental health problems, high prosociality and internalizing/externalizing problems can co-occur in subgroups of children. Child, mother and family characteristics are predictive of individual differences in prosocial behaviour and mental health development. Mechanisms underlying these associations warrant future investigations.
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- Amélie Nantel-Vivier
- Psychology Department, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada; INSERM U669, INSERM, Paris, France; Université Paris-Sud and Université Paris Descartes, UMR-S0669, Paris, France
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Cáceda R, Moskovciak T, Prendes-Alvarez S, Wojas J, Engel A, Wilker SH, Gamboa JL, Stowe ZN. Gender-specific effects of depression and suicidal ideation in prosocial behaviors. PLoS One 2014; 9:e108733. [PMID: 25259712 PMCID: PMC4178187 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0108733] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/11/2013] [Accepted: 09/03/2014] [Indexed: 12/04/2022] Open
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Background Prosocial behaviors are essential to the ability to relate to others. Women typically display greater prosocial behavior than men. The impact of depression on prosocial behaviors and how gender interacts with those effects are not fully understood. We explored the role of gender in the potential effects of depression on prosocial behavior. Methods We examined prosocial behaviors using a modified version of the Trust Game in a clinical population and community controls. Study participants were characterized on the severity of depression and anxiety, presence of suicidal ideation, history of childhood trauma, recent stressful life events, and impulsivity. We correlated behavioral outcomes with gender and clinical variables using analysis of variance and multiple regression analysis. Results The 89 participants comprised four study groups: depressed women, depressed men, healthy women and healthy men (n = 16–36). Depressed men exhibited reciprocity more frequently than healthy men. Depression induced an inversion of the gender-specific pattern of self-centered behavior. Suicidal ideation was associated with increased reciprocity behavior in both genders, and enhancement of the effect of depression on gender-specific self-centered behavior. Conclusions Depression, particularly suicidal ideation, is associated with reversal of gender-specific patterns of prosocial behavior, suggesting abnormalities in sexual hormones regulation. This explanation is supported by known abnormalities in the hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal and hypothalamus-pituitary-gonadal axes found in depression.
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- Ricardo Cáceda
- Psychiatric Research Institute, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas, United States of America
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida, United States of America
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida, United States of America
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida, United States of America
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida, United States of America
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida, United States of America
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- Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America
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- Psychiatric Research Institute, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas, United States of America
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Yan N, Dix T. Mothers' early depressive symptoms and children's first-grade adjustment: a transactional analysis of child withdrawal as a mediator. J Child Psychol Psychiatry 2014; 55:495-504. [PMID: 24372472 DOI: 10.1111/jcpp.12189] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 11/06/2013] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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BACKGROUND The depression-inhibition hypothesis suggests that mothers' depressive symptoms undermine development because they lead children to withdraw from social contact. To test this, this study examined whether poor first-grade adjustment among children of mothers with depressive symptoms is mediated by the emergence of child withdrawal in early development. METHOD Based on 1,364 dyads, four waves of data spanning from 24 months to first grade (7 years) were used to examine paths by which children's withdrawal mediates relations between mothers' early depressive symptoms and three first-grade outcomes: social competence, academic performance, and externalizing behavior problems. RESULTS Structural equation modeling revealed three principal paths. First, direct relations were observed: Mothers' depressive symptoms predicted early child withdrawal and increases in child withdrawal over time, which predicted poor first-grade adjustment. Second, reciprocal relations were observed: Mothers' depressive symptoms predicted child withdrawal, which predicted increases in depressive symptoms. Third, relations via mother-child mutual responsiveness were observed: Depression-related increases in child withdrawal predicted declines in mutual responsiveness, which predicted poor first-grade adjustment. CONCLUSION The findings suggest that, due to its interdependence with maternal depression and low mother-child mutual responsiveness over time, child withdrawal may play an important role in the poor first-grade adjustment of children whose mothers are high in depressive symptoms.
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- Ni Yan
- Human Development and Family Sciences, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA
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DeRose LM, Shiyko M, Levey S, Helm J, Hastings PD. Early Maternal Depression and Social Skills in Adolescence: A Marginal Structural Modeling Approach. SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT 2014. [DOI: 10.1111/sode.12073] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Sheridan SM, Knoche LL, Edwards CP, Kupzyk KA, Clarke BL, Kim EM. Efficacy of the Getting Ready Intervention and the Role of Parental Depression. EARLY EDUCATION AND DEVELOPMENT 2014; 25:746-769. [PMID: 25018615 PMCID: PMC4091849 DOI: 10.1080/10409289.2014.862146] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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This study reports the results of a randomized trial of a parent engagement intervention (the Getting Ready Project) on directly observed learning-related social behaviors of children from families of low-income in the context of parent-child interactions. The study explored the moderating effect of parental depression on intervention outcomes. Participants were 204 children and their parents, and 29 Head Start teachers. Semi-structured parent-child interaction tasks were videotaped two times annually over the course of two academic years. Observational codes of child behaviors included agency, persistence, activity level, positive affect, distractibility, and verbalizations. Controlling for gender and disability concerns, relative to children in the control group, those in the treatment condition experienced a significant decline in activity level. Furthermore, compared to children of non-depressed mothers and to control children, those in the experimental condition whose parent reported elevated levels of depression showed greater gains in positive affect and in verbalizations.
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- Nebraska Center for Reserach on Children, Youth, Families and Schools, University of Nebraska - Lincoln
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- Department of Child, Youth and Family Studies, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
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Parfitt Y, Pike A, Ayers S. The impact of parents’ mental health on parent–baby interaction: A prospective study. Infant Behav Dev 2013; 36:599-608. [DOI: 10.1016/j.infbeh.2013.06.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 86] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/16/2013] [Revised: 04/26/2013] [Accepted: 06/07/2013] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Taylor PJ, Wood AM. Discrepancies in parental and self-appraisals of prosocial characteristics predict emotional problems in adolescents. BRITISH JOURNAL OF CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY 2012; 52:269-84. [DOI: 10.1111/bjc.12013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/23/2012] [Revised: 10/18/2012] [Accepted: 11/18/2012] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Peter J. Taylor
- School of Psychological Sciences; The University of Manchester; UK
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- School of Management; University of Stirling; Scotland
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Parfitt Y, Ayers S. Postnatal mental health and parenting: The importance of parental anger. Infant Ment Health J 2012; 33:400-410. [DOI: 10.1002/imhj.21318] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Cheung HN, Power MJ. The development of a new multidimensional depression assessment scale: preliminary results. Clin Psychol Psychother 2012; 19:170-8. [PMID: 22336997 DOI: 10.1002/cpp.1782] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Depression is a major problem for mental health. Empirical studies and clinical observations have shown that the symptoms of depression occur across four main domains-emotional, cognitive, somatic and interpersonal. However, commonly used depression assessment scales fail to address the evaluation of interpersonal symptoms, as summarized in this paper. Therefore, a new depression assessment scale, which aimed to evaluate all four domains of depressive symptomatology, was developed. In an initial analysis, a pilot 85-item questionnaire containing possible depressive symptoms was distributed for evaluation to experts from different mental health professions, from which 52 items were subsequently selected for the new multidimensional depression assessment scale. One hundred community participants completed the questionnaire along with the Beck Depression Inventory-II. The results indicated that the new depression scale had good psychometric properties. It was found to be reliable and valid for the assessment of depression severity and symptomatology, though it is emphasized that these data are only preliminary and based on a relatively healthy sample.
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- Ho Nam Cheung
- Clinical Psychology, University of Edinburgh, Medical School, Teviot Place, Edinburgh, UK
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Feinberg E, Donahue S, Bliss R, Silverstein M. Maternal depressive symptoms and participation in early intervention services for young children. Matern Child Health J 2012; 16:336-45. [PMID: 21140201 PMCID: PMC3108048 DOI: 10.1007/s10995-010-0715-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Many young children with developmental delay who are eligible for early intervention (EI) services fail to receive them. We assessed the relationship between depressive symptoms in mothers, a potentially modifiable risk, and receipt of EI services by their eligible children. We conducted multivariable analyses of a nationally representative sample of children eligible for EI services at 24 months using data from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study-Birth Cohort. Maternal depressive symptoms were assessed at 9 and 24 months. Birthweight <1,000 g, genetic and medical conditions associated with developmental delay, or low scores on measures of developmental performance defined EI eligibility. Service receipt was ascertained from parental self-report. Models were adjusted for sociodemographic and child risk. Among the 650 children who were eligible to receive EI services as infants, 33.2% of children whose mothers were depressed received services compared to 27.0% whose mothers were not depressed (aOR 1.8; 95% CI 0.8, 4.0). Among the 650 children who became eligible to receive services as toddlers, 13.0% of children whose mothers were depressed received services compared to 2.6% whose mothers were not depressed (aOR 4.6, 95% CI 1.5, 14.6). Among children receiving EI services, prevalence of depressive symptoms was 23.0% for mothers whose children became eligible as infants and 57.5% for mothers whose children became eligible as toddlers. Depressive symptoms in mothers of children eligible to receive EI services did not appear to limit participation. EI programs may be an appropriate setting in which to address maternal depressive symptoms.
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- Emily Feinberg
- Department of Community Health Sciences, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02118, USA.
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Wadepohl H, Koglin U, Vonderlin E, Petermann F. Förderung sozial-emotionaler Kompetenz im Kindergarten. KINDHEIT UND ENTWICKLUNG 2011. [DOI: 10.1026/0942-5403/a000059] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Die vorliegende Studie untersucht die Wirksamkeit eines präventiven Verhaltenstrainings zur Förderung sozial-emotionaler Kompetenz. 127 Kindergartenkinder nahmen am Verhaltenstraining teil und wurden mit einer Kontrollgruppe (n = 129) vor und nach dem Training anhand der Erzieherinnenurteile verglichen. Anschließend wurden die differenziellen Trainingseffekte für eine Risikokindergruppe mit auffälligem Sozialverhalten untersucht. Für die Gesamtgruppe konnten positive Effekte für den Aufbau der sozial-emotionalen Kompetenz erzielt werden. Deutlich geringer war die Wirkung des Trainings auf die Verhaltensprobleme der Kinder. Für die Risikokinder konnten jedoch gute Effekte im Bezug auf beide Bereiche festgestellt werden. Aufgrund der gut integrierbaren und kostengünstigen Durchführbarkeit sowie den Ergebnissen im Bereich der Kompetenzförderung kann das hier evaluierte Training als universelles Präventionsprogramm empfohlen werden.
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- Zentrum für Klinische Psychologie und Rehabilitation der Universität Bremen
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- Zentrum für Klinische Psychologie und Rehabilitation der Universität Bremen
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Giannotta F, Burk WJ, Ciairano S. The role of inhibitory control in children's cooperative behaviors during a structured puzzle task. J Exp Child Psychol 2011; 110:287-98. [PMID: 21645907 DOI: 10.1016/j.jecp.2011.04.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2010] [Revised: 04/19/2011] [Accepted: 04/29/2011] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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This study examined the role of inhibitory control (measured by Stroop interference) in children's cooperative behaviors during a structured puzzle task. The sample consisted of 250 8-, 10-, and 12-year-olds (117 girls and 133 boys) attending classrooms in three primary schools in Northern Italy. Children individually completed an elaborated Stroop task, were paired with classmates into 125 dyads, and were observed during a 10-min puzzle task. Results confirmed that interaction partners exhibited similar levels of cooperative behaviors, and the cooperative behaviors of children predicted changes in the cooperative behaviors of their partners throughout the puzzle task. Cooperative behaviors of each interaction partner were predicted by the child's own inhibitory control as well as the inhibitory control of the partner. Findings are discussed within a developmental contextual framework.
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- Fabrizia Giannotta
- Center for Developmental Research, School of Law, Psychology, and Social Work (JPS), Örebro University, 701 82 Örebro, Sweden.
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Emotional symptoms from kindergarten to middle childhood: associations with self- and other-oriented social skills. Eur Child Adolesc Psychiatry 2011; 20:3-15. [PMID: 20931253 DOI: 10.1007/s00787-010-0139-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/18/2010] [Accepted: 09/21/2010] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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The study investigated the interactive impact of different dimensions of social skills on children's emotional symptoms. We differentiate between self-oriented social skills which focus on considering own goals and needs in social interactions (assertiveness, social participation) and other-oriented social skills which focus on considering other's goals and needs (pro-social and cooperative behavior). 167 children participated in the study at the ages of 5, 6, and 9 years. A multi-informant approach (parents, teacher, and child) was employed to assess children's psychopathology. Teachers rated children's social skills. The study demonstrated the importance of deficits in self-oriented social skills for the development of emotional symptoms. Low levels of assertiveness predicted later emotional symptoms. In children with low levels of pro-social behavior, high assertiveness protected from emotional problems. In contrast, high levels of pro-social behavior emerged as a risk factor for later emotional symptoms, especially when is goes along with low levels of social participation.
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Perren S, Alsaker FD. Depressive symptoms from kindergarten to early school age: longitudinal associations with social skills deficits and peer victimization. Child Adolesc Psychiatry Ment Health 2009; 3:28. [PMID: 19772574 PMCID: PMC2754981 DOI: 10.1186/1753-2000-3-28] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/23/2009] [Accepted: 09/21/2009] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Depressive symptoms in children are associated with social skills deficits and problems with peers. We propose a model which suggests different mechanisms for the impact of deficits in self-oriented social skills (assertiveness and social participation) and other-oriented social skills (pro-social, cooperative and non-aggressive behaviors) on children's depressive symptoms. We hypothesized that deficits in self-oriented social skills have a direct impact on children's depressive symptoms because these children have non-rewarding interactions with peers, whereas the impact of deficits in other-oriented social skills on depressive symptoms is mediated through negative reactions from peers such as peer victimization. METHOD 378 kindergarten children (163 girls) participated at two assessments (Age at T1: M = 5.8, T2: M = 7.4). Teachers completed questionnaires on children's social skills at T1. Teacher reports on peer victimization and depressive symptoms were assessed at both assessment points. RESULTS Our study partially confirmed the suggested conceptual model. Deficits in self-oriented social skills significantly predicted depressive symptoms, whereas deficits in other-oriented social skills were more strongly associated with peer victimization. Longitudinal associations between other-oriented social skills and depressive symptoms were mediated through peer victimization. CONCLUSION The study emphasizes the role of deficits in self-oriented social skills and peer victimization for the development of internalizing disorders.
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- Sonja Perren
- Jacobs Center for Productive Youth Development, University of Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland.
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- Department of Psychology, University of Berne, Muesmattstrasse 45, 3000 Bern 9, Switzerland
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McCoy K, Cummings EM, Davies PT. Constructive and destructive marital conflict, emotional security and children's prosocial behavior. J Child Psychol Psychiatry 2009; 50:270-9. [PMID: 18673403 PMCID: PMC2917764 DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7610.2008.01945.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 136] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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BACKGROUND This study addresses the gaps in understanding the relationship between constructive and destructive marital conflict and children's prosocial behavior from a process-oriented perspective. METHOD Data were drawn from a three-wave study of 235 families with children ages 5-7 at wave 1. Relations between constructive and destructive marital conflict, children's emotional security, warm parenting and children's prosocial behavior were examined through the use of structural equation modeling. RESULTS Even after controlling for prior levels of children's prosocial behavior at wave 1, children's emotional security acted as an intervening variable between both constructive and destructive marital conflict and children's prosocial behavior over time. CONCLUSIONS These findings advance the relationship between marital conflict and children's adjustment by focusing on children's prosocial behavior and highlight the need to further investigate the impact of positive dimensions of marital conflict on dimensions of children's positive social functioning.
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Nearly a century of observational studies and more recent longitudinal surveys reveal that, in infancy, girls and boys use force at similar rates. Over the next few years boys become significantly more aggressive. Alternative hypotheses accounting for the widening gender gap are evaluated. These include hypotheses about normative patterns of male escalation and female desistance; boys' preference for active play that promotes aggression; girls' tendency to hide aggression; girls' use of alternative forms of aggression; boys' increased risk for the cognitive and emotional problems that are linked to aggression; boys' sensitivity to situational triggers of aggression; and boys' vulnerability to adverse rearing environments. The evidence bearing on each hypothesis is mixed. In general, the overall difference between the sexes appears to be produced by a minority of boys who deploy aggression at high rates. Three general principles govern the emergence of sex differences in aggression: female precocity, male vulnerability, and the salience of sex as a social category that shapes children's lives.
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- Dale F Hay
- School of Psychology, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK.
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Kemppinen K, Ebeling H, Raita‐Hasu J, Toivonen‐Falck A, Paavola L, Moilanen I, Kumpulainen K. Early maternal sensitivity and child behaviour at toddler age: Does low maternal sensitivity hinder identification of behavioural problems? J Reprod Infant Psychol 2007. [DOI: 10.1080/02646830701692044] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Roth I, Reichle B. Beziehungsorientierte Intervention am Beispiel des „Ich bleibe cool“-Trainings zur Förderung prosozialer Verhaltensweisen und konstruktiver Konfliktlösestrategien bei Kindern im Grundschulalter. Prax Kinderpsychol Kinderpsychiatr 2007; 56:463-82. [PMID: 17725186 DOI: 10.13109/prkk.2007.56.5.463] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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The evaluation of a preventive training with first graders is reported ("I keep cool"). The training focuses on the prevention of aggressive behaviour and of destructive problem solving by means of teaching prosocial behaviour and constructive problem solving. From a sample of 143 children, 92 participated in the training, 51 served as controls. Children's social competencies and behaviour problems were assessed before, after, and four months after the training via interviews with children, teachers' ratings, and separate ratings of mothers and fathers. After the training, children reported more constructive problem solving, more prosocial behavior, and a higher level of impulse control. Girls showed a lowered level of destructive problem solving behavior immediately after the training, and a lowered level of stress when confronted with intermarital conflicts of their parents at the follow-up assessment. Teachers reported less internalizing and shyness in both sexes at the follow-up assessment. Mothers reported a marginally significant lower level of oppositional-aggressive behaviour in boys immediately after the training, fathers reported a significant lower level of oppositional-aggressive behaviour and of internalizing and shyness in children of both sexes. The effect sizes of .23 < d < .94 are satisfying and comparable with those of similar programmes.
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Perren S, Stadelmann S, von Wyl A, von Klitzing K. Pathways of behavioural and emotional symptoms in kindergarten children: what is the role of pro-social behaviour? Eur Child Adolesc Psychiatry 2007; 16:209-14. [PMID: 17149542 DOI: 10.1007/s00787-006-0588-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 09/05/2006] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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The study investigated the predictive value of pro-social behaviour for developmental pathways of behavioural and emotional problems at kindergarten age. One hundred and sixty children participated in the study at the ages of 5 and 6. Teachers and parents completed the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire; children completed the Berkeley Puppet Interview at both assessment points. Single-informant data were aggregated to enhance the reliability and validity of data. Gender and parental educational status were controlled. Symptoms (conduct problems, hyperactivity and emotional symptoms) and pro-social behaviour were moderately stable over time. Compared to girls, boys showed higher levels and increases of conduct problems and hyperactivity and lower levels of pro-social behaviour. Lower parental educational level was associated with higher levels and increases in hyperactivity. Although pro-social behaviour was cross-sectionally associated with behavioural and emotional symptoms, pro-social behaviour did not predict changes in conduct problems or hyperactivity over time. However, children with above average emotional symptoms and above average pro-social behaviour at Age_5 showed the highest level of emotional symptoms at Age_6. The results indicate that low levels of pro-social behaviour are associated with children's externalising behaviour problems, but that for children with high levels of emotional symptoms, higher levels of pro-social behaviour should also be considered as a risk factor. In sum, our results suggest mainly homotypic pathways of internalising and externalising symptoms across kindergarten age, but indicate that the assessment of pro-social behaviour yields additional information regarding the developmental pathways of emotional symptoms.
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- Sonja Perren
- Jacobs Centre for Productive Youth Development, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
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Glasscoe C, Lancaster GA, Smyth RL, Hill J. Parental depression following the early diagnosis of cystic fibrosis: a matched, prospective study. J Pediatr 2007; 150:185-91. [PMID: 17236898 DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2006.11.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/04/2005] [Revised: 08/26/2006] [Accepted: 11/01/2006] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To assess risks for parental depression following the diagnosis of cystic fibrosis (CF) in a child. STUDY DESIGN Matched cohort study in NW England; 45 parental couples with a child diagnosed with CF were compared with 45 control couples matching for age, sex, and position in the family of the index child. The Beck Depression Inventory (BDI-II) with a clinical cut-off > or = 13 for dysphoria (mild depression) was the main outcome. A stratified analysis was conducted using the Mantel-Haenszel risk-ratio estimator (RR(MH)) with eight strata for each of the matching variable combinations. RESULTS Heterogeneity was found within the dataset. Parents with a child with CF < or = 9 months of age at baseline had an elevated prospective risk of depression (mothers RR(MH) [95% confidence interval (CI)] = 2.6[1.05,6.42], fathers RR(MH) [95%CI] = 2.26 [0.97,5.28]). The absence of a group effect for depression at follow-up after adjusting for the matching (mothers RR(MH) [95%CI] = 1.1 [0.59,2.05], fathers RR(MH) [95%CI] = 1.42 [0.66,3.08]) masked this heterogeneity. CONCLUSION This hypothesis-generating finding suggests that parents may be more vulnerable to depression when their child is diagnosed with a life-shortening condition during the first few months of life. Mood in parents of infants diagnosed early needs to be monitored longitudinally and preventative strategies devised.
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- Claire Glasscoe
- University of Liverpool, Child Mental Health Unit, Royal Liverpool Children's Hospital, UK.
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Chaplin TM. Anger, Happiness, and Sadness: Associations with Depressive Symptoms in Late Adolescence. J Youth Adolesc 2006. [DOI: 10.1007/s10964-006-9033-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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