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Open Access 20-03-2024 | Research

The Ws of Parental Help-Seeking: When, Where, and for What Do Parents Seek Help for Child Mental Health

Parental help-seeking preferences may help explain the treatment gap in child mental health. This study examined mothers’ and fathers’ help-seeking behaviors for child mental health to further understand their individual preferences for treatment.

Auteurs:
Vilas Sawrikar, Cheryl Van Dyke, Amy M. Smith Slep

Open Access 19-03-2024 | Research

Theory of Mind and Social Informant Discrepancy in Autism

When autistic youth are asked to assess their own social skills, they frequently rate themselves more favorably than their parents rate them. The magnitude of this informant discrepancy has been shown to relate to key clinical outcomes such as …

Auteurs:
Alister S. Collins, Kevin J. Carroll, Alan H. Gerber, Elliot Gavin Keenan, Matthew D. Lerner

Open Access 06-03-2024 | Review

Anxiety and Teacher-Student Relationships in Secondary School: A Systematic Literature Review

Anxiety disorders are the most prevalent mental disorders experienced by adolescents. As students spend a significant amount of time within a school environment, it is not surprising that factors in the school environment have been linked to …

Auteurs:
Darby Salter, Aswathi Neelakandan, Viviana M. Wuthrich

06-03-2024 | Research

Gender Identity and Mental Health Symptom Severity Among Adolescents Admitted to an Inpatient Psychiatric Hospital

Transgender youth are at an increased risk of suicide, substance use, experiencing violent assaults, and reporting major depressive episodes and greater psychological distress compared to their cisgender counterparts. This study examined mental …

Auteurs:
Kerry B. O’Leary, Katrina A. Rufino, Michelle A. Patriquin, Shweta Kapoor

Open Access 06-03-2024 | Research

Cognitive Reappraisal Moderates the Longitudinal Relationship between Adolescents’ Peer Victimization and Self-Esteem. A Latent Interaction Model

Poor self-esteem relates closely to youth maladjustment and appears to be predicted by peer victimization experiences. However, not all peer victimized adolescents face the same risk for self-esteem erosion over time. Drawing upon the …

Auteurs:
Elli Spyropoulou, Theodoros Giovazolias

05-03-2024 | Research

The Efficacy of Parent–Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT) for Youth with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD): A Meta-Analysis

Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is highly prevalent in early childhood and has long-term negative effects when left untreated. Parent–Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT) is an early intervention for children aged 2- to-7-years that …

Auteurs:
Sharon T. Phillips, Lindsay R. Druskin, Matthew P. Mychailyszyn, Erinn Victory, Emily Aman, Cheryl B. McNeil

Open Access 04-03-2024 | Review

Academic Stress Interventions in High Schools: A Systematic Literature Review

The experience of academic stress is common during high school and can have significant negative consequences for students’ educational achievement and wellbeing. High school students frequently report heightened levels of school-related distress …

Auteurs:
Tess Jagiello, Jessica Belcher, Aswathi Neelakandan, Kaylee Boyd, Viviana M. Wuthrich

27-02-2024 | Review

Parenting Measures and Their Psychometrics in LGBTQIA+ Families: A Systematic Review

Parenting significantly influences youth development, yet there’s a dearth of research on measuring parenting among LGBTQIA+ caregivers, or caregivers of LGBTQIA+ children (hereafter LGBTQIA+ families). In this systematic review we identified and …

Auteurs:
Violeta J. Rodriguez, Dominique L. LaBarrie, Sawyer J. Adams, Qimin Liu

24-02-2024 | Research

Effects of Helicopter Parenting, Tiger Parenting and Inhibitory Control on the Development of Children’s Anxiety and Depressive Symptoms

Helicopter parenting and tiger parenting may increase the risks of anxiety and depression in children. However, it is unclear how these parenting styles affect the developmental outcomes and trajectories of anxiety and depressive symptoms, and how …

Auteurs:
Runzhu Zhang, Zhenhong Wang

20-02-2024 | Research

ADHD Symptoms and Sleep Problems During Middle Childhood: The Indirect Effect of Peer Victimization

The present cross-sectional study evaluated whether traditional and/or cyber peer victimization served as mechanisms linking ADHD symptoms to sleep disturbance and sleep impairment in a sample of 284 third- through fifth-grade students (51.9% …

Auteurs:
Antonio F. Pagán, Brianna T. Ricker, John L. Cooley, Caroline Cummings, Carlos R. Sanchez

Open Access 19-02-2024 | Research

Integration of Measurement-Based Care for Youth Depression and Suicidality Using VitalSign6

Depression and suicidality are prevalent in youth and are associated with a range of negative outcomes. The current study aimed to evaluate a measurement-based care (MBC) software (VitalSign6) tool to improve the screening and treatment of …

Auteurs:
Tarrah B. Mitchell, Sarah M. Wakefield, Afsaneh Rezaeizadeh, Abu Minhajuddin, Ronny Pipes, Taryn L. Mayes, Joshua S. Elmore, Madhukar H. Trivedi

Open Access 15-02-2024 | Original Article

Parent–Youth Attachment Insecurity and Informant Discrepancies of Intrafamilial Aggression

This study investigated how youth attachment anxiety and avoidance are associated with informant discrepancies of intrafamilial aggression within families where youth have clinically significant mental health challenges (N = 510 youth–parent …

Auteurs:
Emily M. Thornton, Sebastian P. Dys, Carlos Sierra Hernandez, Ryan J. Smith, Marlene M. Moretti

14-02-2024 | Research

Obsessive–Compulsive Symptoms: Baseline Prevalence, Comorbidity, and Implications in a Clinically Anxious Pediatric Sample

Subclinical symptoms of obsessive–compulsive disorder (i.e., obsessive compulsive symptoms, or “OCS”) cause functional impairment, including for youth without full-syndrome OCD. Further, despite high rates of OCS in youth with anxiety disorders …

Auteurs:
Meryl Rueppel, Hannah C. Becker, Ann Iturra-Mena, Emily L. Bilek, Christopher S. Monk, K. Luan Phan, Kate D. Fitzgerald

13-02-2024 | Research

Temporal Orientation and the Association Between Adverse Life Events and Internalizing Symptoms in Vietnamese American and European American Adolescents

Adverse life events are associated with greater internalizing symptoms. However, prior research has identified cross-cultural variation in whether and to what extent factors amplify or buffer the impact of these stressors. Broadly defined as the …

Auteurs:
Alexandra Zax, William Tsai, Anna S. Lau, Bahr Weiss, Omar G. Gudiño

13-02-2024 | Research

Child Anxiety and Depression During the COVID-19 Pandemic and Unmet Mental Health Care Needs

Child anxiety and depression increased in recent years, while access to health care improved in some ways and worsened in others. The purpose of this study was to understand the prevalence of child anxiety and depression during the COVID-19 …

Auteurs:
Lora Daskalska, Sergey Tarima, John Meurer, Staci Young

Open Access 12-02-2024 | Research

How Observed Personality Traits in (Mildly) Depressed Adolescents Relate to Nonverbal Responses of Peers

Depression in adolescence is related to negative social responses. Previous studies indicate that negative responses precede, co-occur and follow depressive episodes, indicating that more stable characteristics of depressed(to-be) adolescents may …

Auteurs:
Marry Schreur, Yolanda van Beek, Roos Hutteman

10-02-2024 | Research

Family Environment and Community Context for Longitudinal Cigarette Smoking Trajectories Among Chinese Young People

Tobacco use is the leading cause of preventable death, and China accounts for about 30% of worldwide smokers and 40% of global tobacco consumption. This study examines socioeconomic and community disparities in smoking among young Chinese people …

Auteurs:
Xiafei Wang, Yiwen Cao

Open Access 10-02-2024 | Research

Characterizing Measurement-Based Care in the Texas Youth Depression and Suicide Research Network (TX-YDSRN)

Integration of measurement-based care (MBC) into clinical practice has shown promise in improving treatment outcomes for depression. Yet, without a gold standard measure of MBC, assessing fidelity to the MBC model across various clinical settings …

Auteurs:
Holli Slater, Yasmin AlZubi, Afsaneh Rezaeizadeh, Jennifer L. Hughes, April Gorman, Taryn L. Mayes, Joshua S. Elmore, Eric A. Storch, Sarah M. Wakefield, Madhukar H. Trivedi

Open Access 09-02-2024 | Research

Profiles of Loneliness and Ostracism During Adolescence: Consequences, Antecedents, and Protective Factors

This longitudinal study (N = 1078, 46% boys; 54% girls) examined profiles of loneliness and ostracism during adolescence and their consequences and antecedents. Longitudinal latent profiles analyses identified four distinct profiles: (1) High …

Auteurs:
Noona Kiuru, Katariina Salmela-Aro, Brett Laursen, Kati Vasalampi, Marguerite Beattie, Mari Tunkkari, Niina Junttila

08-02-2024 | Research

Social Evaluation in Emerging Adults: Associations with Interpretation Bias and Perceived Social Support

Social anxiety symptoms are one of the most common mental health concerns across the lifespan (Bandelow and Michaelis in Dialogues Clin Neurosci 17(3):327–335, 2015. https://doi.org/10.31887/DCNS.2015.17.3/bbandelow ) and are especially relevant …

Auteurs:
Emily L. Jones, Michelle Rozenman