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Impulsivity profiles across five harmonized longitudinal childhood preventive interventions and associations with adult outcomes Development and Psychopathology (IF 5.317) Pub Date : 2024-04-24 Natalie Goulter, Masoumeh Amin-Esmaeili, Ryoko Susukida, Joseph M. Kush, Jennifer Godwin, Katherine Masyn, Robert J. McMahon, J. Mark Eddy, Nicholas S. Ialongo, Patrick H. Tolan, Conduct Problems Prevention Research Group, Holly C. Wilcox, Rashelle J. Musci
This study aimed to parse between-person heterogeneity in growth of impulsivity across childhood and adolescence among participants enrolled in five childhood preventive intervention trials targeting conduct problems. In addition, we aimed to test profile membership in relation to adult psychopathologies. Measurement items representing impulsive behavior across grades 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, and 10, and aggression
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The future of childhood maltreatment research: Diversity and equity-informed perspectives for inclusive methodology and social justice Development and Psychopathology (IF 5.317) Pub Date : 2024-04-17 Angela J. Narayan, Michelle P. Brown, Jamie M. Lawler
A long-standing practice in clinical and developmental psychology research on childhood maltreatment has been to consider prospective, official court records to be the gold standard measure of childhood maltreatment and to give less weight to adults’ retrospective self-reports of childhood maltreatment, sometimes even treating this data source as invalid. We argue that both formats of assessment –
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High-risk pregnancy and its relationship with the neurodevelopment and behavior of 2-year-old children Development and Psychopathology (IF 5.317) Pub Date : 2024-04-17 Carolina Mariño-Narvaez, Jose A. Puertas-Gonzalez, Borja Romero-Gonzalez, Milagros Cruz-Martinez, Raquel Gonzalez-Perez, Yaima Juncosa-Castro, Maria Isabel Peralta-Ramirez
High-risk pregnancies elevate maternal stress, impacting offspring neurodevelopment and behavior. This study, involving 112 participants, aimed to compare perceived stress, neurodevelopment, and behavior in high-risk and low-risk pregnancies. Two groups, high-risk and low-risk, were assessed during pregnancy for stress using hair cortisol and psychological analysis. At 24 months post-birth, their children’s
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Examining profiles of convergence and divergence in reports of parental warmth: Links to adolescent developmental problems Development and Psychopathology (IF 5.317) Pub Date : 2024-04-15 Carlie J. Sloan, Emily Forrester, Stephanie Lanza, Mark E. Feinberg, Gregory M. Fosco
Parental warmth during the transition from childhood to adolescence is a key protective factor against a host of adolescent problems, including substance use, maladjustment, and diminished well-being. Moreover, adolescents and parents often disagree in their perceptions of parenting quality, and these discrepancies may confer risk for problem outcomes. The current study applies latent profile analysis
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Interviewing young offenders about child-on-child sexual abuse Development and Psychopathology (IF 5.317) Pub Date : 2024-04-12 Irit Hershkowitz, Michael E. Lamb
This study compared two versions of the NICHD Protocol for interviewing young suspected sexual offenders: the Revised Suspect Protocol (RSP) and the Standard Suspect Protocol (SSP). The RSP incorporated relevant evidence-based practices informed by research on the value of (a) effectively explaining the suspects’ rights, (b) rapport building and support, and (c) appropriate questioning strategies.
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Early life adversity is associated with greater similarity in neural representations of ambiguous and threatening stimuli Development and Psychopathology (IF 5.317) Pub Date : 2024-04-11 Natalie M. Saragosa-Harris, João F. Guassi Moreira, Yael Waizman, Anna Sedykin, Tara S. Peris, Jennifer A. Silvers
Exposure to early life adversity (ELA) is hypothesized to sensitize threat-responsive neural circuitry. This may lead individuals to overestimate threat in the face of ambiguity, a cognitive-behavioral phenotype linked to poor mental health. The tendency to process ambiguity as threatening may stem from difficulty distinguishing between ambiguous and threatening stimuli. However, it is unknown how
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Cortical volume alterations in the limbic network in adolescents with high reactive aggression Development and Psychopathology (IF 5.317) Pub Date : 2024-04-08 Johannah Bashford-Largo, R. James R. Blair, Karina S. Blair, Matthew Dobbertin, Jaimie Elowsky, Ahria Dominguez, Melissa Hatch, Sahil Bajaj
Previous studies show aggression-related structural alterations in frontal and limbic brain regions. Most studies have focused on overall aggression, instead of its subtypes, and on specific regions instead of networks. This study aims to identify both brain networks and regions that are associated with reactive and proactive subtypes of aggression. Structural MRI data were collected from 340 adolescents
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Do dimensions of childhood adversity differ in their direct associations with youth psychopathology? A meta-analysis Development and Psychopathology (IF 5.317) Pub Date : 2024-04-08 Amy Hyoeun Lee, Yukihiro Kitagawa, Rebecca Mirhashem, Micaela Rodriguez, Romola Hilerio, Kristin Bernard
Growing evidence supports the unique pathways by which threat and deprivation, two core dimensions of adversity, confer risk for youth psychopathology. However, the extent to which these dimensions differ in their direct associations with youth psychopathology remains unclear. The primary aim of this preregistered meta-analysis was to synthesize the associations between threat, deprivation, internalizing
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Family-level moderators of daily associations between discrimination and distress among Mexican-origin youth Development and Psychopathology (IF 5.317) Pub Date : 2024-04-08 Kristin Valentino, Irene J. K. Park, Mario Cruz-Gonzalez, Jenny Zhen-Duan, Lijuan Wang, Tiffany Yip, Kyle Lorenzo, David Dias, Kiara Alvarez, Margarita Alegría
The current study evaluated cultural values and family processes that may moderate associations between daily racial-ethnic discrimination and distress among Mexican-origin youth. Integrating micro-time (daily diary) and macro-time (longitudinal survey) research design features, we examined familism, family cohesion, and ethnic-racial socialization from youth-, mother-, and father- reports as potential
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Reactive and control processes in the development of internalizing and externalizing problems across early childhood to adolescence Development and Psychopathology (IF 5.317) Pub Date : 2024-04-08 Jordan L. Harris, Brandon LeBeau, Isaac T. Petersen
Reactive and control processes – e.g., negative emotionality and immediacy preference – may predict distinct psychopathology trajectories. However, externalizing and internalizing problems change in behavioral manifestation across development and across contexts, thus necessitating the use of different measures and informants across ages. This is the first study that created developmental scales for
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Childhood maltreatment and resting-state network connectivity: The risk-buffering role of positive parenting Development and Psychopathology (IF 5.317) Pub Date : 2024-04-02 Xinyu Cao, Zhengxinyue Wang, Yuanyuan Chen, Consortium the NSPN, Jianjun Zhu
Unraveling the neurobiological foundations of childhood maltreatment is important due to the persistent associations with adverse mental health outcomes. However, the mechanisms through which abuse and neglect disturb resting-state network connectivity remain elusive. Moreover, it remains unclear if positive parenting can mitigate the negative impact of childhood maltreatment on network connectivity
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Trajectories of maternal depressive symptoms from infancy through early childhood: The roles of perceived financial strain, social support, and intimate partner violence Development and Psychopathology (IF 5.317) Pub Date : 2024-04-02 Seulki Ku, Denise M. Werchan, Xin Feng, Clancy Blair
Although new mothers are at risk of heightened vulnerability for depressive symptoms, there is limited understanding regarding changes in maternal depressive symptoms over the course of the postpartum and early childhood of their child’s life among rural, low-income mothers from diverse racial backgrounds. This study examined distinct trajectories of depressive symptoms among rural low-income mothers
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A genetically informed longitudinal study of early-life temperament and childhood aggression Development and Psychopathology (IF 5.317) Pub Date : 2024-04-01 Eric N. Penichet, Christopher R. Beam, Susan E. Luczak, Deborah W. Davis
The present study examined the longitudinal associations between three dimensions of temperament – activity, affect-extraversion, and task orientation – and childhood aggression. Using 131 monozygotic and 173 dizygotic (86 same-sex) twin pairs from the Louisville Twin Study, we elucidated the ages, from 6 to 36 months, at which each temperament dimension began to correlate with aggression at age 7
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The influence of friendships on the mental health of maltreated youth: A pre-registered systematic review using a developmental psychopathology perspective Development and Psychopathology (IF 5.317) Pub Date : 2024-03-27 Michelle P. Brown, Rhoda Witmer, Alexsia Johnson
Friendships are a potential factor that influence maltreated children’s risk for psychopathology. This systematic review examined (1) how friendships influence the association between child maltreatment and psychopathology and (2) developmental differences in how friendships influence this association. Four databases were searched. Inclusion criteria were primary study, quantitative, measures of maltreatment
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Prediction of internalizing and externalizing symptoms in late childhood from attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder symptoms in early childhood Development and Psychopathology (IF 5.317) Pub Date : 2024-03-27 Agnieszka Mlodnicka, Maxwell Mansolf, Aruna Chandran, Izzuddin M. Aris, Catrina A. Calub, Shaikh Ahmad, Allison Shapiro, David Cochran, Bibiana Restrepo, Rebecca Schmidt, Irva Hertz-Picciotto, Deborah Bennett, Diane R. Gold, T. Michael O’Shea, Leslie Leve, Julie B. Schweitzer
Limited analyses based on national samples have assessed whether early attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) symptoms predict later internalizing and externalizing symptoms in youth and the influence of sex and pubertal timing on subsequent psychiatric symptoms. This study analyzed data (n = 2818) from the Environmental influences on Child Health Outcomes Program national cohort. Analyses
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Strengthening through adversity: The hormesis model in developmental psychopathology Development and Psychopathology (IF 5.317) Pub Date : 2024-03-27 Assaf Oshri, Cullin J. Howard, Linhao Zhang, Ava Reck, Zehua Cui, Sihong Liu, Erinn Duprey, Avary I. Evans, Rabeeh Azarmehr, Charles F. Geier
Background: Employing a developmental psychopathology framework, we tested the utility of the hormesis model in examining the strengthening of children and youth through limited levels of adversity in relation to internalizing and externalizing outcomes within a brain-by-development context. Methods: Analyzing data from the Adolescent Brain and Cognitive Development study (N = 11,878), we formed latent
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Contributions to inclusive and impactful development and psychopathology science: interrogating ecology-linked vulnerability and resilience opportunities Development and Psychopathology (IF 5.317) Pub Date : 2024-03-25 Margaret Beale Spencer
Since its launch in a 1984 Special Issue of Child Development, significant contributions and insights have followed that have expanded our understanding of psychopathology and normal human growth and development. Despite these efforts, there are persistent and under-analyzed skewed patterns of vulnerability across and within groups. The persistence of a motivated forgetfulness to acknowledge citizens’
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The growing interdisciplinarity of developmental psychopathology: Implications for science and training Development and Psychopathology (IF 5.317) Pub Date : 2024-03-22 Ian H. Gotlib, Jessica L. Buthmann, Jessica P. Uy
The field of developmental psychopathology has grown exponentially over the past decades, and has become increasingly multifaceted. The initial focus on understanding abnormal child psychology has broadened to the study of the origins of psychopathology, with the goals of preventing and alleviating disorder and promoting healthy development. In this paper, we discuss how technological advances and
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Shifting the paradigm of research-to-policy impact: Infrastructure for improving researcher engagement and collective action Development and Psychopathology (IF 5.317) Pub Date : 2024-03-22 Taylor Scott, Max Crowley, Elizabeth Long, Brandon Balma, Jessica Pugel, Brittany Gay, Angelique Day, Jennie Noll
The body of scientific knowledge accumulated by the scholarly disciplines such as Developmental Psychopathology can achieve meaningful public impact if wielded and used in policy decision-making. Scientific study of how policymakers use research evidence underscores the need for researchers’ policy engagement; however, barriers in the academy create conditions in which there is a need for infrastructure
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Toward a multi-level approach to the study of the intergenerational transmission of trauma: Current findings and future directions Development and Psychopathology (IF 5.317) Pub Date : 2024-03-22 Marjorie Beeghly
A central goal in the field of developmental psychopathology is to evaluate the complex, dynamic transactions occurring among biological, psychological, and broader social-cultural contexts that predict adaptive and maladaptive outcomes across ontogeny. Here, I briefly review research on the effects of a history of childhood maltreatment on parental, child, and dyadic functioning, along with more recent
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Childhood unpredictability research within the developmental psychopathology framework: Advances, implications, and future directions Development and Psychopathology (IF 5.317) Pub Date : 2024-03-20 Jenalee R. Doom, Deborah Han, Kenia M. Rivera, Tenzin Tseten
Greater unpredictability in childhood from the level of the caregiver-child dyad to broader family, home, or environmental instability is consistently associated with disruptions in cognitive, socioemotional, behavioral, and biological development in humans. These findings are bolstered by experimental research in non-human animal models suggesting that early life unpredictability is an important environmental
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A multisystem model for understanding stress and adaptation in ethnically and racially diverse youth Development and Psychopathology (IF 5.317) Pub Date : 2024-03-20 Fanita A. Tyrell, Yuqi S. Wang, Loretta I. Eboigbe, Bailey D. Skeeter
Contemporary biological and contextually based theoretical frameworks have conceptualized how stress exposure may influence adaptation in youth. However, nearly all of this scholarship neglects the role of specific contextual features and/or biological processes that are involved in ethnic-racial minority youth’s responses and adaptation to sociocultural stressors. Drawing on the theoretical principles
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The relationships between parental attachment, peer attachment, automatic thoughts, and mindfulness skills among Iranian adolescents Development and Psychopathology (IF 5.317) Pub Date : 2024-03-18 Mohtaram Rabbani, Simin Hosseinian, Saeid Nosrati
This study aimed to examine the relationship between parental attachment, peer attachments, and automatic thoughts with adolescent mindfulness skills in Iranian adolescents, drawing on internal working models and social cognitive theory. The data was collected from a sample of Iranian adolescents in Tehran using standardized measurement instruments previously developed by researchers. The collected
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Coping self-efficacy mediates effects of posttraumatic distress on communal coping in parent-adolescence dyads after floods Development and Psychopathology (IF 5.317) Pub Date : 2024-03-15 Kotaro Shoji, Charles C. Benight, Tamara Afifi, Erika D. Felix
Social cognitive theory provides a framework of human agency during environmental challenges, with coping self-efficacy (CSE) as an important construct underlying adaptation. We examined two alternative models involving CSE as a mediator of the association between posttraumatic stress symptoms (PTSS) and communal coping among parent-youth dyads after severe floods using Bayesian dyadic multilevel modeling
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Variation in coupling across neural and cardiac systems of regulation is linked to markers of anxiety risk in preschool Development and Psychopathology (IF 5.317) Pub Date : 2024-03-15 Sarah G. Peoples, Elizabeth L. Davis, Rebecca J. Brooker
Both cortical and parasympathetic systems are believed to regulate emotional arousal in the service of healthy development. Systemic coordination, or coupling, between putative regulatory functions begins in early childhood. Yet the degree of coupling between cortical and parasympathetic systems in young children remains unclear, particularly in relation to the development of typical or atypical emotion
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Programming the next generation of prenatal programming of stress research: A review and suggestions for the future of the field Development and Psychopathology (IF 5.317) Pub Date : 2024-03-14 Nicole R. Bush
In this article, I highlight core ideas, empirical findings, and advances in the study of how stress during pregnancy may prenatally program child neurodevelopmental, psychopathological, and health outcomes, emphasizing reviews, metanalyses, and recent contributions of conceptual and empirical work. The article offers a perspective on the history of this area of science, the underrecognized contributions
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Emotional impacts of racial discrimination on caregiver-child dyads: Can mentalizing-focused parenting groups buffer against racism-related stress? Development and Psychopathology (IF 5.317) Pub Date : 2024-03-13 Henry A. Willis, Lillian Polanco-Roman, Olivia J. Derella, Amanda Zayde
Black and Latinx caregivers face high risk for parenting stress and racism-related stress due to experiences of racial discrimination (RD). This study aimed to explore the associations between RD, parenting stress, and psychological distress in caregiver-child dyads, as well as the impact of a mentalizing-focused group intervention on caregivers’ experiences of RD distress. Ethnoracially minoritized
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Psychopathology as long-term sequelae of maltreatment and socioeconomic disadvantage: Neurocognitive development perspectives Development and Psychopathology (IF 5.317) Pub Date : 2024-03-13 Jungmeen Kim-Spoon, Alexis Brieant, Ann Folker, Morgan Lindenmuth, Jacob Lee, Brooks Casas, Kirby Deater-Deckard
Neuroscience research underscores the critical impact of adverse experiences on brain development. Yet, there is limited understanding of the specific pathways linking adverse experiences to accelerated or delayed brain development and their ultimate contributions to psychopathology. Here, we present new longitudinal data demonstrating that neurocognitive functioning during adolescence, as affected
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Social anxiety moderates the association between adolescent irritability and bully perpetration Development and Psychopathology (IF 5.317) Pub Date : 2024-03-13 Michael T. Perino, Jennifer C. Harper-Lednicky, Alecia C. Vogel, Chad M. Sylvester, Deanna M. Barch, Joan L. Luby
Background: Preliminary work suggests anxiety moderates the relationship between irritability and bullying. As anxiety increases, the link between irritability and perpetration decreases. We hypothesize that any moderation effect of anxiety is driven by social anxiety symptoms. We sought to explicate the moderating effect of anxiety, while clarifying relations to other aggressive behaviors. Methods:
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Patterns and predictors of alcohol misuse trajectories from adolescence through early midlife Development and Psychopathology (IF 5.317) Pub Date : 2024-03-11 Mallory Stephenson, Peter Barr, Nathaniel Thomas, Megan Cooke, Antti Latvala, Richard J. Rose, Jaakko Kaprio, Danielle Dick, Jessica E. Salvatore
We took a multilevel developmental contextual approach and characterized trajectories of alcohol misuse from adolescence through early midlife, examined genetic and environmental contributions to individual differences in those trajectories, and identified adolescent and young adult factors associated with change in alcohol misuse. Data were from two longitudinal population-based studies. FinnTwin16
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Towards the understanding of the core of general personality disorder factor: g-PD and its relation to hostile attributions Development and Psychopathology (IF 5.317) Pub Date : 2024-03-11 Anna Zajenkowska, Iwona Nowakowska, Jan Cieciuch, Łukasz Gawęda, Radosław Rogoza, Amy Pinkham, Katarzyna Czajkowska-Łukasiewicz
There is a general consensus that personality disorders (PDs) share a general factor (g-PD) overlapping with the general factor of psychopathology (p-factor). The general psychopathology factor is related to many social dysfunctions, but its nature still remains to some extent ambiguous. We posit that hostile attributions may be explanatory for the factor common for all PDs, i.e., interpersonal problems
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Emergence and evolution of developmental resilience science over half a century Development and Psychopathology (IF 5.317) Pub Date : 2024-03-08 Ann S. Masten
This reflection on the history and future of developmental resilience science (DRS) highlights its co-emergence with developmental psychopathology (DP), as well as the roles of this journal and its founding editor, Dante Cicchetti, in the evolution of these intertwined domains of scholarship. A remarkable constellation of scholars at the University of Minnesota shaped the course of both conceptual
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The long and winding road: Pathways from basic research to implementation and evaluation Development and Psychopathology (IF 5.317) Pub Date : 2024-03-08 Sheree L. Toth, Catherine Cerulli, Jody Todd Manly
In this article, we celebrate Dante Cicchetti’s extensive contributions to the discipline of developmental psychopathology. In his seminal article, he articulated why developmental psychopathology was imperative to create research portfolios that could inform the causes, consequences, and trajectories for adults often initiated by early lived experiences (Cicchetti, 1984). In this three-part article
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The future of neuroscience in developmental psychopathology Development and Psychopathology (IF 5.317) Pub Date : 2024-03-06 Luke W. Hyde, Jessica L. Bezek, Cleanthis Michael
Developmental psychopathology started as an intersection of fields and is now a field itself. As we contemplate the future of this field, we consider the ways in which a newer, interdisciplinary field – human developmental neuroscience – can inform, and be informed by, developmental psychopathology. To do so, we outline principles of developmental psychopathology and how they are and/or can be implemented
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Family risk, parental cortisol contagion, and parenting: A process-oriented approach to spillover Development and Psychopathology (IF 5.317) Pub Date : 2024-03-05 Zhi Li, Melissa L. Sturge-Apple, Hannah G. Swerbenski, Siwei Liu, Patrick T. Davies
This multi-method longitudinal study sought to investigate linkage in parental neuroendocrine functioning – indicated by cortisol – over two measurement occasions. In addition, we examined how parental cortisol linkage may operate as an intermediate factor in the cascade of contextual risks and parenting. Participants were 235 families with a young child (Mage = 33.56, 36.00 years for mothers and fathers
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Genetic and phenotypic evidence of the predictive validity of preschool parent reports of hyperactivity/impulsivity and inattention Development and Psychopathology (IF 5.317) Pub Date : 2024-03-05 Ginette Dionne, Sara Mascheretti, Bei Feng, Hélène Paradis, Mara Brendgen, Frank Vitaro, Richard Tremblay, Michel Boivin
To determine the validity of parent reports (PRs) of ADHD in preschoolers, we assessed hyperactivity/impulsivity (HI) and inattention (IN) in 1114 twins with PRs at 1.5, 2.5, 4, 5, 14, 15, and 17 years, and teacher-reports at 6, 7, 9, 10, and 12. We examined if preschool PRs (1) predict high HI/IN trajectories, and (2) capture genetic contributions to HI/IN into adolescence. Group-based trajectory
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Trait anxiety predicting the developmental trajectories of depression symptoms in children: The mediating role of attentional control Development and Psychopathology (IF 5.317) Pub Date : 2024-03-05 Qiaochu Zhang
Trait anxiety and attentional control are important factors related to depression symptoms. The study investigated how trait anxiety and attentional control predicted the trajectories of depression symptoms during the transition into early adolescence. The mediating effect of attentional control on the relationship of trait anxiety to the trajectories of depression symptoms was also examined. Children
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The double jeopardy of low family income and negative emotionality: The family stress model revisited Development and Psychopathology (IF 5.317) Pub Date : 2024-03-04 Gülbin Şengül-İnal, Nicolai Topstad Borgen, Eric Dearing, Henrik Daae Zachrisson
The family stress model has, for decades, guided empirical work linking poverty with increased risk of child social-emotional dysfunction. The present study extends this line of work by examining whether child negative emotionality moderates associations between family income, family stress (maternal distress, parental locus of control, and relationship dissatisfaction), and later externalizing and
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How a defensive mindset develops from early adverse experiences and guides antisocial outcomes Development and Psychopathology (IF 5.317) Pub Date : 2024-03-01 Kenneth A. Dodge
Dante Cicchetti has had a lasting impact on our understanding of the development of externalizing psychopathology through at least two seminal contributions, including establishment of the field of developmental psychopathology and assertion of the hypothesis that early physical abuse and neglect trigger a cascade of maladaptive outcomes across the life course. These ideas have guided a program of
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Maternal alcohol dependence symptoms, maternal insensitivity to children’s distress, and young children’s blunted emotional reactivity Development and Psychopathology (IF 5.317) Pub Date : 2024-03-01 Debrielle T. Jacques, Melissa L. Sturge-Apple, Patrick T. Davies, Dante Cicchetti
Maternal insensitivity to children’s emotional distress (e.g., expressions of sadness or fearfulness) is one mechanism through which maternal alcohol dependence may increase children’s risk for psychopathology. Although emotion dysregulation is consistently associated with psychopathology, it remains unclear how or why alcohol dependence’s effects on caregiving responses to children’s distress may
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Temperament and sex as moderating factors of the effects of exposure to maternal depression on telomere length in early childhood Development and Psychopathology (IF 5.317) Pub Date : 2024-03-01 Michelle Bosquet Enlow, Immaculata De Vivo, Carter R. Petty, Charles A. Nelson
Individual differences in sensitivity to context are posited to emerge early in development and to influence the effects of environmental exposures on a range of developmental outcomes. The goal of the current study was to examine the hypothesis that temperament characteristics and biological sex confer differential vulnerability to the effects of exposure to maternal depression on telomere length
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Examination of protective factors that promote prosocial skill development among children exposed to intimate partner violence Development and Psychopathology (IF 5.317) Pub Date : 2024-02-28 Megan R. Holmes, Anna E. Bender, Susan Yoon, Kristen A. Berg, Janelle Duda-Banwar, Yafan Chen, Kylie E. Evans, Amy Korsch-Williams, Adam T. Perzynski
This retrospective cohort study examined prosocial skills development in child welfare-involved children, how intimate partner violence (IPV) exposure explained heterogeneity in children’s trajectories of prosocial skill development, and the degree to which protective factors across children’s ecologies promoted prosocial skill development. Data were from 1,678 children from the National Survey of
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Hot and cool executive function in the development of behavioral problems in grade school Development and Psychopathology (IF 5.317) Pub Date : 2024-02-28 Yiji Wang, Huayu Ji
Despite the well-established link between children’s executive function and behavioral adjustment, it remains unclear whether the hot and cool aspects of executive function are uniquely associated with children’s behavioral problems. Using longitudinal data spanning in the grade school (N = 1,140), this study aimed to examine whether hot and cool executive function skills may be uniquely related to
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Integrating equifinality and multifinality into the of prevention programs in early childhood: The conceptual case for use of tiered models Development and Psychopathology (IF 5.317) Pub Date : 2024-02-28 Daniel S. Shaw, Alan L. Mendelsohn, Pamela A. Morris-Perez, Chelsea Weaver Krug
Introduced in the context of developmental psychopathology by Cicchetti and Rogosh in the Journal, the current paper incorporates the principles of equifinality and multifinality to support the use of tiered models to prevent the development of emerging child psychopathology and promote school readiness in early childhood. We use the principles of equifinality and multifinality to describe the limitations
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Parenting in a post-conflict region: Associations between observed maternal parenting practices and maternal, child, and contextual factors in northern Uganda Development and Psychopathology (IF 5.317) Pub Date : 2024-02-28 Julia Möllerherm, Regina Saile, Elizabeth Wieling, Frank Neuner, Claudia Catani
Studies show that war leads to an increase in harsh parenting and a decrease in parental warmth, which in turn has a devastating impact on children’s development. However, there is insufficient research on the factors that affect parenting in post-conflict regions. In addition, most previous studies on the role of parenting in the context of war rely on self-reports, which are subject to a number of
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Person-centered methods to advance developmental psychopathology Development and Psychopathology (IF 5.317) Pub Date : 2024-02-28 Elizabeth D. Handley, Erinn B. Duprey, Justin Russotti, Rachel Y. Levin, Jennifer M. Warmingham
Dante Cicchetti’s remarkable contributions to the field of developmental psychopathology include the advancement of key principles such as the interplay of typical and atypical development, multifinality and equifinality, the dynamic processes of resilience, and the integration of multiple levels of analysis into developmental theories. In this paper we assert that person-centered data analytic methods
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Principles, policies, and practices: Thoughts on their integration over the rise of the developmental psychopathology perspective and into the future Development and Psychopathology (IF 5.317) Pub Date : 2024-02-28 Erin B. Tone, Christopher C. Henrich
Developmental psychopathology has, since the late 20th century, offered an influential integrative framework for conceptualizing psychological health, distress, and dysfunction across the lifespan. Leaders in the field have periodically generated predictions about its future and have proposed ways to increase the macroparadigm’s impact. In this paper, we examine, using articles sampled from each decade
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Using randomized controlled trials to ask questions regarding developmental psychopathology: A tribute to Dante Cicchetti Development and Psychopathology (IF 5.317) Pub Date : 2024-02-28 Kristen N. Miller, Stacia V. Bourne, Claire M. Dahl, Christopher Costello, Jillian Attinelly, Kathryn Jennings, Mary Dozier
Dante Cicchetti, the architect of developmental psychopathology, has influenced so many of us in profound ways. One of his many contributions was in demonstrating the power of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) to study the effects of Child–Parent Psychotherapy (CPP). These RCTs have shed light on causal mechanisms in development. Following Cicchetti and colleagues’ work, we designed a brief home
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Developmental perspectives on the origins of psychotic disorders: The need for a transdiagnostic approach Development and Psychopathology (IF 5.317) Pub Date : 2024-02-26 Elaine F. Walker, Katrina Aberizk, Emerald Yuan, Zarina Bilgrami, Benson S. Ku, Ryan M. Guest
Research on serious mental disorders, particularly psychosis, has revealed highly variable symptom profiles and developmental trajectories prior to illness-onset. As Dante Cicchetti pointed out decades before the term “transdiagnostic” was widely used, the pathways to psychopathology emerge in a system involving equifinality and multifinality. Like most other psychological disorders, psychosis is associated
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Beyond form: The value of systems conceptualizations of function in increasing precision and novelty in the study of developmental psychopathology Development and Psychopathology (IF 5.317) Pub Date : 2024-02-23 Patrick T. Davies, Melissa L. Sturge-Apple
Developmental psychopathology has successfully advanced an understanding of risk and protective factors in multivariate models. However, many areas have relied on top-down approaches that define psychological constructs based largely or solely on their physical form. In this paper, we first describe how top-down approaches have significantly hindered progress by generating generic risk and protective
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Caregiving relationships are a cornerstone of developmental psychopathology Development and Psychopathology (IF 5.317) Pub Date : 2024-02-23 Kathryn L. Humphreys, Julia Garon-Bissonnette, Kaylin E. Hill, Lauren G. Bailes, Whitney Barnett, Megan M. Hare
The interdisciplinary field of developmental psychopathology has made great strides by including context into theoretical and empirical approaches to studying risk and resilience. Perhaps no context is more important to the developing child than their relationships with their caregivers (typically a child’s parents), as caregivers are a key source of stimulation and nurturance to young children. Coupled
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Developmental psychopathology as a meta-paradigm: From zero-sum science to epistemological pluralism in theory and research Development and Psychopathology (IF 5.317) Pub Date : 2024-02-23 Theodore P. Beauchaine
In a thoughtful commentary in this journal a decade ago, Michael Rutter reviewed 25 years of progress in the field before concluding that developmental psychopathology (DP) initiated a paradigm shift in clinical science. This deduction requires that DP itself be a paradigm. According to Thomas Kuhn, canonical paradigms in the physical sciences serve unifying functions by consolidating scientists’ thinking
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Developmental trajectories of adolescent internalizing symptoms and parental responses to distress Development and Psychopathology (IF 5.317) Pub Date : 2024-02-23 Jason D. Jones, R. Chris Fraley, Jessica A. Stern, Carl W. Lejuez, Jude Cassidy
Parents’ responses to their children’s negative emotions are a central aspect of emotion socialization that have well-established associations with the development of psychopathology. Yet research is lacking on potential bidirectional associations between parental responses and youth symptoms that may unfold over time. Further, additional research is needed on sociocultural factors that may be related
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Reflections on resilience Development and Psychopathology (IF 5.317) Pub Date : 2024-02-23 Edith Chen, Tao Jiang, Michelle A. Chen, Gregory E. Miller
Resilience research has long sought to understand how factors at the child, family, school, community, and societal levels shape adaptation in the face of adversities such as poverty and war. In this article we reflect on three themes that may prove to be useful for future resilience research. First is the idea that mental and physical health can sometimes diverge, even in response to the same social
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Taking stock to move forward: Where the field of developmental psychopathology might be heading Development and Psychopathology (IF 5.317) Pub Date : 2024-02-23 Peter Fonagy, Patrick Luyten, Elizabeth Allison, Chloe Campbell
In this paper, dedicated to Dante Cicchetti’s contributions and enduring influence, we explore the prospective directions of developmental psychopathology. Our focus centers on key domains where Cicchetti’s significant achievements have continually shaped our evolving thinking about psychological development. These domains include (a) the concepts of equifinality and multifinality, along with the challenges
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Beyond developmental psychopathology: Positive child development Development and Psychopathology (IF 5.317) Pub Date : 2024-02-22 Michael Pluess
The field of developmental psychopathology has made significant contributions to our understanding of both typical and atypical development. However, while there are established theories for developmental psychopathology with detailed criteria for pathological outcomes, there is less agreement regarding development under optimal conditions and the definition of positive outcomes. In this conceptual
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The pernicious role of stress on intergenerational continuity of psychopathology Development and Psychopathology (IF 5.317) Pub Date : 2024-02-22 Leslie D. Leve, Veronica Oro, Misaki N. Natsuaki, Gordon T. Harold, Jenae M. Neiderhiser, Jody M. Ganiban, Daniel S. Shaw, David S. DeGarmo
Development and Psychopathology has been a premier resource for understanding stressful childhood experiences and the intergenerational continuity of psychopathology. Building on that tradition, we examined the unique and joint influences of maternal stress on children’s effortful control (age 7) and externalizing behavior (age 11) as transmitted via genetics, the prenatal environment, and the postnatal
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The onset of mental health disparities in sexual minority and majority youth: evidence from the UK Millennium Cohort Study Development and Psychopathology (IF 5.317) Pub Date : 2024-02-20 Charlotte Booth, Emla Fitzsimons
Decades of research shows that sexual minority youth (SMY) display heightened risk for mental health problems, although the onset of such disparities remains unclear. The Millennium Cohort Study is the largest nationally representative longitudinal study of adolescents in the United Kingdom. In this study, participants (N = 10,047, 50% female) self-reported their sexual identity at age 17 and had parent-reported
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Neuroticism and extraversion as predictors of first-lifetime onsets of depression, anxiety, and suicidality in high-risk adolescents Development and Psychopathology (IF 5.317) Pub Date : 2024-02-14 McKinley Pawlak, Hayley Schmidtler, Daniel C. Kopala-Sibley
There is substantial evidence that personality traits, in particular neuroticism and extraversions predict depressive and anxiety episodes as well as suicidal ideation. However, little research has examined whether these traits predict the first onset of depressive and anxiety disorders and suicidal ideation. Moreover, the few studies to date have not adjusted for pre-existing subthreshold symptoms
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The next generation of developmental psychopathology research: Including broader perspectives and becoming more precise Development and Psychopathology (IF 5.317) Pub Date : 2024-02-14 Kristin Valentino, Katherine Edler
The current Special Issue marks a major milestone in the history of developmental psychopathology; as the final issue edited by Cicchetti, we have an opportunity to reflect on the remarkable progress of the discipline across the last four decades, as well as challenges and future directions for the field. With contemporary issues in mind, including rising rates of psychopathology, health disparities