Articles tagged with: Child and School Psychology
Thought-Action Fusion in Childhood: Measurement, Development, and Association with Anxiety, Rituals and Other Compulsive-like Behaviors
Abstract A new inventory assessing thought-action fusion (TAF) in children is presented. We explore the psychometric properties of
this instrument and examine the associations between TAF, ritualistic and compulsive-like behavior (CLB) and anxiety. Three
hundred thirteen children ages 7–14 (M = 10.16, SD = 1.92) representing six grades (grouped into three grade levels (grades 2–3, 4–5, and 6–7) completed the Thought-action
Fusion Inventory for Children (TAFIC) and the Child Revised Manifest Anxiety Scal [...]
Abstract A new inventory assessing thought-action fusion (TAF) in children is presented. We explore the psychometric properties of
this instrument and examine the associations between TAF, ritualistic and compulsive-like behavior (CLB) and anxiety. Three
hundred thirteen children ages 7–14 (M = 10.16, SD = 1.92) representing six grades (grouped into three grade levels (grades 2–3, 4–5, and 6–7) completed the Thought-action
Fusion Inventory for Children (TAFIC) and the Child Revised Manifest Anxiety Scal [...]
The Trajectory of Change for Children and Youth in Residential Treatment
Abstract This study examined the symptom response trajectories for 225 children and youth throughout a period of residential treatment.
With the 10-item Conners’ Global Index (CGI) as the primary outcome measure, assessments were completed on a bi-weekly basis during the average 4 month stay within the
youth’s residential treatment. Clients demonstrated an ongoing reduction of symptoms, and the severity of baseline symptoms
influenced the trajectory of the symptom reduction. In addition, symptom reduction was characterize [...]
Abstract This study examined the symptom response trajectories for 225 children and youth throughout a period of residential treatment.
With the 10-item Conners’ Global Index (CGI) as the primary outcome measure, assessments were completed on a bi-weekly basis during the average 4 month stay within the
youth’s residential treatment. Clients demonstrated an ongoing reduction of symptoms, and the severity of baseline symptoms
influenced the trajectory of the symptom reduction. In addition, symptom reduction was characterize [...]
Child Internalizing Symptoms: Contributions of Child Temperament, Maternal Negative Affect, and Family Functioning
Abstract Research has traditionally focused on the role of genetic and environmental variables in the development and maintenance of
childhood internalizing disorders. Temperament variables, such as negative affect and effortful control have gained considerable
interest within the field of developmental psychopathology. Environmental factors such as mother–child interactions and family
cohesion have also been linked with internalizing disorders. The current study examines the relationship between child negative
affect, effortfu [...]
Abstract Research has traditionally focused on the role of genetic and environmental variables in the development and maintenance of
childhood internalizing disorders. Temperament variables, such as negative affect and effortful control have gained considerable
interest within the field of developmental psychopathology. Environmental factors such as mother–child interactions and family
cohesion have also been linked with internalizing disorders. The current study examines the relationship between child negative
affect, effortfu [...]
Non-Verbal Reasoning Ability and Academic Achievement as Moderators of the Relation Between Adverse Life Events and Emotional and Behavioural Problems in Early Adolescence: The Importance of Moderator and Outcome Specificity
Abstract This study was carried out to model the functional form of the effect of contextual risk (number of adverse life events) on
emotional and behavioural problems in early adolescence, and to test how intelligence and academic achievement compare as
moderators of this effect. The effect of number of adverse life events on emotional and behavioural problems was non-quadratic.
Intelligence rather than academic achievement moderated the association between contextual risk and children’s emotional and
behavioural problems. How [...]
Abstract This study was carried out to model the functional form of the effect of contextual risk (number of adverse life events) on
emotional and behavioural problems in early adolescence, and to test how intelligence and academic achievement compare as
moderators of this effect. The effect of number of adverse life events on emotional and behavioural problems was non-quadratic.
Intelligence rather than academic achievement moderated the association between contextual risk and children’s emotional and
behavioural problems. How [...]
General and Maladaptive Personality Dimensions in Pediatric Obsessive–Compulsive Symptoms
Abstract Obsessive–compulsive disorder (OCD) is a chronic and impairing clinical disorder in childhood, often characterized by a heterogeneous
symptomatic profile and high co-occurrence with other disorders. The present study introduces a new perspective on the description
of OCD symptoms in youth, and empirically examines the value of a personality framework (e.g. Five Factor of Personality;
FFM) for understanding early OCD symptomatology in a referred sample of 274 children and adolescents, relying on age-specific
measures of [...]
Abstract Obsessive–compulsive disorder (OCD) is a chronic and impairing clinical disorder in childhood, often characterized by a heterogeneous
symptomatic profile and high co-occurrence with other disorders. The present study introduces a new perspective on the description
of OCD symptoms in youth, and empirically examines the value of a personality framework (e.g. Five Factor of Personality;
FFM) for understanding early OCD symptomatology in a referred sample of 274 children and adolescents, relying on age-specific
measures of [...]
Managing Bipolar Youths in a Psychiatric Inpatient Emergency Service
Abstract Among the youths referred to our Psychiatric Inpatient Emergency Service, we focused on bipolar disorder (BD), to explore
predictive elements for the outcome. Fifty-one patients (30 males, 21 females, age range 8–18 years, mean age 14.2 ± 3.1 years)
received a diagnosis of BD, according to historical information, prolonged observations, and a structured clinical interview
(K-SADS-PL). Twenty-seven patients (52.9%) were responders at the end of hospitalization according to CGI-I 1 or 2 and 50%
decre [...]
Abstract Among the youths referred to our Psychiatric Inpatient Emergency Service, we focused on bipolar disorder (BD), to explore
predictive elements for the outcome. Fifty-one patients (30 males, 21 females, age range 8–18 years, mean age 14.2 ± 3.1 years)
received a diagnosis of BD, according to historical information, prolonged observations, and a structured clinical interview
(K-SADS-PL). Twenty-seven patients (52.9%) were responders at the end of hospitalization according to CGI-I 1 or 2 and 50%
decre [...]
Understudied Clinical Dimensions in Pediatric Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
Abstract The present study aimed to assess the phenomenology and treatment sensitivity of insight, avoidance, indecisiveness, overvalued
responsibility, pervasive slowness, and pathological doubting among youth with Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) using the
ancillary items on the Children’s Yale-Brown Obsessive Compulsive Scale (CY-BOCS). These factors are believed to be relevant
to the clinical presentation of youth with OCD but remain understudied. Eighty-nine youth with OCD were administered the CY-BOCS,
including six su [...]
Abstract The present study aimed to assess the phenomenology and treatment sensitivity of insight, avoidance, indecisiveness, overvalued
responsibility, pervasive slowness, and pathological doubting among youth with Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) using the
ancillary items on the Children’s Yale-Brown Obsessive Compulsive Scale (CY-BOCS). These factors are believed to be relevant
to the clinical presentation of youth with OCD but remain understudied. Eighty-nine youth with OCD were administered the CY-BOCS,
including six su [...]
Mother–Child Attachment Patterns and Different Types of Anxiety Symptoms: Is There Specificity of Relations?
Abstract The purpose of this study was to test Manassis’ proposal (Child-parent relations: Attachment and anxiety disorders, 255–272,
2001) that attachment patterns (secure, ambivalent, avoidant, and disorganized) may relate to different types of anxiety symptoms,
and that behavioral inhibition may moderate these relations. Using a story stem interview to assess attachment and children’s
reports of anxiety symptoms, we found some support for these hypotheses in a sample of 10–12 years olds. Security was related
to lo [...]
Abstract The purpose of this study was to test Manassis’ proposal (Child-parent relations: Attachment and anxiety disorders, 255–272,
2001) that attachment patterns (secure, ambivalent, avoidant, and disorganized) may relate to different types of anxiety symptoms,
and that behavioral inhibition may moderate these relations. Using a story stem interview to assess attachment and children’s
reports of anxiety symptoms, we found some support for these hypotheses in a sample of 10–12 years olds. Security was related
to lo [...]
The Separation Anxiety Daily Diary: Child Version: Feasibility and Psychometric Properties
Abstract This report describes the feasibility and psychometric properties of the child version of the Separation Anxiety Daily Diary
(SADD-C) in 125 children (ages 7–14 years) from German-speaking areas of Switzerland. Children with separation anxiety disorder
(SAD; n = 58), “other” anxiety disorders (n = 36), and healthy controls (n = 31) recorded the frequency of parent–child separations, along with associated anxiety, thoughts, reactions and subsequent
parental responses. Compliance r [...]
Abstract This report describes the feasibility and psychometric properties of the child version of the Separation Anxiety Daily Diary
(SADD-C) in 125 children (ages 7–14 years) from German-speaking areas of Switzerland. Children with separation anxiety disorder
(SAD; n = 58), “other” anxiety disorders (n = 36), and healthy controls (n = 31) recorded the frequency of parent–child separations, along with associated anxiety, thoughts, reactions and subsequent
parental responses. Compliance r [...]
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in Children and Adolescents: A Review of Psychopharmacological Treatment
Abstract PTSD in children and adolescents differs from the adult disease. Therapeutic approaches involve both psychotherapy and psychopharmacotherapy.
Objectives: The current paper aims at reviewing studies on psychopharmacological treatment of childhood and adolescent PTSD.
Additionally, developmental frameworks for PTSD diagnosis and research along with an experimental model of quenching and kindling
in the context of stress exposure are presented. We conducted an extensive literature search of reviews on psychopharmacotherapy
[...]
Abstract PTSD in children and adolescents differs from the adult disease. Therapeutic approaches involve both psychotherapy and psychopharmacotherapy.
Objectives: The current paper aims at reviewing studies on psychopharmacological treatment of childhood and adolescent PTSD.
Additionally, developmental frameworks for PTSD diagnosis and research along with an experimental model of quenching and kindling
in the context of stress exposure are presented. We conducted an extensive literature search of reviews on psychopharmacotherapy
[...] 
