The results suggest that negative interpersonal consequences of parental depression
on child psychopathology may not be limited to mothers.
Despite strong claims that genetic theory» should replace socialisation theory», there are good grounds for taking seriously the notion that there are psychosocial influences
on child psychopathology.
Not exact matches
Abstract Interest in mindfulness - based interventions for
children and adolescents is growing, but despite substantial evidence that parental distress and
psychopathology adversely affects
children, there is little research
on how mindfulness - based parenting interventions might benefit the
child as well as the parent.
The relationship processes involved may depend
on where the risk resides... in the
child (e.g. developmental disability, prematurity, behavior problems), the parent (e.g.
psychopathology), or the family context (e.g. economic hardship, minority status).
Her academic, research, and clinical interests focus
on child and adult anxiety disorders, including their etiology,
psychopathology and behavioral treatment.
The findings, which appear in the journal Development and
Psychopathology, also suggest that household chaos and prolonged periods of poverty during early childhood may take a substantial toll
on the emotional adjustment of young
children.
Published
on November 8 in Development and
Psychopathology, the findings are good news for mothers and their
children alike.
«Wouldn't it be interesting and promising if an intervention focused
on synchronous mother -
child interactions could also reduce the prevalence of
psychopathology in the
children of depressed mothers?»
The elective courses (8 credits) can be taken from designated courses
on family engagement,
children at risk, developmental
psychopathology, etc., in Special Education (SED), Counseling (SED), and Psychology (CAS).
Our students learn through a combination of sequenced coursework, pertaining to the treatment of
children, adolescents, and young adults in areas such as counseling theories and techniques, cross-cultural perspectives, lifespan development,
psychopathology, psychological testing, research, positive psychology, and ethics, as well as through ample and diverse hands -
on experiences in the field.
Tylenda's scholarly work centers
on psychological assessment of individuals with intellectual disability (ID), concomitant
psychopathology in the DD population, and broader education to the profession and public regarding the psychiatric and psychological challenges of
children and adolescents presenting with DD.
The Total Difficulties scale represents the sum of items
on the four
psychopathology scales (Emotional Symptoms, Peer Relationship Problems, Conduct Problems, Hyperactivity - Inattention); BFQ - C, short form of the Big Five Questionnaire for
Children; CTNI / CTNS, Connection to Nature Index / Connectedness to Nature Scale.
The implications of this research for developmental
psychopathology and clinical work are discussed with an emphasis
on parent —
child jointly constructed narratives as the meeting point of individual
child and parent narratives.
To ascertain whether maternal depression status biased reports of
children's
psychopathology, we compared Kiddie Schedule for Disorders and Schizophrenia assessments of each mother and
child (data available
on request).
These findings are intriguing because they suggest that an environmental influence (ie, the impact of maternal depression remission) had a measurable impact
on the
child's
psychopathology.
Behavior therapy is considered probably efficacious for childhood depression, and a number of other experimental interventions show promise but require further evaluation.12 Currently, only 2 research groups have focused
on psychosocial interventions for childhood bipolar disorder.13 - 15 Hence, increased attention to creation and testing of treatments specifically targeting depression and bipolar disorder in
children is needed.16 In particular, studies should focus
on children's developmental needs, address comorbidity, involve family members in treatment, demonstrate treatment gains as rated by parents and clinicians rather than
children themselves, and compare experimental interventions with standard care or treatment as usual (TAU) rather than no - treatment or attention control groups.12, 17,18 In addition, parental
psychopathology may affect treatment adherence and response.
'' [O] nly a minority of
children in single - parent families are maladjusted; the majority evince no
psychopathology or behavioral symptoms, whether or not they experience psychic pain... Although many social scientists have emphasized the effects of father absence
on child adjustment, Amato's research clearly indicates that the bivariate association between the two variables is much weaker than one might expect.
Because only some
children with behavioural inhibition go
on to develop anxiety disorders it is important to identify both the endogenous and exogenous factors that moderate temperament
psychopathology relations.
We contend that childhood temperament shapes the manner in which individuals perceive their surroundings, which influences their social interactions in a reciprocal manner and eventual social and mental health outcomes.17 This dynamic is particularly evident in early adolescence during which the emergence of the peer group as a more salient influence
on development coincides with sharp increases in
psychopathology, 16 particularly SAD.6, 15,18 Temperament also shapes vital cognitive processes, such as attention and certain executive processes which provide the foundation from which
children perceive and respond to social cues in the environment.
On the other hand, there was less psychometric data available for the six «self - related» scales than for the
psychopathology scales, although internal consistencies for these scales were uniformly high (with the exception of some subscales for the Pictorial Scale of Perceived Competence and Social Acceptance for Young
Children; PSPCSAYC).
She is interested in both basic - science and applied research and her research projects include studies
on commitment, cohabitation, effects of conflict and family instability
on children, domestic violence, effectiveness of relationship education, mechanisms of change in couple interventions, infidelity, military couples, and relationship processes and
psychopathology.
First, with the majority of research in this area centered
on the prevalence of
psychopathology, and particularly post-traumatic stress symptoms, it has been clearly demonstrated that refugee
children and adolescents are vulnerable to the effects of pre-migration, most notably exposure to trauma.
He has written numerous books and scientific articles
on parenting, family psychology and prevention of
psychopathology in
children and adolescents.
The Confident Kids Program is based
on clinical, empirical, and theoretical knowledge of
child development,
psychopathology, mechanisms of change, and early intervention.
For the SDQ
psychopathology scales, table 5 (and online supplementary table 5 - X) indicates the proportions of
children falling within the normal (defined as ~ 80 %), borderline (~ 10 %) and abnormal (~ 10 %) categories defined for the SDQ based
on the UK population norms, as well as the proportions of
children scoring in each category of the more recent four - level solution (close to average ~ 80 %, slightly raised ~ 10 %, high ~ 5 %, very high ~ 5 %).
While awaiting clinical cutpoints, when the explicit goal is to identify
children with more extreme
psychopathology and / or delays in competence, one may employ more stringent cutpoints, based
on this representative sample.
Adolescents» behaviour may vary from one context to another, or from one interaction partner to another, and informants» reports may be affected by their own perspectives.13 Because there is no gold standard for psychiatric disorders, and reports from different informants tend to correlate only moderately, using information from multiple informants seems the best strategy to chart mental health.14 Among other things, adherence to this first principle is expressed in the use of
child (Youth Self - report; YSR), and parent (Child Behavior Checklist; CBCL) questionnaires on child / adolescent mental health, which are part of the Achenbach System of Empirically Based Assessment (ASEBA), 15,16 and the use of a teacher - report (Teacher Checklist of Psychopathology), which was developed for TRAILS on the basis of the Achenbach Teachers Report Form.17 It is also expressed in the use of peer nominations to assess adolescents» social status at sc
child (Youth Self - report; YSR), and parent (
Child Behavior Checklist; CBCL) questionnaires on child / adolescent mental health, which are part of the Achenbach System of Empirically Based Assessment (ASEBA), 15,16 and the use of a teacher - report (Teacher Checklist of Psychopathology), which was developed for TRAILS on the basis of the Achenbach Teachers Report Form.17 It is also expressed in the use of peer nominations to assess adolescents» social status at sc
Child Behavior Checklist; CBCL) questionnaires
on child / adolescent mental health, which are part of the Achenbach System of Empirically Based Assessment (ASEBA), 15,16 and the use of a teacher - report (Teacher Checklist of Psychopathology), which was developed for TRAILS on the basis of the Achenbach Teachers Report Form.17 It is also expressed in the use of peer nominations to assess adolescents» social status at sc
child / adolescent mental health, which are part of the Achenbach System of Empirically Based Assessment (ASEBA), 15,16 and the use of a teacher - report (Teacher Checklist of
Psychopathology), which was developed for TRAILS
on the basis of the Achenbach Teachers Report Form.17 It is also expressed in the use of peer nominations to assess adolescents» social status at school.
Impact of
child sex abuse
on adult
psychopathology: A genetically and epigenetically informed investigation
This is a serious gap in our knowledge for two reasons: (1) Recent research has shown that disorganized attachment is a predictor of
psychopathology, whereas insecure - avoidant and resistant attachment lead to less optimal but not pathological
child adjustment.10 Therefore, it is imperative to evaluate attachment - based interventions
on their potential value to prevent attachment disorganization.
On the other hand, insecure and disorganized attachment put
children at increasing risk of problem behaviours and
psychopathologies.
Some careers in
child psychology might focus
on abnormal
child psychology, which is a similar profession, but may focus more
on the study and treatment of long term mood disorders, schizophrenia,
psychopathology, sociopathy, or other personality disorders.
Emerging research reveals the effects of perinatal depression
on the psychological development of infants and young
children of depressed mothers, with a focus
on vulnerabilities to the later development of
psychopathology and likely mechanisms.
Father absence: Effects
on child and maternal
psychopathology.
Have training in the impact of family conflict
on parents and
children, including knowledge of
child development, adult
psychopathology, domestic abuse and
child abuse and neglect;
Dr. Lane Strathearn, Director of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics and Physician Director at the University of Iowa's Center for Disabilities and Development, presents information regarding research conducted in the Attachment and Neurodevelopment Lab, discusses how face - to - face parent - infant interaction promotes healthy social and emotional development, explains the mechanisms through which adverse childhood experiences may adversely impact
child development, and explores some specific examples of parental
psychopathology and potential effects
on parenting capacity.
Positive outcomes favoring the Seeking Safety condition were found in various domains including substance use and associated problems (
on the Personal Experiences Scale and the Adolescent
Psychopathology Scale), some trauma - related symptoms (on the Trauma Symptom Checklist for Children), cognitions related to SUD and PTSD (the Reasons for Using Scale and the World Assumptions Scale), and various psychopathology (on the Adolescent Psychopa
Psychopathology Scale), some trauma - related symptoms (
on the Trauma Symptom Checklist for
Children), cognitions related to SUD and PTSD (the Reasons for Using Scale and the World Assumptions Scale), and various
psychopathology (on the Adolescent Psychopa
psychopathology (
on the Adolescent
PsychopathologyPsychopathology Scale).
(3) Licensees may only perform parenting plan evaluations if they have acquired specialized training, education, and experience in the areas of assessment of
children and adults,
child and family development,
child and family
psychopathology, and the impact of divorce
on families.
The very nature of families, with an unrepresented third party (the
child) requires the mediator to know a whole specific body of knowledge about family dynamics, divorce dynamics,
child development,
psychopathology, addictions, the effects of divorce
on children, and more.
Child Maltreatment: A Neurodevelopmental Perspective
on the Role of Trauma and Neglect in
Psychopathology
PSY 391
Child Psychopathology and Behavior Disorders This course focuses
on a biopsychosocial approach to the classification, etiology and treatment of abnormal behavior patterns in infants,
children and adolescents.
The
child has been held as a psychological hostage by a narcissistic / (borderline) parent (see «The Hostage Metaphor» article
on my website; http://www.cachildress.org), and in that context the
child has had to completely surrender psychologically to the
psychopathology of the narcissistic / (borderline) parent in order to survive.
«Modeling risks: effects of area deprivation, family socio - economic disadvantage and adverse life events
on young
children's
psychopathology.»
The recent development of low - risk imaging technologies, such as functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), have had a significant impact
on the investigation of
psychopathologies in
children and adolescents.
Our results confirmed the impact of maternal
psychopathology on maladaptive outcomes in their
children, which suggests the importance of considering paternal psychological profiles.
[jounal] Cicchetti, D. / 1995 / A developmental
psychopathology perspective
on child abuse and neglect / Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry 34: 541
child abuse and neglect / Journal of the American Academy of
Child & Adolescent Psychiatry 34: 541
Child & Adolescent Psychiatry 34: 541 ~ 565
Six waves of maternal and
child data from the Pittsburgh Girls Study (n = 2,451) were used to examine the specificity of effects of maternal
psychopathology on child adjustment.
The CBCL / 1.5 — 5 consists of 100 items that are rated by parents
on a 3 - point - scale, and the Total Problems raw score serves as a measure for
child psychopathology.
Effects of family violence
on psychopathology symptoms in
children previously exposed to maltreatment
Her research projects and collaborations include 1) basic science studies
on commitment, cohabitation, aggression, infidelity, family background, relationship processes and
psychopathology, military families, and adolescent and
child adjustment as well as 2) studies
on the effectiveness of preventive relationship interventions for couples and individuals (including gene - environment interactions).
The longevity of parental mental illness, its potential impact
on parent -
child attachment, and the stress associated with periods of acute illness are viewed as factors that may negatively affect the
child or adolescent's health, psychosocial competence and future
psychopathology.