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Pubertal Timing and Mexican-Origin Girls' Internalizing and Externalizing Symptoms: The Influence of Harsh Parenting
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Deardorff, Julianna; Cham, Heining; Gonzales, Nancy A.; White, Rebecca M. B.; Tein, Jenn-Yun; Wong, Jessie J.; Roosa, Mark W. – Developmental Psychology, 2013
Early-maturing girls are at risk for internalizing and externalizing problems. Research concerning pubertal timing and mental health among Mexican Americans or the influence of parenting behaviors on these relations has been scarce. This study addressed these gaps. This was a prospective examination of 362 Mexican-origin girls and their mothers in…
Descriptors: Mexican Americans, Females, Puberty, Developmental Stages
Family Influences on the Long Term Post-Disaster Recovery of Puerto Rican Youth
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Felix, Erika; You, Sukkyung; Vernberg, Eric; Canino, Glorisa – Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 2013
This study focused on characteristics of the family environment that may mediate the relationship between disaster exposure and the presence of symptoms that met DSM-IV diagnostic criteria for symptom count and duration for an internalizing disorder in children and youth. We also explored how parental history of mental health problems may moderate…
Descriptors: Psychopathology, Mental Health, Parent Child Relationship, Age
Sensory Over-Responsivity, Psychopathology, and Family Impairment in School-Aged Children
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Carter, Alice S.; Ben-Sasson, Ayelet; Briggs-Gowan, Margaret J. – Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 2011
Objective: To establish the diagnostic validity of sensory overresponsivity (SOR), there is a need to document rates of SOR and the co-occurrence of SOR with other psychiatric disorders. Although this was not a diagnostic study of SOR, this study was designed to investigate rates of elevated SOR symptoms and associations between elevated SOR…
Descriptors: Family Relationship, Diagnostic Tests, Identification, Psychopathology
Is Sensory Over-Responsivity Distinguishable from Childhood Behavior Problems? A Phenotypic and Genetic Analysis
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Van Hulle, Carol A.; Schmidt, Nicole L.; Goldsmith, H. Hill – Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 2012
Background: Although impaired sensory processing accompanies various clinical conditions, the question of its status as an independent disorder remains open. Our goal was to delineate the comorbidity (or lack thereof) between childhood psychopathology and sensory over-responsivity (SOR) in middle childhood using phenotypic and behavior-genetic…
Descriptors: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Anxiety Disorders, Behavior Problems, Siblings
Predicting Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder and Oppositional Defiant Disorder from Preschool Diagnostic Assessments
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Harvey, Elizabeth A.; Youngwirth, Sara D.; Thakar, Dhara A.; Errazuriz, Paula A. – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 2009
The present study examined the power of measures of early preschool behavior to predict later diagnoses of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and oppositional defiant disorder (ODD)/conduct disorder (CD). Participants were 168 children with behavior problems at age 3 who underwent a multimethod assessment of ADHD and ODD symptoms and…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Rating Scales, Young Children
Age Differences in the Reliability of the Psychiatric Interview of the Child.
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Edelbrock, Craig; And Others – Child Development, 1985
Assesses age differences in the reliability of the Diagnostic Interview Schedule for children commissioned by the National Institute for Mental Health. The interview, covering a broad range of clinically relevant symptoms and behaviors, was administered to 242 children and their parents. Parent and child were interviewed separately and were…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Behavior Problems, Children, Clinical Diagnosis