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Efficacy of Child-Focused and Parent-Focused Interventions in a Child Anxiety Prevention Study
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Simon, Ellin; Bogels, Susan Maria; Voncken, Jannie Marisol – Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 2011
This study examined anxiety development in median- (n = 74) and high-anxious children (n = 183) aged 8-13, the effect of parent- and child-focused preventive interventions on child/parental anxiety, and the effect of parental anxiety on child anxiety. High-anxious children were randomized into a parent-focused (n = 69), child-focused (n = 58) or…
Descriptors: Parents, Anxiety, Intervention, Prevention
An Experimental Investigation of Peer Influences on Adolescent Hostile Attributions
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Freeman, Kim; Hadwin, Julie A.; Halligan, Sarah L. – Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 2011
Aggression in young people has been associated with a bias toward attributing hostile intent to others. However, little is known about the origin of biased social information processing. The current study explored the potential role of peer contagion in the emergence of hostile attribution in adolescents. One hundred thirty-four adolescents (M age…
Descriptors: Aggression, Adolescents, Peer Influence, Information Processing
Experimental Modification of Interpretation Bias about Animal Fear in Young Children: Effects on Cognition, Avoidance Behavior, Anxiety Vulnerability, and Physiological Responding
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Lester, Kathryn J.; Field, Andy P.; Muris, Peter – Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 2011
This study investigated the effects of experimentally modifying interpretation biases for children's cognitions, avoidance behavior, anxiety vulnerability, and physiological responding. Sixty-seven children (6-11 years) were randomly assigned to receive a positive or negative interpretation bias modification procedure to induce interpretation…
Descriptors: Tests, Anxiety, Investigations, Children
Cognitive-Behavioral Treatment of Panic Disorder in Adolescence
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Pincus, Donna B.; May, Jill Ehrenreich; Whitton, Sarah W.; Mattis, Sara G.; Barlow, David H. – Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 2010
This investigation represents the first randomized controlled trial to evaluate the feasibility and efficacy of Panic Control Treatment for Adolescents (PCT-A). Thirteen adolescents, ages 14 to 17, were randomized to 11 weekly sessions of PCT-A treatment, whereas 13 were randomized to a self-monitoring control group. Results indicate that…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Adolescents, Severity (of Disability), Depression (Psychology)
Intergenerational Transmission of Internalizing Problems: Effects of Parental and Grandparental Major Depressive Disorder on Child Behavior
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Pettit, Jeremy W.; Olino, Thomas M.; Roberts, Robert E.; Seeley, John R.; Lewinsohn, Peter M. – Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 2008
Effects of lifetime histories of grandparental (G1) and parental (G2) major depressive disorder (MDD) on children's (G3) internalizing problems were investigated among 267 G3 children (ages 2-18 years) who received Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL) ratings and had diagnostic data available on 267 biological G2 parents and 527 biological G1…
Descriptors: Check Lists, Child Behavior, Grandparents, Depression (Psychology)
Suicide Attempts among Depressed Adolescents in Primary Care
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Fordwood, Samantha R.; Asarnow, Joan R.; Huizar, Diana P.; Reise, Steven P. – Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 2007
Although depression is strongly associated with suicide attempts and suicide deaths, most depressed youth do not make an attempt, indicating the need to identify additional risk factors. We examined suicide attempts among 451 depressed primary care patients, 13 to 21 years of age. In bivariate analyses, youth classified as suicide attempters…
Descriptors: Psychopathology, Patients, Risk, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder