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Goulter, Natalie; Kimonis, Eva R.; Hawes, Samuel W.; Stepp, Stephanie; Hipwell, Alison E. – Developmental Psychology, 2017
Callous-unemotional (CU) traits have proven important for designating children and adolescents showing a pattern of particularly severe, stable, and aggressive antisocial behaviors (Frick, Ray, Thornton, & Kahn, 2014). Individuals with secondary CU traits represent a subpopulation that are distinguished from those with primary CU traits by…
Descriptors: Females, Anxiety, Personality Traits, Mental Health
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Calvete, Esther; Orue, Izaskun – Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 2012
This longitudinal investigation assessed whether cognitive schemas of justification of violence, mistrust, and narcissism predicted social information processing (SIP), and SIP in turn predicted aggressive behavior in adolescents. A total of 650 adolescents completed measures of cognitive schemas at Time 1, SIP in ambiguous social scenarios at…
Descriptors: Aggression, Adolescents, Cognitive Processes, Males
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Burke, Jeffrey D. – Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 2012
Background: A dimension of negatively oriented affect within oppositional defiant disorder (ODD) symptoms, which has been described as irritability, has been shown to predict depression and anxiety. Related constructs have been linked to temperament and personality constructs. However, only a few studies have examined the prediction from…
Descriptors: Psychopathology, Personality Problems, Anxiety, Depression (Psychology)
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Crowell, Sheila E.; Beauchaine, Theodore P.; Linehan, Marsha M. – Psychological Bulletin, 2009
Over the past several decades, research has focused increasingly on developmental precursors to psychological disorders that were previously assumed to emerge only in adulthood. This change in focus follows from the recognition that complex transactions between biological vulnerabilities and psychosocial risk factors shape emotional and behavioral…
Descriptors: Personality Problems, At Risk Persons, Pathology, Risk
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Woodberry, Kristen A.; Popenoe, Ellen J. – Cognitive and Behavioral Practice, 2008
Dialectical behavior therapy (DBT), an empirically supported treatment for adult women diagnosed with borderline personality disorder (BPD), has been increasingly adapted for use with adolescents across a variety of settings. This article describes a community-based application of DBT principles and strategies for adolescents and their families.…
Descriptors: Personality Problems, Behavior Modification, Adolescents, Therapy
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Ben-Porath, Denise D.; Koons, Cedar R. – Cognitive and Behavioral Practice, 2005
Several studies have indicated that telephone coaching can play an important role in psychological intervention (Beebe, 2001; Burgess & Chalder, 2001; Meyersberg, 1985). Less well understood, however, is the role of telephone coaching with severe, complex, multiproblem clients, such as those diagnosed with borderline personality disorder.…
Descriptors: Personality Problems, Behavior Modification, Suicide, Adolescents