Pedro Macul Ferreira de Barros, Luis C Farhat, Natália Polga, James F Leckman, Eurípedes C Miguel, Eli R Lebowitz
{"title":"Mapping the Relationships between Dimensions of Child Anxiety, Parental Anxiety, and Family Accommodation: A Network Analysis.","authors":"Pedro Macul Ferreira de Barros, Luis C Farhat, Natália Polga, James F Leckman, Eurípedes C Miguel, Eli R Lebowitz","doi":"10.1007/s10578-025-01831-5","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10578-025-01831-5","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Parental anxiety and family accommodation have been implicated in the development and maintenance of child anxiety, yet their relationships with specific child anxiety dimensions remain unclear. This study applied network analysis to examine these interconnections in a clinical sample of 433 children with primary anxiety disorders. The estimated network revealed that family accommodation was strongly associated with separation anxiety. Generalized and panic/somatic anxiety were the most interconnected child anxiety dimensions, whereas social anxiety and parental anxiety were the least. Clustering analysis identified two groups: one comprising family accommodation, parental anxiety, and separation anxiety, and another including all other child anxiety dimensions. Stability metrics supported confidence in the network's structure, and network comparisons revealed no significant structural differences across informants or age groups. These findings provide further insight into the relationships between parental factors and child anxiety dimensions, particularly the strong link between family accommodation and separation anxiety.</p>","PeriodicalId":10024,"journal":{"name":"Child Psychiatry & Human Development","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-03-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143728907","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Megan Dol, Dillon Browne, Christopher M Perlman, Mark A Ferro
{"title":"Associations Between Family Factors and Mental Health Service Use Among Children with Physical Illness: the Mediating Role of Child Psychopathology Trajectories.","authors":"Megan Dol, Dillon Browne, Christopher M Perlman, Mark A Ferro","doi":"10.1007/s10578-025-01826-2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10578-025-01826-2","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This study investigated whether child psychopathology trajectories mediate the association between parent psychological distress/family functioning and mental health service use (MHSU) among children with a chronic physical illness (CPI). Data come from a longitudinal study of 263 children and youth aged 2-16 years diagnosed with a CPI and their parents assessed at baseline, six, 12, and 24 months. Parent psychological distress was measured by creating a composite score from the Centre for Epidemiological Studies Depression scale and Generalized Anxiety Disorder-7 scale, and family functioning was measured using the McMaster Family Assessment Device. Previous work identified three trajectories of psychopathology among children: low-stable, moderate-stable, and high-decreasing. Path analysis was used to estimate potential mediating effects. A significant indirect effect of parent psychological distress on healthcare professional contact through child psychopathology was found ([Formula: see text] 0.001(0.001), p = 0.021). The indirect effect of family functioning was not significant ([Formula: see text] - 0.001(0.001), p = 0.155). Addressing parent mental health may reduce child psychopathology and potentially decrease MHSU in children with CPI. Understanding these pathways is needed to develop family-centred interventions that support mental health in children with CPI and their parents.</p>","PeriodicalId":10024,"journal":{"name":"Child Psychiatry & Human Development","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-03-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143699878","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Role of Mothers' Psychiatric Symptoms, Practices of Emotion Socialization and Emotion Regulation among Children Diagnosed with Attention Deficit and Hyperactivity Disorder.","authors":"Feray Tarımtay Altun, Medine Yazıcı, Özalp Ekinci","doi":"10.1007/s10578-025-01808-4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10578-025-01808-4","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This study investigates the mediating role of mothers' emotion socialization practices and emotion regulation difficulties in the relationship between maternal attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and borderline personality disorder (BPD) symptom levels and their children's ADHD symptom levels. The study included 90 children (M = 9.71 years, SD = 1.33) diagnosed with ADHD and their mothers. Mothers completed Adult Attention Deficit and Hyperactivity Disorder Self-Report Scale, Borderline Personality Inventory, DSM-IV Based Disruptive Behavior Disorders Rating Scale, Coping with Children's Negative Emotions Scale, Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale-Brief Form. Children filled out Cognitive Emotion Regulation Questionnaire for Children. The findings revealed that mothers' punitive and distress reactions mediated the relationship between mothers' and their children's ADHD symptom levels. Furthermore, all unsupportive emotion socialization strategies mediated the relationship between mothers' BPD symptoms and their children's ADHD symptoms. These results indicate that unsupportive maternal responses may contribute to the severity of children's ADHD symptoms.</p>","PeriodicalId":10024,"journal":{"name":"Child Psychiatry & Human Development","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-03-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143691154","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Peter Muris, Annelie van der Veen, Britney Luijten, Charlotte de Bie, Cor Meesters
{"title":"On Your Own: An Explorative Study on the Psychopathological and Psychosocial Correlates of Hikikomori Symptoms in Dutch Adolescents and Young Adults.","authors":"Peter Muris, Annelie van der Veen, Britney Luijten, Charlotte de Bie, Cor Meesters","doi":"10.1007/s10578-025-01828-0","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10578-025-01828-0","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Hikikomori is an extreme form of social withdrawal that has been originally described in Japan but that is emergent in many other developed and industrialized countries. The present exploratory study was conducted in The Netherlands and aimed to examine psychopathological and psychosocial correlates of hikikomori symptoms as measured with the Hikikomori Questionnaire-25 (HQ-25) in a convenience population of 122 non-clinical adolescents and young adults and 24 clinically referred young people who were suspected to suffer from autism spectrum disorder (ASD; of which 75% eventually received this DSM-5 diagnosis). The results indicated that higher levels of hikikomori symptoms were associated with higher levels of psychopathological risk factors, higher levels of loneliness as well as a more positive attitude towards being alone, and higher levels of problematic internet use. Furthermore, it was found that hikikomori symptoms were significantly higher in clinically referred participants with suspect ASD than in non-clinical participants. It can be concluded that hikikomori symptoms were present in this sample of young Dutch participants and showed theoretically meaningful relations with other psychological constructs.</p>","PeriodicalId":10024,"journal":{"name":"Child Psychiatry & Human Development","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-03-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143656432","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Chloe A McGrath, Maree J Abbott, Sharlene C Mantz, Margot O'Brien, David J Hawes, Felicity A Waters
{"title":"Parent-Child Interactions in Context: A Comparison of OCD and Non-clinical Families.","authors":"Chloe A McGrath, Maree J Abbott, Sharlene C Mantz, Margot O'Brien, David J Hawes, Felicity A Waters","doi":"10.1007/s10578-025-01823-5","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10578-025-01823-5","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>We investigated the context role of family factors in obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) by comparing observed parent-child interaction behaviors of OCD and non-clinical families during three parent-child discussion tasks. We examined whether behaviors differentiating groups would be consistent across all discussions, or present only during specific tasks. We also investigated the effect of family-based cognitive behavior therapy on parent-child interactions and aimed to identify interaction behaviors associated with OCD symptom change. Thirty-nine children and adolescents (9-16 years old) and their parents participated in three discussion tasks about: (1) pleasant, (2) anxiety-provoking, and (3) conflict situations. Groups were compared on observer-rated parent and child behaviors. OCD dyads participated in discussions again after treatment. Results supported task-specific hypotheses for parent-child interactions in OCD, except for child warmth, demonstrating effects in the expected direction across all discussions. OCD and control families were distinguished on both child and parent behaviors, particularly during the anxiety discussion. Children and adolescents with OCD showed less warmth, confidence, positive problem-solving, and responsibility, and more doubt compared to controls. OCD group parents showed less warmth, confidence, and positive problem-solving, and more doubt and enhanced responsibility than controls. Treatment effects were present for the anxiety discussion exclusively. Pre-post reduction in OCD symptom severity was significantly correlated with an increase in child responsibility, likely related to a reduction in unhelpful avoidance behaviors targeted in treatment. Outcomes support models of OCD maintenance highlighting the importance of family environment factors in OCD symptoms, suggesting that parent-child interaction behaviors characterizing OCD families are contextual.</p>","PeriodicalId":10024,"journal":{"name":"Child Psychiatry & Human Development","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-03-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143633902","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Adolescent Social Media Use and Depression: A Person-Centered Approach.","authors":"Shanyan Lin, Claudio Longobardi","doi":"10.1007/s10578-025-01819-1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10578-025-01819-1","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Many previous studies have investigated the effects of social media use (SMU), including both general SMU and specific types of SMU (e.g., active and passive SMU), on adolescents' depression. However, very few of these studies have employed a person-centered approach. To address this gap, this study conducted a latent profile analysis using five SMU indicators (i.e., problematic SMU, SMU intensity, active SMU, passive SMU, and nighttime SMU) to identify potential SMU patterns among adolescents. The participants were 986 Italian students (525 girls, 53.2%) from senior high schools, aged 13 to 20 years old (M = 16.84, SD = 1.60). Five SMU profiles emerged: (1) the Active users (n = 126, 12.8%), (2) the Low-intensity passive users (n = 97, 9.8%), (3) the Passive users (n = 251, 25.5%), (4) the Problematic active users at night (n = 358, 36.3%), and (5) the Highly problematic active users at night (n = 154, 15.6%). The relative mediating effects of adolescents' self-esteem and self-concept clarity were found in the relationships between SMU profiles and depression. This study highlights the heterogeneity of SMU patterns among adolescents, their association with depressive symptoms, and the potential underlying mediating mechanisms.</p>","PeriodicalId":10024,"journal":{"name":"Child Psychiatry & Human Development","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-03-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143584971","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Emily K Juel, Rebecca G Etkin, Eli R Lebowitz, Jeremy W Pettit, Wendy K Silverman
{"title":"Positive and Negative Experiences of Social Media Use in Early Adolescents with Social Anxiety.","authors":"Emily K Juel, Rebecca G Etkin, Eli R Lebowitz, Jeremy W Pettit, Wendy K Silverman","doi":"10.1007/s10578-025-01822-6","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10578-025-01822-6","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Questions have been raised about how social media may be experienced by adolescents with mental health concerns. Among socially anxious adolescents, social media may be experienced both negatively, because it can exacerbate core fears (e.g., negative evaluation), and positively, because it can alleviate other core fears (e.g., in-person interactions). We examined whether adolescent social anxiety is associated with social media experiences and is influenced by sex (girl/boy). Participants were 282 early adolescents (M<sub>age</sub> = 11.79 years, 63% girls; 47% Hispanic/Latino) presenting for social anxiety evaluation and/or treatment, who completed self-report measures of social anxiety and social media experiences. Regression analyses revealed significant associations between social anxiety and both positive and negative social media experiences. We also found that social anxiety was associated with negative social media experiences for girls but not boys. The findings' advancement of theory, research, and clinical understanding of social media use among socially anxious adolescents are discussed.</p>","PeriodicalId":10024,"journal":{"name":"Child Psychiatry & Human Development","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-03-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143572234","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Simon Klos, Ann-Kathrin Thöne, Manfred Döpfner, Anja Görtz-Dorten
{"title":"Correction: Self-Rated Symptoms of Oppositional Defiant Disorder and Conduct Disorder: Factor Structure, Reliability, and Validity in a Clinical Sample of Adolescents.","authors":"Simon Klos, Ann-Kathrin Thöne, Manfred Döpfner, Anja Görtz-Dorten","doi":"10.1007/s10578-025-01821-7","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10578-025-01821-7","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":10024,"journal":{"name":"Child Psychiatry & Human Development","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-03-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143566284","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Timothy I Lawrence, Thomas Wojciechowski, Kelly Lee, Briana Amador
{"title":"Longitudinal Comorbidity of Anxiety and Depressive Symptoms: The Risk of Cyber Sexual Harassment.","authors":"Timothy I Lawrence, Thomas Wojciechowski, Kelly Lee, Briana Amador","doi":"10.1007/s10578-025-01820-8","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10578-025-01820-8","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Prior literature has suggested that the comorbidity of anxiety and depressive symptoms is often high and common among adolescents and has indicated low, moderate, and high developmental classes. However, there are measurement and theoretical limitations in the literature. Thus, the purpose of the current study is to utilize the correlated liability model of psychopathology to address these limitations: (1) estimating longitudinal classes of the co-occurrence of anxiety and depressive symptoms; (2) exploring whether baseline experience of cyber sexual harassment predicts each class (n = 3064). Group-based trajectory modeling (GBTM) results identified four longitudinal classes of the comorbidity of anxiety and depressive symptoms (e.g., Declining, Low, Moderate, and High Chronic). Multinominal logistic regression results indicated that experiencing cyber sexual harassment at baseline was associated with a lower risk of assignment to the Moderate and Low groups relative to the High Chronic group. These results suggest that adolescents who were sexually harassed online were more likely to report high and chronic comorbidity of anxiety and depressive symptoms over time. Practical and theoretical implications are discussed.</p>","PeriodicalId":10024,"journal":{"name":"Child Psychiatry & Human Development","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-03-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143556035","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Associations Between Peer Relationships and Depressive Symptoms in Rural Children: Undirected and Bayesian Network Analyses.","authors":"Jianjing Jiang, Shengnan Zhang, Zhongyan Su, Xiaoman Yang, Yujie Zhang, Ningning Huang, Yuan Fang, Zhiyan Chen","doi":"10.1007/s10578-025-01818-2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10578-025-01818-2","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Previous studies have noted links between peer relationships and depressive symptoms, but few have explored the subtle internal connections and inherent directionalities of these associations. Undirected and Bayesian network analyses were utilized to explore the interrelationships among key constructs in this study, which focused on 802 Chinese rural children (M<sub>age</sub>= 12.16 years, SD = 0.83, 46.13% boys). Undirected network analysis revealed that Self-hatred, Sadness, and Loneliness were central nodes within the networks of peer relationships and depressive symptoms. Mutual support, Friendship skills, and Popularity emerged as key nodes linking peer relationships with the network of depressive symptoms. Bayesian network analysis demonstrated that Sadness and Popularity act as triggering nodes within the network, which are ultimately leading to depressive symptoms such as Pessimism, School difficulty, Indecisiveness, and Feeling unloved. These findings provide supports for the development of targeted interventions to reduce depressive symptoms in rural children, with a focus on different aspects of peer relationship.</p>","PeriodicalId":10024,"journal":{"name":"Child Psychiatry & Human Development","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-02-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143514751","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}