Zhi Li, Yuanzhe Li, Patrick T Davies, Melissa L Sturge-Apple
{"title":"Family context, directed and random exploration profiles, and child socioemotional functioning.","authors":"Zhi Li, Yuanzhe Li, Patrick T Davies, Melissa L Sturge-Apple","doi":"10.1017/S0954579426101734","DOIUrl":"10.1017/S0954579426101734","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Guided by the evolutionary developmental perspective, this multi-method, longitudinal study seeks to examine \"hyperparameters\" that organize young children's learning. In particular, we adopt computational modeling and a person-centered approach to characterize children's exploration-exploitation profiles during a reward probability task. We also explored the family socioeconomic precursors and child psychological sequelae of the profiles. Participants were 243 families with a preschooler (Mean age = 4.60 years, 56% girls) from diverse racial and ethnic backgrounds (46% Black, 19% Latinx). Family socioeconomic risks were measured at wave one, and exploration-exploitation and socioemotional functioning were assessed two years later via a reward probability task and teacher report, respectively. Person-centered approach revealed three exploration-exploitation profiles, reflecting (a) a high-random exploration, (b) a high-directed exploration, and (c) a balanced exploration-exploitation profile. Greater family socioeconomic risk was linked to an elevated likelihood of membership in the high-random exploration profile (e.g., Z = -2.37). In turn, the high-random exploration profile exhibited the highest attention problems and greater externalizing problems. Findings have critical implications for understanding the processes through which children adapt to adverse family contexts.</p>","PeriodicalId":11265,"journal":{"name":"Development and Psychopathology","volume":" ","pages":"1879-1890"},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2026-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13423597/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148469581","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Long-term developmental trajectories of callous-unemotional traits inform daily emotional reactivity to stress during the transition from late adolescence to young adulthood.","authors":"Rui Gong, Hao Zheng, Yao Zheng","doi":"10.1017/S0954579426101746","DOIUrl":"10.1017/S0954579426101746","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Callous-unemotional (CU) traits are linked with various psychosocial maladjustments. Scant research has investigated its developmental pattern during the transition from late adolescence to young adulthood, and whether the pattern may function as a mechanism against daily stressors in stressful contexts. This study adopted a multi-timescale approach to elucidate how long-term developmental trajectories of CU traits relate to both socioemotional maladjustment and daily emotion dynamics during the transition period. A three-wave longitudinal study (<i>N</i> = 313; <i>M</i><sub>age</sub> = 18 years, 72% female, 30% White) with two 30-day daily diary bursts embedded over three years was conducted. Latent growth curve modeling revealed a modest group-level increase in CU traits. Higher initial levels and faster increase in CU traits were associated with higher depressive symptoms and peer problems and lower empathy and peer attachment in wave 3. Multilevel modeling showed that individuals with faster growth in CU traits displayed lower daily emotional problems, blunted reactivity to stress, and reduced stress-unrelated emotional fluctuations; these associations persisted over two-and-a-half years. These findings suggest that the developmental growth of CU traits may buffer daily stress reactivity in the short-term but could be maladaptive in the long-term.</p>","PeriodicalId":11265,"journal":{"name":"Development and Psychopathology","volume":" ","pages":"1975-1986"},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2026-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148548177","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Change in preschoolers' PTSD symptom severity predicted by caregivers' emotional flooding and aggression.","authors":"Helena Her, Amy D Marshall","doi":"10.1017/S0954579426101709","DOIUrl":"10.1017/S0954579426101709","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Young children who experience symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) rely heavily on caregivers for emotional support. Yet, caregivers who are overwhelmed (or \"flooded\") by children's emotional expressions may not provide effective responses, particularly if they also engage in parent-to-child aggression (PCA). Over 12 months, partnered caregivers (<i>N</i> = 448, <i>M</i>age = 33.80, 52.5% female, 62.7% non-Hispanic White) of a child age 3-5 years who was eligible for Head Start completed surveys and interviews to assess parental emotional flooding, PCA, and children's trauma exposure and PTSD symptoms. Most children (89%) were exposed to potentially traumatic events, including 74% during the study. Male caregivers' emotional flooding predicted maintenance of children's PTSD symptoms over time, regardless of the degree of PCA engaged in. Female caregivers' emotional flooding predicted maintenance of children's PTSD symptoms only among those who engaged in high levels of PCA. Caregivers' experience of emotional flooding may impact children in ways that maintain their PTSD symptoms, including modeling of ineffective emotion regulatory processes or children's internalization of emotions to avoid negative parenting behaviors. Even at low levels of PCA, men's emotional flooding may be impactful, potentially via parental withdrawal. Interventions addressing caregivers' distress when managing children's PTSD-related emotions are indicated.</p>","PeriodicalId":11265,"journal":{"name":"Development and Psychopathology","volume":" ","pages":"1854-1864"},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2026-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13423598/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148410975","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Anat Zaidman-Zait, David M Almeida, Leann Smith DaWalt, Robert S Dembo, Jinkuk Hong, Marsha R Mailick
{"title":"The network structure of daily stress process components: Comparing mothers of children with and without developmental disabilities.","authors":"Anat Zaidman-Zait, David M Almeida, Leann Smith DaWalt, Robert S Dembo, Jinkuk Hong, Marsha R Mailick","doi":"10.1017/S095457942610162X","DOIUrl":"10.1017/S095457942610162X","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Guided by a lifespan developmental perspective, using a network analysis approach, this study compared the structure of daily stress components in mothers of adolescents and adults with developmental disabilities (DD) and a matched sample of mothers of children without DD. We also examined whether components of daily stress were differentially associated with subsequent depression symptoms. Participants (<i>N</i> = 516; 100% female; <i>M</i> = 54.52 years, <i>SD</i> = 10.21; 94.2% White) were drawn from two cohorts: a DD cohort constructed from two linked longitudinal studies of families of adolescents and adults with autism and fragile X syndrome and a comparison group from the Midlife in United States study. Participants completed an 8-day daily telephone interview and reported depressive symptoms two years later. Findings demonstrated that the daily stress network of mothers of individuals with DD was significantly more interconnected than that of the comparison group. Stressor risk appraisal emerged as a central node in both groups, highlighting the role of cognitive appraisal in shaping stress responses. Negative affective reactivity linked daily stress components with later depressive symptoms, particularly in the DD group. Chronic caregiving stress may heighten interconnectivity within daily stress networks, reducing psychological flexibility and increasing vulnerability to daily stressors.</p>","PeriodicalId":11265,"journal":{"name":"Development and Psychopathology","volume":" ","pages":"1828-1840"},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2026-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13423608/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148396501","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Parenting practices and child irritability across diverse racial-ethnic backgrounds: A temporal network analysis.","authors":"Yi Voon Lim, Nellia Bellaert, Nabihah Ahsan, Kalina Michalska, Wan-Ling Tseng","doi":"10.1017/S095457942610145X","DOIUrl":"10.1017/S095457942610145X","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Irritability is a core symptom and diagnostic criterion in several childhood psychiatric disorders. Research has documented bidirectional associations between child irritability and parenting practices; however, cultural variations in these associations remain underexplored.Using three-wave longitudinal data (<i>N</i> = 2,408) from the Future of Families and Child Wellbeing Study (FFCWS) in the United States, this study examined associations between child irritability, parenting behaviors (psychological aggression, physical assault, neglect, and non-violent discipline) and parenting stress across three racial-ethnic groups: non-Latine Black (<i>n</i> = 1,167; 605 males), non-Latine White (<i>n</i> = 614; 314 males), and Latine (<i>n</i> = 627; 316 males) using cross-sectional and temporal network analyses.Parenting behaviors and stress were associated with child irritability concurrently and longitudinally across groups. Results showed bidirectional effects between parenting behaviors/stress and child irritability across ages 3, 5, and 9, with more similarities than differences between groups. Physical assault and lower use of non-violent discipline predicted higher future child irritability (partial correlations = 0.03-0.18 for physical assault and 0.04-0.07 for non-violent discipline) across racial-ethnic groups.These findings suggest parenting interventions may be scalable across cultural contexts to promote positive child outcomes and well-being, though future work should elucidate culturally specific factors that inform tailored practices.</p>","PeriodicalId":11265,"journal":{"name":"Development and Psychopathology","volume":" ","pages":"1641-1652"},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2026-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13222754/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147834933","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Bridget T Bryan, Katherine N Thompson, Helen L Fisher, Timothy Matthews, Barry Milne, Louise Arseneault
{"title":"Investigating the interplay of loneliness and social isolation across adolescence: Findings from a nationally representative longitudinal study.","authors":"Bridget T Bryan, Katherine N Thompson, Helen L Fisher, Timothy Matthews, Barry Milne, Louise Arseneault","doi":"10.1017/S0954579426101758","DOIUrl":"10.1017/S0954579426101758","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>While loneliness and social isolation are risk factors for poor health and functioning, prominent theories suggest that loneliness may serve an adaptive function by encouraging social reconnection. Nevertheless, few studies have examined how loneliness and isolation relate to each other, and other outcomes, over time. Using the Environmental Risk Longitudinal Twin Study, a UK population-representative cohort of 2,232 individuals born in 1994-1995 (49% male, 90% White), we investigated how loneliness and isolation are related across time and jointly influence outcomes. Loneliness and isolation were assessed at ages 12 and 18. Mental health, well-being, health behaviors, and socioeconomic outcomes were measured at age 18. Loneliness and isolation were concurrently and longitudinally associated with each other across adolescence. Loneliness marginally moderated the stability of social isolation from age-12 to 18 (<i>β</i> = ‒0.08, <i>p</i> = 0.08) but did not observe a buffering effect, with isolated children who experienced loneliness experiencing high isolation in young adulthood. Age-12 loneliness and isolation were independently associated with poorer mental health, well-being, and socioeconomic outcomes (<i>β</i> = ‒0.18-0.10, <i>p</i> < 0.05), though experiencing both was not associated with worse outcomes. Our findings underline the pervasive impacts of childhood loneliness and isolation and challenge the view that loneliness drives social reconnection in early life.</p>","PeriodicalId":11265,"journal":{"name":"Development and Psychopathology","volume":" ","pages":"2012-2028"},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2026-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148600230","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Juyoung Kim, Haley Michelle Herbert, Grazyna Kochanska
{"title":"Investigating how and for whom cumulative positive childhood experiences in infancy promote adaptive socioemotional development at preschool age.","authors":"Juyoung Kim, Haley Michelle Herbert, Grazyna Kochanska","doi":"10.1017/S0954579426101801","DOIUrl":"10.1017/S0954579426101801","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Recently, we have witnessed a growing shift from an emphasis on problematic processes to that on positive processes and outcomes in developmental psychopathology and psychological research more generally. Adopting this lens, we addressed three aims. One, we examined developmental sequelae of cumulative positive childhood experiences (PCEs) in infancy, but in contrast to typical retrospective recall, we deployed multiple behavioral and parent-reported measures in a prospective design. We examined children's socioemotional strengths and competencies - rather than diminished or absent problems - as outcomes at preschool age. Two, we examined <i>how</i> PCEs exert their impact, proposing children's competence at toddler age as a mediator. Three, we proposed children's negative emotional reactivity (anger proneness) as a moderator, expecting anger-prone children to be especially affected by variations in early positive experiences. A longitudinal study of 200 mothers, fathers, and infants (96 girls, 104 boys; 20% not \"White alone\") from the U.S. Midwest, followed from 8 months to 4.5 years, confirmed the utility of a conceptual and methodological approach that emphasizes cumulative early PCEs and positive socioemotional outcomes and supported both hypotheses (mediation: <i>B</i> = 0.05, <i>SE</i> = 0.02, 95% CI [0.02, 0.10]; moderation: <i>B</i> = 0.12, <i>SE</i> = 0.06, 95% CI [0.01, 0.25]).</p>","PeriodicalId":11265,"journal":{"name":"Development and Psychopathology","volume":" ","pages":"2042-2056"},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2026-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148683894","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Madison Surmacz, Marika M Coffman, Susan Faja, Nicole Nadwodny, Geraldine Dawson, Shafali S Jeste, Natalia Kleinhans, Katarzyna Chawarska, Sara Jane Webb, Frederick Shic, Adam Naples, Catherine Sugar, James Dziura, James C McPartland
{"title":"Longitudinal predictors of internalizing and externalizing behaviors in autism: Examining relationships with ritualistic behavior and social diagnostic features.","authors":"Madison Surmacz, Marika M Coffman, Susan Faja, Nicole Nadwodny, Geraldine Dawson, Shafali S Jeste, Natalia Kleinhans, Katarzyna Chawarska, Sara Jane Webb, Frederick Shic, Adam Naples, Catherine Sugar, James Dziura, James C McPartland","doi":"10.1017/S0954579426101813","DOIUrl":"10.1017/S0954579426101813","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Autistic youth commonly experience co-occurring mental health conditions. Core autism features have been linked to internalizing and externalizing symptoms, yet longitudinal pathways remain unclear. This study examined how ritualistic and social diagnostic features predict later internalizing and externalizing behaviors in school-age autistic children. Caregivers reported ritualistic behavior (PDDBI), social diagnostic features (SRS-2), and internalizing and externalizing behaviors (CASI-5; BASC-3) at two time points (baseline M<sub>age</sub> = 8.50, SD = 1.62, range = 6.0-11.5; follow-up M<sub>age</sub> = 12.67, SD = 1.79, range = 8.7-16.1). Children (n = 139) were 79.1% male (n = 110), 20.9% female (n = 29), 5% African American/Black (n = 7), 0.7% American Indian/Alaska Native (n = 1), 7.2% Asian (n = 10), 17.3% Mixed Race (n = 24), 1.4% Other (n = 2), 68.3% White (n = 95), 17.3% Hispanic/Latinx (n = 24), and 82.7% non-Hispanic/Latinx (n = 115). Ritualistic behavior and social diagnostic features were associated at baseline (r = .590). Baseline ritualistic behavior predicted later internalizing behaviors, while neither social diagnostic features nor ritualistic behavior predicted later externalizing behaviors. Findings underscore the importance of examining specific core autism features, particularly ritualistic behavior, as early indicators of internalizing and externalizing challenges across development.</p>","PeriodicalId":11265,"journal":{"name":"Development and Psychopathology","volume":" ","pages":"2105-2116"},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2026-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148976058","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Theory of mind and explicit mentalizing: vocabulary as a mediator in preschoolers with and without a history of language delay.","authors":"Hsin-Hui Lu, Chu-Yin Shih","doi":"10.1017/S0954579426101692","DOIUrl":"10.1017/S0954579426101692","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This study examined explicit mentalising (EM) in preschoolers with a history of language delay (HLD) and tested whether vocabulary mediates the association between theory of mind (ToM) and EM, after controlling for family socio-economic status (SES). Ninety Mandarin-speaking preschoolers (45 with HLD, 32 boys; 45 without HLD, 24 boys; aged 4-6 years) completed measures of cognitive and affective ToM, receptive emotional and non-emotional vocabulary, expressive emotional and non-emotional vocabulary, and EM. The results showed that participants with HLD scored lower on vocabulary, ToM, and EM than their peers without HLD. Expressive vocabulary partially mediated the ToM-EM relationship. For cognitive ToM, mediation followed a sequential path from receptive to expressive vocabulary, whereas affective ToM was mediated only by expressive vocabulary; the association of nonemotional expressive vocabulary in the cognitive pathway was attenuated after controlling for SES. EM interventions for preschoolers with HLD may benefit from targeting reasoning processes and supporting the development of emotional understanding and expression through vocabulary growth and ToM-related mechanisms.</p>","PeriodicalId":11265,"journal":{"name":"Development and Psychopathology","volume":" ","pages":"1952-1963"},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2026-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148535519","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nicholas J Santopetro, C J Brush, Alexander Kallen, Nader Amir, Greg Hajcak
{"title":"Disaggregation of between- and within-subject effects of internalizing symptoms on P300 amplitude during adolescence.","authors":"Nicholas J Santopetro, C J Brush, Alexander Kallen, Nader Amir, Greg Hajcak","doi":"10.1017/S0954579426101369","DOIUrl":"10.1017/S0954579426101369","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Deviations in P300 activity have been implicated in depression and anxiety; however, much of this research has been conducted in adult samples and has primarily examined the association between P300 amplitude and internalizing symptoms <i>between participants</i>. We sought to simultaneously examine the between- and within-subject associations between depression and anxiety symptoms with P300. Self-report and neural data from a flanker task were collected at three timepoints over the course of two years in a large sample of adolescents (<i>n</i> = 490). <i>Blunted</i> P300 was robustly related to elevated between-subject depression. Conversely, elevations in within-subject anxiety were associated with <i>larger</i> P300. Results implicate the P300 as a reliable correlate of between-subjects level depression-related deficits in cognitive functions that is not susceptible to within-subject changes. Additionally, P300 also serves as a correlate of within-subject elevations in youth anxiety symptoms likely reflecting greater hyperarousal at the time of assessment.</p>","PeriodicalId":11265,"journal":{"name":"Development and Psychopathology","volume":" ","pages":"1630-1640"},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2026-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13222752/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147765123","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}