Research on Child and Adolescent Psychopathology最新文献

{"title":"Examining Pubertal and Cognitive Differences in Adolescent Depressive Symptoms Using Drift Diffusion Modeling.","authors":"Kelly R Barry, Natasha Chaku, Lindsay Till Hoyt","doi":"10.1007/s10802-026-01493-4","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10802-026-01493-4","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Risk for depression increases during adolescence, reflecting a constellation of cascading interactions between affective, biological, and cognitive factors. Drift diffusion modeling (DDM) can clarify the cognitive mechanisms underlying risk for depression by decomposing cognitive task performance into latent components, such as drift rate, boundary separation, and non-decision time. However, limited research has applied DDM to adolescent depression or examined whether these cognitive processes interact with pubertal timing, a key biological risk factor. Participants were 103 racially/ethnically and socioeconomically diverse youth (M_age = 12.58, 48.5% female) who completed cognitive and affective inhibitory control tasks as well as self-report measures of pubertal development and depressive symptoms. DDM parameters were derived using the EZ diffusion model, and moderation analyses tested whether DDM parameters interacted with pubertal timing to predict depressive symptoms. Earlier pubertal timing was associated with greater depressive symptoms across all models. Boundary separation, but not drift rate or non-decision time, significantly interacted with puberal timing in both the Stroop and Emotional Stroop tasks. Specifically, earlier development was associated with higher depressive symptoms only for youth with high boundary separation, potentially reflecting more cautious or effortful decision-making styles. These findings suggest that both cognitive and biological vulnerabilities both contribute to risk for depression during early adolescence. By identifying some of the specific latent decision-making processes associated with depressive symptoms, DDM may provide insight into cognitive features of depression like rumination, indecision, and increased error monitoring.</p>","PeriodicalId":36218,"journal":{"name":"Research on Child and Adolescent Psychopathology","volume":"54 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2026-08-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13476296/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148759848","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":"Prevalence of Pure Cognitive Disengagement Syndrome Without Co-Occurring ADHD in an Elementary School Sample of Children: A Two-Stage Epidemiological Study.","authors":"Eyüp Sabri Ercan, Akın Tahıllıoğlu, Sevim Berrin Inci Izmir, Yağmur Beste Cankorur Haklı, Ceren İçöz Özbayır, Gülenay Korkmaz Şahin, Zeynep İrem Şener, Vahide Öztürk, Öznur Bilaç","doi":"10.1007/s10802-026-01495-2","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10802-026-01495-2","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Cognitive disengagement syndrome (CDS), previously termed sluggish cognitive tempo, is characterized by excessive daydreaming, mental fogginess, slowed behavior, and low energy. Despite growing interest, epidemiological evidence-particularly for CDS without attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)-remains limited. This study aimed to estimate the prevalence and correlates of CDS in a community sample of elementary school children using a two-stage epidemiological design. Children in Grades 2-4 from public schools in İzmir, Türkiye, were screened using parent- and teacher-reported measures (n = 366). Screen-positive cases underwent diagnostic evaluation with K-SADS-PL and clinical interviews. In the screening stage, CDS prevalence ranged from 5.4% to 15.0% depending on informant and impairment criteria. However, following the best-estimate diagnostic procedure, only four children (1.1% of the screened sample) met criteria for CDS without ADHD, corresponding to 25% of children initially identified as having CDS without ADHD during the screening phase. CDS symptom severity was positively associated with inattention and speech delay and negatively associated with hyperactivity. Findings highlight the importance of multi-stage assessment and support CDS as a potentially distinct clinical construct. To our knowledge, this is the first epidemiological study to apply a two-stage best-estimate procedure incorporating semi-structured and clinical interviews.</p>","PeriodicalId":36218,"journal":{"name":"Research on Child and Adolescent Psychopathology","volume":"54 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2026-08-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148664453","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":"Friendship Quality in Children With ADHD Seeking Treatment for Peer Problems: A Comparison of Boy-Boy, Girl-Girl, and Mixed-Gender Dyads.","authors":"Andrés E Montiel, Sébastien Normand, Amori Yee Mikami","doi":"10.1007/s10802-026-01490-7","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10802-026-01490-7","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) often experience friendship difficulties, yet little is known about whether friendship quality differs according to the gender composition of their friendships. Drawing on developmental models of gendered friendship processes, we examined whether friendship quality differed across boy-boy, girl-girl, and mixed-gender dyads among children with ADHD. This secondary analysis used baseline data from a randomized clinical trial of children with ADHD aged 6 to 11 who were seeking treatment for peer problems. The sample included 149 children who brought a reciprocated friend to the baseline assessment: 87 boy-boy dyads, 44 girl-girl dyads, and 18 mixed-gender dyads. Friendship quality was assessed using multi-informant questionnaires and direct observations of dyadic interactions. Contrary to hypotheses, girl-girl dyads showed significantly higher observational positive friendship quality than boy-boy dyads, an effect that remained robust across sensitivity analyses. Questionnaire measures did not consistently differentiate boy-boy and girl-girl dyads, although sensitivity analyses among \"close\" and \"best\" friends suggested higher child-reported positive friendship quality in girl-girl dyads. Mixed-gender dyads generally did not differ from either same-gender group, but these contrasts were underpowered. Findings suggest that gendered friendship patterns among children with ADHD may more closely resemble those observed in neurotypical samples than expected. Results underscore the value of multi-method, multi-informant assessment and highlight the need for further research on friendships among girls with ADHD.</p>","PeriodicalId":36218,"journal":{"name":"Research on Child and Adolescent Psychopathology","volume":"54 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2026-08-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148664180","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":"Out of Sync: Parent-Child Behavioral Synchrony in Conduct Problem Subgroups.","authors":"Silvana Kaouar, Georgette E Fleming, Bryan Neo, Campbell McDonogh, Lucy Koh, Amanda B Chan, Lily Chen, Sasha Forrest, David J Hawes, Valsamma Eapen, Eva R Kimonis","doi":"10.1007/s10802-026-01491-6","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10802-026-01491-6","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Parent-child behavioral synchrony-the dyad's moment-to-moment coordination of behavior and emotion-supports children's socioemotional development, yet most evidence comes from cross-sectional community samples using global indices, limiting clinical insight for heterogeneous conduct problems (CP). This prospective study tested baseline differences and treatment-related change in discrete synchrony facets among clinic-referred children with CP, comparing CP-only, primary callous-unemotional (CU; CU without internalizing problems), and secondary CU (CU with internalizing problems) variants. Mother-child and father-child dyads of N = 234 children aged 2-7 years (74% boys) completed standardized play tasks that were coded into four Mutually Responsive Orientation dimensions (Coordinated Routines, Mutual Cooperation, Harmonious Communication, Emotional Ambience); parents completed questionnaires assessing child CP, CU traits, and internalizing symptoms. A subsample (n = 142) received parent training and was re-assessed post-treatment and at three-month follow-up. At baseline, mother-child Harmonious Communication and Emotional Ambience were significantly lower in secondary CU than in primary CU and CP-only groups. Parent training significantly improved synchrony across dyads from baseline to post-treatment, with maintenance for mothers. However, despite overall gains, synchrony remained lower for secondary CU than primary CU variants at follow-up (mothers), and father-child Harmonious Communication deteriorated from post-treatment to follow-up in secondary CU relative to improvement in primary CU. Findings indicate variant-specific synchrony deficits, especially affective facets, in secondary CU and attenuated normalization following parent training, refining etiological accounts and highlighting the need to tailor synchrony-focused treatment targets for CP subgroups.</p>","PeriodicalId":36218,"journal":{"name":"Research on Child and Adolescent Psychopathology","volume":"54 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2026-07-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13421254/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148621658","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":"From Happiness to Resilience: Asymmetric Temporal Links Among Subjective Well-Being, Hope, and Depressive Symptoms in Late Childhood.","authors":"Pengwei Liang, Xinyu Zhang, Zixuan Qiu, Rui Zhang, Hang Zhang, Yufang Bian","doi":"10.1007/s10802-026-01492-5","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10802-026-01492-5","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Mental health in late childhood and early adolescence reflects both low psychopathology and strong positive resources. This study examined within-person links among subjective well-being (SWB), hope, and depressive symptoms across five annual waves as students progressed from grades 4 to 8 in China (N = 1,128; T1 M_age = 10.35, SD = 0.48; 51.5% were boys and 48.5% were girls; ethnicity was not assessed). Using a random-intercept cross-lagged panel model, we separated stable between-person differences from within-person fluctuations and estimated cross-lagged effects. Results supported an asymmetric cascade: higher SWB predicted subsequent increases in hope, and higher hope predicted later reductions in depressive symptoms; reverse paths were generally non-significant. Two grade-specific exceptions (grade 4 to 5: depression negatively predicted hope; grade 7 to 8: hope predicted SWB) suggested developmental and contextual moderation. Overall, SWB appears to initiate a process that cultivates hope, which then buffers future depressive symptoms, highlighting school-relevant interventions that enhance SWB and build hope in late childhood.</p>","PeriodicalId":36218,"journal":{"name":"Research on Child and Adolescent Psychopathology","volume":"54 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2026-07-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148608232","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":"Relational Victimization, Depressive Symptoms, and E-cigarette Use Intentions Among Adolescents: A Parallel Process Growth Curve Model.","authors":"Yoshito Kawabata, Francis Dalisay, Veronica C Basilio","doi":"10.1007/s10802-026-01487-2","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10802-026-01487-2","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>We examined the longitudinal associations between relational victimization, depressive symptoms, and e-cigarette use intentions among adolescents in Guam, a U.S.-Affiliated Pacific Island in the Western Pacific region. We also explored potential gender differences in these associations. Data were drawn from three waves of surveys that were administered to public middle school students (N = 528; M = 12.66, SD = 0.89). In a parallel process growth curve model, our results indicated that, at the intercept level, higher levels of relational victimization were associated with greater levels of depressive symptoms, which were, in turn, related to stronger intentions to use e-cigarettes. However, relational victimization was not directly associated with e-cigarette use intentions. Girls experienced more relational victimization and showed more depressive symptoms than boys, but not e-cigarette use intentions. Furthermore, at the slope level, changes in relational victimization were associated with changes in e-cigarette use intentions. Although the changes in relational victimization covaried with changes in depressive symptoms, there was no mediation effect. The overall mediation model did not differ between boys and girls. In the context of the Pacific Islands, we discussed clinical and developmental implications, as well as directions for future research.</p>","PeriodicalId":36218,"journal":{"name":"Research on Child and Adolescent Psychopathology","volume":"54 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2026-07-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13522904/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148562843","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":"Children's Self-Efficacy as a Buffer of Temperamental Inhibition and Impulsivity in the Prediction of Internalizing and Externalizing Behaviors.","authors":"Yensy N Sanchez, Lucia Q Parry, Vanessa T Cao, Patrick T Davies, Melissa L Sturge-Apple","doi":"10.1007/s10802-026-01479-2","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10802-026-01479-2","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This study tested children's self-efficacy as a moderator of the associations among temperamental indices of impulsivity and inhibition and their subsequent internalizing and externalizing behaviors two years later. Participants included 243 families, including mothers and preschool children (M age = 4.60 years; 56% girls; 54% Black or multi-racial, 19% Latinx; median annual income = $36,000). The current study utilized a multi-method, multi-informant longitudinal design with two measurement occasions spaced two years apart. Findings from the structural equation modeling analyses indicated that the latent interaction between children's behavioral inhibition and self-efficacy selectively predicted residualized change in their internalizing symptoms over a two-year period, β = -.22, p = .02. In contrast, the latent interaction between children's impulsivity and self-efficacy specifically predicted residualized change in their externalizing symptoms across the two-year timespan, β = -.18, p = .03. Follow up analyses of the two interactions supported the hypothesis that self-efficacy buffered children from the specific risks associated with exhibiting high levels of impulsivity and behavioral inhibition.</p>","PeriodicalId":36218,"journal":{"name":"Research on Child and Adolescent Psychopathology","volume":"54 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2026-07-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148473333","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":"A Within-Person Examination of the Family Stress Model: Family Income, Parental Distress, and Child Mental Health.","authors":"Zeliha Ezgi Saribaz, Agata Debowska, Paul Norman, Richard Rowe","doi":"10.1007/s10802-026-01489-0","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10802-026-01489-0","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The Family Stress Model (FSM) is a key framework explaining the relationship between family income and child mental health. However, most studies examining the FSM are cross-sectional and do not clearly distinguish within- from between-person effects, which limits robust inferences about how family income affects child mental health at the within-person level. This study addressed this gap by applying a Random Intercept Cross-Lagged Panel Model to data from the nationally representative UK Millennium Cohort Study, focusing on children aged 3, 5, 7, 11, and 14 (N = 11,845; ~49.9% female). Findings revealed that within-person decreases in family income were associated with subsequent increases in internalizing problems for boys from ages 3 to 5 and for girls from ages 7 to 11. Further, income was associated with externalizing problems indirectly but only among girls and only through maternal, not paternal, distress. Together, these findings suggest that within-person FSM processes operate in gender- and outcome-specific ways within families. Interventions may benefit from considering both child and parent gender, with maternal mental health as a particularly relevant target during economic hardship.</p>","PeriodicalId":36218,"journal":{"name":"Research on Child and Adolescent Psychopathology","volume":"54 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2026-07-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148473240","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":"Co-Rumination with Peers Predicts Risk for Depression in Offspring of Mothers with Major Depressive Disorder.","authors":"Brianna M Lind, Brandon E Gibb","doi":"10.1007/s10802-026-01486-3","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10802-026-01486-3","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Although offspring of mothers with major depressive disorder (MDD) are at heightened risk for the disorder, most never develop depression, highlighting the need to identify moderators of risk. Co-rumination, the tendency to frequently and passively discuss problems with a peer without any active problem-solving, is a known risk factor in youth and may help to identify which offspring of mothers with MDD are at greatest risk. We tested this hypothesis using data from a multi-wave longitudinal study, examining prospective changes in youths' depressive symptoms and risk for MDD onset during the two-year follow-up. Participants were 214 children (ages 8-14 at baseline) of mothers with (n = 106) or without (n = 108) a history of MDD. At baseline, mothers completed a diagnostic interview, and children completed a self-report measure of co-rumination. Follow up assessments, completed every 6 months for 2 years, were used to assess depressive symptoms and the onset of MDD episodes in children. Supporting our hypothesis, among offspring of mothers with MDD, but not among offspring of never depressed mothers, higher levels of co-rumination at the baseline assessment predicted higher levels of depressive symptoms in offspring at baseline the assessment that were maintained through the end of the follow-up period, as well as increased risk for the onset of MDD across the follow-up. These results highlight the role of co-rumination, which is a modifiable risk factor that may be targeted in prevention and early intervention programs to reduce risk for the intergenerational transmission of depression.</p>","PeriodicalId":36218,"journal":{"name":"Research on Child and Adolescent Psychopathology","volume":"54 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2026-07-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13372828/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148457000","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":"Exploring Longitudinal Associations Among Error-Related Negativity, Perception of Interpersonal Events, and Internalizing Symptoms in Female Adolescents.","authors":"Rebecca Mueller, Katie L Burkhouse, Jennifer H Suor","doi":"10.1007/s10802-026-01485-4","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10802-026-01485-4","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Heightened error-related negativity (ERN), a neural marker of error sensitivity and trait defensive reactivity, and maladaptive appraisals of interpersonal events have each been linked to adolescent internalizing symptoms. Few studies have evaluated a developmental mechanistic model to test whether enhanced ERN might prospectively predict more negative perceptions of peer and family events, and if through this pathway, internalizing symptoms increase. The present study tested this hypothesis in a sample of 79 female adolescents (ages 11-16 years old), of whom 36 adolescents had mothers with histories of internalizing disorders. At baseline, the participants' ERN was measured through electroencephalogram recordings while completing a computerized flanker task. At baseline and 6-month follow-up, participants completed self-report measures of adolescent perceptions of family and peer events and internalizing symptoms. Analyses were conducted within a structural equation modeling framework to capitalize on the full dataset. Three competing models (correlated outcomes, negative perceptions of interpersonal events mediation, reverse internalizing symptoms mediation) were tested and relative model fit comparisons were made to determine which model fit the data better. We found partial support for our hypotheses. For the family events models, there was stronger evidence that baseline ERN predicted increases in internalizing symptoms via increases in negative perceptions of family events. However, for the peer events models, there was stronger evidence that internalizing symptoms mediated the prospective associations between baseline ERN and increases in negative perceptions of peer events. Future research should consider reciprocal effects among these pathways and how these processes could be targeted by preventive interventions.</p>","PeriodicalId":36218,"journal":{"name":"Research on Child and Adolescent Psychopathology","volume":"54 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2026-07-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13369685/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148449658","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}