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{"title":"Metacognitive Awareness and Emotional Resilience in Children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder.","authors":"Hatice Ünver,&nbsp;Ayşe Rodopman Arman,&nbsp;Şerife Nur Akpunar","doi":"10.2478/sjcapp-2022-0003","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2478/sjcapp-2022-0003","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>This study explored the metacognitive awareness and emotional resilience levels of children suffering from attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) (n=60) with typically developing children (n=30).</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Measures included Metacognitive Awareness Inventory and Resiliency Scales for Children and Adolescents filled out by participants, the List of Adverse Life Events, Turgay DSM-IV-Based Disruptive Behavior Disorders Scale, and Revised Child Anxiety and Depression Scale-Parent Form filled out by parents.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Metacognitive awareness and emotional resilience were found to be low in the children with ADHD. Emotional resilience increases as metacognitive awareness increases. Metacognitive awareness decreased in the presence of heightened ADHD, anxiety, and/or depression symptoms expressed by the parents' questionnaires (p < 0.001, r = -0.438; p < 0.001, r = -0.403; and p < 0.001, r = -0.421).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Findings identified that metacognitive skills and emotional resilience are affected in ADHD.</p>","PeriodicalId":42655,"journal":{"name":"Scandinavian Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychology","volume":" ","pages":"33-39"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2022-06-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pub/pmc/oa_pdf/02/24/sjcapp-10-033.PMC9204392.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40593737","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Parent-child Relationship Outcomes of the Incredible Years Parents and Babies Program: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial.","authors":"Maiken Pontoppidan,&nbsp;Mette Thorsager,&nbsp;Tine Steenhoff","doi":"10.2478/sjcapp-2022-0004","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2478/sjcapp-2022-0004","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>A warm, sensitive, and responsive relationship to a caregiver is essential for healthy child development.</p><p><strong>Objective: </strong>This paper examines the effects of the Incredible Years Parents and Babies (IYPB) program on the parent-child relationship at post-intervention when offered as a universal parenting intervention to parents with newborn infants.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>We conducted a pragmatic, two-arm, parallel pilot randomized controlled trial; 112 families with newborns were randomized to IYPB intervention (76) or usual care (36). The IYPB program is a group intervention with eight two-hour sessions. In addition to parent-reported questionnaires, we collected a six-minute-long video at post-intervention from 97 families to assess the parent-child relationship, which was then coded with the Coding Interactive Behavior system.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>There were no significant intervention effects on either the total score or any of the seven subscales at post-intervention when the children were around 5.5 months old. For parental sensitivity, results were significant at the 10% level, favoring the IYPB group. When examining the lowest-functioning mothers in moderator analyses, we also found no significant differences between the two groups.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>In line with parent-report outcomes, we did not find any statistically significant differences between the IYPB program and usual care on parent-child relationship when offered as a universal intervention for a relatively well-functioning group of parents with infants in a setting with a high standard of usual care. However, there was a positive trend for the total score, parental sensitivity and reciprocity with effect sizes in the range of .41-.51. It is possible that a larger sample would have resulted in significant differences for these outcomes.</p><p><strong>Trial registration: </strong>ClinicalTrials.gov NCT01931917 (registration date August 27, 2013).</p>","PeriodicalId":42655,"journal":{"name":"Scandinavian Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychology","volume":" ","pages":"40-52"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2022-06-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pub/pmc/oa_pdf/50/86/sjcapp-10-040.PMC9204393.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40593269","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Association Between Early Risk Factors and Level of Functioning at Age Seven in Children at Familial Risk for Schizophrenia Or Bipolar Disorder - the Danish High Risk and Resilience Study VIA 7.","authors":"Anette Faurskov Bundgaard,&nbsp;Nicoline Hemager,&nbsp;Ditte Lou Gantriis,&nbsp;Nanna Lawaetz Steffensen,&nbsp;Birgitte Klee Burton,&nbsp;Ditte Ellersgaard,&nbsp;Camilla Jerlang Christiani,&nbsp;Katrine S Spang,&nbsp;Anders Helles Carlsen,&nbsp;Vibeke Bliksted,&nbsp;Kerstin J Plessen,&nbsp;Jens Richardt Møllegaard Jepsen,&nbsp;Merete Nordentoft,&nbsp;Ole Mors,&nbsp;Anne A E Thorup,&nbsp;Aja Neergaard Greve","doi":"10.2478/sjcapp-2022-0001","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2478/sjcapp-2022-0001","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Facing multiple risk factors, relative to single risk factor exposure early in life can have great implications for negative child development.</p><p><strong>Objective: </strong>We aim to examine whether the prevalence of early risk factors is higher among children with familial high risk for schizophrenia or bipolar disorder compared to controls. Further, to investigate the association between number of early risk factors and level of functioning at age seven, and whether this possible association is different in children with familial high risk compared to controls.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>The Danish High Risk and Resilience Study VIA 7 is a population-based cohort study of children of parents diagnosed with schizophrenia (N = 202), bipolar disorder (N = 120) and controls (N = 200). We conducted a semi-structured anamnestic interview with the child's primary caregiver to assess early risk factors from pregnancy to age four. We used the Children's Global Assessment Scale to measure level of functioning at age seven.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>13 out of 17 risk factors were more prevalent in children at familial high risk for schizophrenia and 7 out of 17 risk factors were more prevalent in children at familial high risk for bipolar disorder compared to controls. Level of functioning decreased 2.7 (95% CI, 2.2; 3.3)-points per risk factor, but the association was not significantly different across the three groups (<i>p</i> = 0.09).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Our results showed that children at age seven with familial high risk for schizophrenia or bipolar disorder experience a greater number of early risk factors. A higher number of early risk factors were associated with lower level of functioning at age seven. However, the association is not different for children with familial high risk or controls.</p>","PeriodicalId":42655,"journal":{"name":"Scandinavian Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychology","volume":" ","pages":"12-23"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2022-03-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pub/pmc/oa_pdf/f3/5a/sjcapp-10-012.PMC9131510.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40459243","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The relationship between behavioral problems and screen time in children during COVID-19 school closures in Japan.","authors":"Chika Ueno,&nbsp;Shuichi Yamamoto","doi":"10.21307/sjcapp-2022-001","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21307/sjcapp-2022-001","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background and objectives: </strong>Studies have shown that COVID-19 school closures negatively impacted children's well-being. We assessed the impact of school closures on children in Japan. We postulated that screen time and sleep habits during school closure would be associated with children's mental health status.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A cross-sectional study was conducted with 959 children in four public elementary schools. Parents completed an original questionnaire in which we enquired about children's behavioral problems, screen time (duration of watching TV/videos and duration of playing video games), sleep habits, and bodyweight change during school closure. Logistic regression analyses were performed to investigate the relationships between behavioral problems, bodyweight gain, and screen time.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>It was found that 50.3% of children exhibited some behavioral problems during school closure; fewer children exhibited such problems after schools reopened. Moreover, children's behavioral problems during school closure were associated with longer total screen time (odds ratio [OR]: 1.2, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.14-1.28, <i>p</i> < .001). Sleep habits were not different between children with behavioral problems and those without. Of the children, 16.7% experienced bodyweight gain during school closure, which was associated with behavioral problems (OR: 2.0, 95% CI: 1.43-2.92, <i>p</i> < .001) and time spent watching TV/videos (OR: 1.2, 95% CI: 1.08-1.28, <i>p</i> < .001) during closure.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>COVID-19 school closure negatively impacted school children physically and psychologically. Screen time was associated with both physical and mental health status. Therefore, children should not engage in arbitrary screen time during school closures and should be supported in their daily routines.</p>","PeriodicalId":42655,"journal":{"name":"Scandinavian Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychology","volume":"10 ","pages":"1-8"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2022-01-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pub/pmc/oa_pdf/2a/94/sjcapp-10-001.PMC8762980.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"39756400","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Psychometric Properties of Malay Obsessive-compulsive Inventory-child Version (OCI-CV) in Malaysian Perspectives.","authors":"Eusoff Fitri Sarnin,&nbsp;Shalisah Sharip,&nbsp;Idayu Badilla Idris,&nbsp;Syahnaz Mohd Hashim,&nbsp;Wan Salwina Wan Ismail,&nbsp;Fairuz Nazri Abdul Rahman,&nbsp;Norazlin Kamal,&nbsp;Zaleha Abdullah Mahady,&nbsp;NoorSharina Baharim,&nbsp;Gabriella E Hamlett,&nbsp;Edna B Foa","doi":"10.2478/sjcapp-2022-0012","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2478/sjcapp-2022-0012","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>This study aimed to examine the psychometric properties of reliability and validity of OCI-CV in a non-clinical sample of Malaysian children and adolescents.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>Participants of school-age and adolescent students from Klang Valley School completed the 21-item Malay OCI-CV using Google Form. OCI-CV English version was translated backward and forward to the Malay language. Face validity was conducted first before distributing the questionnaire to the participants. Exploratory Factor analysis (EFA) and Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA) was conducted to evaluate the psychometric properties of OCI-CV.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>A total of 102 school-age children and adolescents with a mean age of 15.96 years (male: 41.2%, female: 58.8%) participated in the study. The Malay OCI-CV showed high internal consistency, with Cronbach Alpha values of 0.90 for the whole scale. EFA showed multifactorial components. Five factors were labelled as \"Washing / Ordering, Doubting, Obsessions, Checking, and Hoarding,\". In the CFA, the five-factor model indicates adequate fit indices of (χ2/df = 1.51, RMSEA = .071, GFI = .824, AGFI = .769, NFI = .724, CFI = .880).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The Malay OCI-CV has good psychometric properties and is suitable for use in the Malaysian context. Further validation studies should be conducted among a clinical population to enhance the generalization of this finding.</p>","PeriodicalId":42655,"journal":{"name":"Scandinavian Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychology","volume":"10 1","pages":"114-122"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pub/pmc/oa_pdf/41/2d/sjcapp-10-114.PMC9716882.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10730001","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Resilience Among Gifted Students: Are they Prone to Anxiety During Pandemic?","authors":"Gülendam Akgül","doi":"10.2478/sjcapp-2022-0016","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2478/sjcapp-2022-0016","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Resilience is an important protective factor for psychological wellbeing. According to the previous literature, physical activity level and digital game playing are likely to impact anxiety level.</p><p><strong>Objective: </strong>The present study aimed to identify the role of resilience, doing physical activity, and playing digital games on gifted children's anxiety levels during the Pandemic period in 2021 in Turkey.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>The sample consisted of 199 gifted students. Anxiety was measured using the Spielberger's State Anxiety Inventory. Resilience was measured using The Brief Resilience Scale. The physical activity and online/digital game-playing were measured using two open-ended questions.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Results provided evidence that resilience had a strong negative association with anxiety among gifted students during the Pandemic period (β = -.59, p<.001). Doing physical activity was associated with anxiety among gifted boys (β = -.16, p<.001) but not girls. Finally, digital game playing was associated with anxiety among neither girls nor boys.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>These results reflected the importance of resilience for anxiety.</p>","PeriodicalId":42655,"journal":{"name":"Scandinavian Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychology","volume":"10 1","pages":"153-162"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pub/pmc/oa_pdf/26/c6/sjcapp-10-153.PMC9828212.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10583627","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Emotional State, Life Satisfaction and Worries Regarding COVID-19 in Spanish and Chilean Adolescents during Spring 2020.","authors":"Víctor Ciudad-Fernández,&nbsp;Konstanze Schoeps,&nbsp;Inmaculada Montoya-Castilla","doi":"10.2478/sjcapp-2022-0015","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2478/sjcapp-2022-0015","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>The lockdown due to COVID-19, has affected the mental health of the population. Recent literature suggests a greater psychological impact on adolescents regardless of their cultural background.</p><p><strong>Objective: </strong>The aim is to analyze the emotional state, life satisfaction and worries about COVID-19 in Chilean and Spanish adolescents.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>A total of 1078 adolescents (<i>M</i>=15.18; <i>SD</i>=1.25) completed the Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scale, the COVID-19 Worry Scale and the Life Satisfaction Scale. The design was cross-sectional and descriptive. Descriptive analyses, t-tests, and linear regressions were performed.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>More emotional symptoms, worries and lower life satisfaction were observed in Chile. Girls had more worries and emotional symptoms. An affected psychological state is also observed in Spanish adolescents, especially in Chilean adolescents. Worries about COVID-19 affect depression, anxiety, stress and life satisfaction in both samples.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Further research is needed to prevent psychological distress in future pandemics. Developing tailored interventions are encouraged.</p>","PeriodicalId":42655,"journal":{"name":"Scandinavian Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychology","volume":"10 1","pages":"144-152"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pub/pmc/oa_pdf/31/57/sjcapp-10-144.PMC9828208.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9148674","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Developing a Brief Parent Training Intervention to Prevent Anxiety in Offspring.","authors":"Johan Åhlén,&nbsp;Sarah Vigerland,&nbsp;Madeleine Lindberg,&nbsp;Olivia Gunterberg,&nbsp;Ata Ghaderi","doi":"10.2478/sjcapp-2022-0013","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2478/sjcapp-2022-0013","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Offspring of parents with anxiety disorders have an increased risk of developing anxiety themselves. Very few studies have evaluated interventions aiming to prevent anxiety in offspring of anxious parents. This study was a small (<i>N</i>=40) randomized pilot study with three arms evaluating the feasibility of a novel parent support group for anxious parents, the Supporting Anxious Parents Program (SAPP). The primary objective was to evaluate the acceptability of the SAPP. In addition, we also evaluated preliminary effects on child anxiety, parent risk factors, and quality of life, and feasibility of the study design. Excessive parental worry and anxiety and having a child not meeting criteria for an anxiety disorder (6-12 years old), served as inclusion criteria. Thirteen parents were randomly allocated to a group-based intervention, 14 to an individual Internet-based version of the intervention, and 13 to a waitlist control condition. The intervention was developed to target three risk factors involved in the parent-child transmission of anxiety; criticism/low warmth, overprotective behaviors, and modeling of anxiety. The results showed that parents were generally very satisfied with the intervention. We did not find any significant decreases in child anxiety in the intervention conditions. However, for the parents, we found preliminary support for reduced overprotective behaviors, reduced worry, and increased quality of life. The study design was found to be feasible. According to the results, a revision of the intervention is recommended before a full randomized controlled trial could be conducted.</p>","PeriodicalId":42655,"journal":{"name":"Scandinavian Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychology","volume":"10 1","pages":"123-133"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pub/pmc/oa_pdf/86/13/sjcapp-10-123.PMC9716892.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10730003","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Prevalence of elevated anxiety symptoms among children in quarantine with COVID-19 infection in the State of Qatar: A cross-sectional study.","authors":"Yasser Saeed Khan,&nbsp;Abdul Waheed Khan,&nbsp;Islam Ahmed Noureldin Ahmed,&nbsp;Samar Hammoudeh,&nbsp;Halla Salim,&nbsp;Mohammed AbuKhattab,&nbsp;Muna A Rahman S Al-Maslamani,&nbsp;Abdulwahed Zainel,&nbsp;Sarah Nidal Salameh,&nbsp;Majid Alabdulla","doi":"10.21307/sjcapp-2021-021","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21307/sjcapp-2021-021","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Children are particularly vulnerable to the psychological effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. The disruption in daily life has impacted children significantly. Moreover, the increased worrying associated with the probability of getting infected or becoming seriously unwell due to infection can potentially precipitate anxiety disorders among children.</p><p><strong>Objective: </strong>This study aimed to determine rates of elevated anxiety symptoms in children with COVID-19 infection. It also explored whether there were any differences in terms of age, gender, and residency status.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>A cross-sectional, questionnaire-based study with 88 participants (children aged 7-13 years, 54.5% males, 45.5% females) from two institutional quarantine centers. The Spence Children's Anxiety Scale and its validated Arabic version (self-reported questionnaires) were used to measure anxiety symptoms.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>36.3% children reported elevated anxiety symptoms. A lower rate of 32.8% was reported in younger children (7-11 years) compared to 45.8% in older children (12 and 13 years). 70.4% and 57.9% children reported physical injury fears and separation anxiety respectively. A higher prevalence of overall anxiety was reported in children from expatriate families (40.6%) compared to native children (25%). The difference in the mean scores between the expatriate and native group of children was found statistically significant for obsessive-compulsive symptoms.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The prevalence of elevated anxiety symptoms among children in quarantine with COVID-19 infection can be much higher than that reported in the general population. Older children can have elevated anxiety symptoms more commonly than their younger counterparts can. Expatriate children are likely to be more vulnerable to the psychological impact of the pandemic compared to children from local families. Our results suggest the crucial need of focusing on the psychological impact of COVID-19 pandemic on children. The prioritization and effective management of the mental health needs of children should be a vital component of the overall, global response to the pandemic.</p>","PeriodicalId":42655,"journal":{"name":"Scandinavian Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychology","volume":"9 ","pages":"187-195"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2021-12-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pub/pmc/oa_pdf/29/70/sjcapp-09-021.PMC8717095.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"39874478","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Interpersonal trust in adolescents with psychiatric disorders and borderline pathology.","authors":"Miana Graves,&nbsp;Francesca Penner,&nbsp;Carla Sharp","doi":"10.21307/sjcapp-2021-020","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21307/sjcapp-2021-020","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Adolescents with features of borderline personality disorder (BPD) may experience deficits in interpersonal trust; however, a simultaneous comparison of interpersonal trust among adolescents with BPD, other psychiatric disorders, and no psychiatric conditions (healthy controls) has never been conducted.</p><p><strong>Objective: </strong>The aims of this study were to 1) explore differences in interpersonal trust (emotional trust, honesty beliefs, and reliability beliefs) between these three groups, and 2) examine the incremental value of BPD features in association with interpersonal trust over and above internalizing and externalizing.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>Adolescents (<i>N</i> = 445, 67.9% female, <i>M</i> <i>_age</i> = 15.13) recruited from two psychiatric hospitals (psychiatric sample, n = 280) and community organizations (healthy sample, n = 165) completed measures of BPD features, interpersonal trust, and internalizing and externalizing psychopathology. Psychiatric adolescents also completed an interview assessing BPD (n = 83 BPD). ANCOVA and hierarchical linear regression were used for analyses.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Emotional trust differed significantly across all three groups, with the lowest level of emotional trust in adolescents with BPD. Reliability was also lower in the two psychiatric groups relative to healthy controls. BPD features were significantly, inversely associated with emotional trust and reliability beliefs when controlling for internalizing and externalizing pathology. Post-hoc analyses testing specificity of the three forms of trust found that lower emotional trust predicted BPD diagnosis over and above the other two forms of trust.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Findings highlight emotional trust as a correlate and important target of intervention for adolescents with BPD, and add to knowledge on interpersonal trust deficits for adolescents with psychiatric disorders more broadly.</p>","PeriodicalId":42655,"journal":{"name":"Scandinavian Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychology","volume":"9 ","pages":"176-186"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2021-11-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pub/pmc/oa_pdf/4a/59/sjcapp-09-020.PMC8596190.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"39897574","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}