{"title":"Stress experienced by adolescents in school: the importance of personality and interpersonal relationships.","authors":"Garfield Bester","doi":"10.2989/17280583.2019.1580586","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2989/17280583.2019.1580586","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p><i>Objective:</i> The aim of the investigation was to determine the interrelatedness between personality variables, interpersonal relationships, and stress in adolescents. <i>Method:</i> The personality of adolescents (variables related to Jung's theory, self-concept, and egocentrism) and their relationships with teachers and peers as well as stress were measured using a sample of 358 school-going adolescents with an average age of 16.28 years. <i>Results:</i> Extraverts experienced better relationships with peers. Sensing- and judging-orientated learners had better relationships with teachers. Thinking- and judging-orientated learners experienced less stress. Self-concept correlated positively with interpersonal relationships and negatively with stress while egocentrism correlated negatively with interpersonal relationships and positively with stress. Personality variables (especially self-concept) were the most important variables to explain the variance in stress. <i>Conclusion:</i> Perceiving-orientated learners who lack structure in their schoolwork experienced more stress and relationship problems with teachers. The enhancement of the adolescents' self-concept should be a priority to strengthen interpersonal relationships and to lower stress. Adolescent egocentrism should also be addressed, especially in those who overestimate their responsibilities.</p>","PeriodicalId":45290,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Child and Adolescent Mental Health","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.2989/17280583.2019.1580586","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"37085319","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Aitao Lu, Meichao Zhang, Meirong Li, Ye Zhang, Jijia Zhang
{"title":"Neuroticism and depression: a moderated mediation model of secure peer attachment and blindness.","authors":"Aitao Lu, Meichao Zhang, Meirong Li, Ye Zhang, Jijia Zhang","doi":"10.2989/17280583.2019.1608829","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2989/17280583.2019.1608829","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p><i>Background:</i> Prior studies have shown strong pairwise relationships between neuroticism, peer attachment, and depression but very little was found on the questions of how neuroticism is associated with depression through secure peer attachment, and what role individual difference played in these relations (i.e., the moderating mechanism of being visually impaired or not). <i>Objective:</i> The present study investigated the relationship between neuroticism and depression with secure peer attachment as the mediator and being visually impaired or not as the moderator among visually impaired and sighted adolescents. <i>Methods:</i> The sample consisted of 67 visually impaired adolescents from a special education school, and 160 sighted adolescents from an elementary school and a middle school in Guangzhou, China. All of the adolescents completed a battery of questionnaires that measured secure peer attachment, neuroticism, and depression. <i>Results:</i> The results suggested that neuroticism and depression were negatively associated with secure peer attachment. Moreover, it was found that secure peer attachment partially mediated the relationship between neuroticism and depression and that this link was stronger in visually impaired adolescents than in sighted adolescents. <i>Conclusions:</i> The findings highlighted the importance of secure peer attachment for visually impaired adolescents, and results were interpreted in terms of implications for future studies.</p>","PeriodicalId":45290,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Child and Adolescent Mental Health","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.2989/17280583.2019.1608829","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"37211773","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Lieke Amw Wijnhoven, Hanneke Niels-Kessels, Daan Hm Creemers, Ad A Vermulst, Roy Otten, Rutger Cme Engels
{"title":"Prevalence of comorbid depressive symptoms and suicidal ideation in children with autism spectrum disorder and elevated anxiety symptoms.","authors":"Lieke Amw Wijnhoven, Hanneke Niels-Kessels, Daan Hm Creemers, Ad A Vermulst, Roy Otten, Rutger Cme Engels","doi":"10.2989/17280583.2019.1608830","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2989/17280583.2019.1608830","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p><i>Objective:</i> Children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) often have comorbid depressive symptoms and suicidal ideation. The aim of this study was to examine levels of depressive symptoms and suicidal ideation in a sample of children with ASD, normal cognitive functioning and elevated anxiety. <i>Methods:</i> In total, 93 children aged 8-16 years with ASD and with normal cognitive functioning and (sub)clinical anxiety symptoms participated in the present study. Both parents and children filled in questionnaires to measure the level of depressive symptoms. Moreover, children reported their level of suicidal ideation. <i>Results:</i> More than 35% of the children with ASD reported clinical levels of depressive symptoms while, according to parents, even more than 75% of these children showed clinical levels of depressive symptoms. Girls reported significantly higher levels of depressive symptoms than boys. Moreover, 32.2% of the children with ASD and anxiety had suicidal thoughts and 2.2% of the children showed active suicidal ideation. No gender differences were found in suicidal ideation. <i>Conclusions:</i> The findings indicated that children with ASD, normal cognitive functioning and anxiety symptoms have an increased prevalence of clinical depressive symptoms and suicidal ideation. Therefore, depressive symptoms and suicidal ideation should be assessed when working with anxious children with ASD.</p>","PeriodicalId":45290,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Child and Adolescent Mental Health","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.2989/17280583.2019.1608830","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"37258458","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Normative beliefs as predictors of physical, non-physical and relational aggression among South African adolescents.","authors":"Anita Padmanabhanunni, Martin Gerhardt","doi":"10.2989/17280583.2019.1579096","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2989/17280583.2019.1579096","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This study investigated the contribution of general normative beliefs about aggression and specific normative beliefs about retaliatory aggression in predicting physical, non-physical and relational aggression. Adolescents (<i>N</i> = 229) from a low-income community in South Africa completed the Normative Beliefs about Aggression Scale (NOBAGS) and the Aggression-Problem Behaviour Frequency Scale (A-PBFS). The results revealed significantly higher levels of all forms of aggression amongst boys as compared to girls. There were significant gender differences in belief-behaviour associations with more significant correlations found among girls. General beliefs endorsing aggression were positively correlated with physical aggression among girls. For girls, beliefs about the acceptability of verbal and physical retaliation were associated with relational and non-physical aggression. The current findings broaden the understanding of the predictors of aggressive behaviour among South African youth. They emphasise that both general beliefs about aggression and specific beliefs about retaliation predict actual aggressive behaviour. Significantly, the study emphasizes that there are gender differences in the prediction of aggressive behaviour in terms of normative beliefs.</p>","PeriodicalId":45290,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Child and Adolescent Mental Health","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.2989/17280583.2019.1579096","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"37085059","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Medical Family Therapy: Advanced Applications.","authors":"Michelle Karume","doi":"10.2989/17280583.2018.1540147","DOIUrl":"10.2989/17280583.2018.1540147","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":45290,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Child and Adolescent Mental Health","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-11-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"36644436","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Lauren Franz, Konyin Adewumi, Nola Chambers, Marisa Viljoen, Joy Noel Baumgartner, Petrus J de Vries
{"title":"Providing early detection and early intervention for autism spectrum disorder in South Africa: stakeholder perspectives from the Western Cape province.","authors":"Lauren Franz, Konyin Adewumi, Nola Chambers, Marisa Viljoen, Joy Noel Baumgartner, Petrus J de Vries","doi":"10.2989/17280583.2018.1525386","DOIUrl":"10.2989/17280583.2018.1525386","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>We set out to examine key stakeholder perspectives on early detection and intervention for autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in South Africa. Early detection and intervention improves child and family outcomes and lessens long-term costs. We focused on stakeholders in the Western Cape province, one of the better-resourced in terms of healthcare. Eight senior management level stakeholders, two each from government's Health, Education, and Social Development, and the non-profit sector were identified using purposive sampling. In-depth interviews focused on key implementation- related themes. The National Integrated Early Childhood Development Policy was the most relevant to early detection and intervention. This policy, however, is not ASD specific. This lack of specificity is in keeping with an emerging theme: ASD was only seen within the context of other developmental disabilities, particularly by Health and Social Development. Specific ASD early detection and intervention may not currently align with Health and Social Development departmental goals. These departments are primarily responsible for identifying and providing services and financial support to young children with ASD. Increased ASD knowledge and local South African statistics on prevalence, burden and associated costs may alter this approach. At this time, ASD early intervention may be more closely aligned with Education department goals.</p>","PeriodicalId":45290,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Child and Adolescent Mental Health","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.2989/17280583.2018.1525386","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"36654026","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":"Corrigendum.","authors":"","doi":"10.2989/17280583.2018.1557823","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2989/17280583.2018.1557823","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":45290,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Child and Adolescent Mental Health","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.2989/17280583.2018.1557823","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"36794037","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Elizabeth Edginton, Rebecca Walwyn, Maureen Twiddy, Alex Wright-Hughes, Sandy Tubeuf, Sadie Reed, Alix Smith, Laura Stubbs, Jacqueline Birtwistle, Sarah Jane Abraham, Lynda Ellis, Nick Midgley, Tom Hughes, Paul Wallis, David Cottrell
{"title":"TIGA-CUB-manualised psychoanalytic child psychotherapy versus treatment as usual for children aged 5-11 with treatment-resistant conduct disorders and their primary carers: results from a randomised controlled feasibility trial.","authors":"Elizabeth Edginton, Rebecca Walwyn, Maureen Twiddy, Alex Wright-Hughes, Sandy Tubeuf, Sadie Reed, Alix Smith, Laura Stubbs, Jacqueline Birtwistle, Sarah Jane Abraham, Lynda Ellis, Nick Midgley, Tom Hughes, Paul Wallis, David Cottrell","doi":"10.2989/17280583.2018.1532433","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2989/17280583.2018.1532433","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Parenting programmes are recommended for conduct disorders in 5-11 year olds, but ineffective for 25-33%. A feasibility trial was needed to determine whether a confirmatory trial of second-line, manualised short-term psychoanalytic child psychotherapy (mPCP) versus treatment as usual (TaU) is practicable.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>This was a two-arm, pragmatic, parallel-group, multi-centre, individually-randomised controlled feasibility trial with blinded outcome assessment. Child-primary carer dyads were recruited from National Health Service Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services and mPCP delivered by routine child psychotherapists.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Thirty-two dyads (50% of eligible, 95% CI 37 to 63%) were recruited, with 16 randomised to each arm. Eleven (69%) completed ≥50% of 12 week mPCP and 13 (81%) . Follow-up was obtained for 24 (75%) at 4 months and 14/16 (88%) at 8 months. Teacher follow-up was 16 (50%) ≥1 session. Manual adherence was good. Baseline candidate primary outcomes were 37.4 (SD 11.4) and 18.1 (SD 15.7) on the Child Behaviour Checklist/Teacher Report Form externalising scale and 102.8 (SD 28.4) and 58.8 (SD 38.9) on the total score. Health economics data collection was feasible and the trial acceptable to participants.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Recruitment, teacher follow-up and the manual need some refinement. A confirmatory trial is feasible, subject to funding of research child psychotherapists.</p>","PeriodicalId":45290,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Child and Adolescent Mental Health","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.2989/17280583.2018.1532433","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"36724495","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Anna Eckhardt, Enrique Aguilar Zambrano, Doris Nilsson
{"title":"Traumatic experiences and dissociation in a non-clinical group of university students in Ecuador: a cross-sectional study.","authors":"Anna Eckhardt, Enrique Aguilar Zambrano, Doris Nilsson","doi":"10.2989/17280583.2018.1553780","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2989/17280583.2018.1553780","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>In Ecuador, as in most Latin American countries, scientific research on trauma and dissociation is scarce. The aim of this study was to examine the prevalence of potentially traumatic experiences and dissociative symptoms in adolescents and young adults who were students at the Central University in Quito, Ecuador.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A cross-sectional study in which 144 students completed a self-administrated questionnaire consisting of Linköping Youth Life Experience Scale (LYLES), Adolescent-Dissociation Experience Scale (A-DES ) and background variables. Data collection was conducted in autumn 2012. Standard multiple regression analysis was used to analyse the data.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>All students reported a history of a minimum of five potentially traumatic experiences with a mean of 14.8. Eight participants (5.6%) scored above 3.7 on the Adolescent-Dissociation Experience Scale, which is considered clinically significant dissociation. No correlation was found between high scores on LYLES and A-DES.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The prevalence of potentially traumatic experiences in the study population is very high compared to studies conducted in high-income settings. The low prevalence of dissociation suggests high resilience in the study population but more research on morbidity is needed to draw conclusions about mental health outcomes. Further research should include study populations in less advantageous contexts.</p>","PeriodicalId":45290,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Child and Adolescent Mental Health","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.2989/17280583.2018.1553780","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"36946331","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Students' self-reported fears and the perceived origins thereof.","authors":"Helene Loxton, Rizwana Roomaney, Christopher Cobb","doi":"10.2989/17280583.2018.1533838","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2989/17280583.2018.1533838","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The objective of this study was to explore the five most frequently reported fears in a sample of university students, and investigate the origins of these fears. The study employed a cross-sectional design with convenience sampling. Data were collected using a self-report questionnaire and analysed using a combination of descriptive statistics and content analysis. Participants consisted of 544 first-year psychology students. This study identified academic failure, animals, general failure, losing loved ones to death, and violence/crime as the top five fears among a sample of university students. 'Conditioning experiences' was one of the most prominent pathways in the acquisition of all these fears. 'Negative information transmission' was also a dominant pathway relating to the origin of fear such as academic failure and violence/crime. However, 'modelling experiences' was not identified as a prominent pathway in the present study. These findings contribute to identifying the origins of first-year students' self-reported fears by using the three pathways theory. These findings may contribute meaningfully to the development and implementation of prevention and intervention programmes at higher education institutions.</p>","PeriodicalId":45290,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Child and Adolescent Mental Health","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.2989/17280583.2018.1533838","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"36701798","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}