{"title":"Fears, worries, and scary dreams in 4- to 12-year-old children: their content, developmental pattern, and origins.","authors":"P Muris, H Merckelbach, B Gadet, V Moulaert","doi":"10.1207/S15374424jccp2901_5","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1207/S15374424jccp2901_5","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Investigated anxiety symptoms in normal school children 4 to 12 years of age (N = 190). The percentages of children reporting fears, worries, and scary dreams were 75.8, 67.4, and 80.5%, respectively, indicating that these anxiety symptoms are quite common among children. Inspection of the developmental pattern of these phenomena revealed that fears and scary dreams were common among 4- to 6-year-olds, became even more prominent in 7- to 9-year-olds, and then decreased in frequency in 10- to 12-year-olds. The developmental course of worry deviated from this pattern. This phenomenon was clearly more prevalent in older children (i.e., 7- to 12-year-olds) than in younger children. Furthermore, although the frequency of certain types of fears, worries, and dreams were found to change across age groups (e.g., the prevalence of fears and scary dreams pertaining to imaginary creatures decreased with age, whereas worry about test performance increased with age), the top intense fears, worries, and scary dreams remained relatively unchanged across age levels. An examination of the origins of these common anxiety phenomena showed that for fears and scary dreams, information was the most commonly reported pathway, whereas for worry, conditioning experiences were more prominent.</p>","PeriodicalId":79502,"journal":{"name":"Journal of clinical child psychology","volume":"29 1","pages":"43-52"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2000-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1207/S15374424jccp2901_5","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21545632","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":"Personal adjustment and perceptions of grandchild behavior in custodial grandmothers.","authors":"S L Daly, D S Glenwick","doi":"10.1207/S15374424jccp2901_11","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1207/S15374424jccp2901_11","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Examined parenting stress, depression, parenting satisfaction, and perceptions of child behavior in 35 custodial grandmothers seeking outpatient psychological services for their grandchildren ages 3 to 12. These clinic grandmothers reported significantly greater stress and depression, less parenting satisfaction, and more negative perceptions of their grandchildren's behavior than did 35 nonclinic custodial grandmothers. Also, similar to a comparison group of 35 clinic mothers and to the empirical literature on clinic parents, the clinic grandmothers' personal adjustment (i.e., stress and depression) was related significantly to their perceptions of their grandchildren's behavior. Thus, assessment of custodial grandmothers' adjustment, as well as grandchild behavior, in clinical settings appears warranted.</p>","PeriodicalId":79502,"journal":{"name":"Journal of clinical child psychology","volume":"29 1","pages":"108-18"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2000-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1207/S15374424jccp2901_11","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21546231","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":"Social functioning and emotional regulation in the attention deficit hyperactivity disorder subtypes.","authors":"J W Maedgen, C L Carlson","doi":"10.1207/S15374424jccp2901_4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1207/S15374424jccp2901_4","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Compared 16 children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) combined type (ADHD-C), 14 children with ADHD predominantly inattentive type (ADHD-I), and 17 controls on parent and teacher ratings of social status and performance, self-report of social knowledge and performance, and observations of behavior on an emotional regulation task. Analyses revealed distinct patterns of social dysfunction between ADHD subgroups. Children with ADHD-C were rated as showing more aggressive behavior; furthermore, they displayed emotional dysregulation characterized by high intensity and high levels of both positive and negative behavior. In contrast, children with ADHD-I were perceived as displaying social passivity and showed deficits in social knowledge on the self-report measure but did not evidence problems in emotional regulation. Regression analyses revealed that social performance, emotional regulation, and, to a lesser degree, social knowledge, were predictive of social status. The application of these findings to understanding the nature of the social deficits in the ADHD subtypes and directions for future research are discussed.</p>","PeriodicalId":79502,"journal":{"name":"Journal of clinical child psychology","volume":"29 1","pages":"30-42"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2000-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1207/S15374424jccp2901_4","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21545630","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":"Family processes as resources for African American children exposed to a constellation of sociodemographic risk factors. Family Health Project Group.","authors":"K Klein, R Forehand","doi":"10.1207/S15374424jccp2901_6","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1207/S15374424jccp2901_6","url":null,"abstract":"Examined positive functions of family processes among African American children exposed to a constellation of stresses associated with urban residence and low socioeconomic status. Several measures of risk were integrated to form a risk factor index (RFI), which quantified the degree of each child's exposure to stresses. Two family process variables were examined: parental monitoring and a supportive mother-child relationship. The direct and interactive associations between risk factors, family process variables, and children's depressive mood and disruptive behavior were assessed. For both domains of child functioning, higher scores on the RFI were cross-sectionally associated with less optimal functioning. Results consistently revealed significant associations between a more supportive mother-child relationship and more optimal child functioning. Higher levels of parental monitoring were also associated with lower levels of depressive mood and disruptive behavior. Limited support was found for a moderating role of parental monitoring in the association between risk and child functioning, such that low levels of monitoring appeared to increase high-risk children's vulnerability to depressive mood.","PeriodicalId":79502,"journal":{"name":"Journal of clinical child psychology","volume":"29 1","pages":"53-65"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2000-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1207/S15374424jccp2901_6","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21546226","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}
P Florsheim, S Shotorbani, G Guest-Warnick, T Barratt, W C Hwang
{"title":"Role of the working alliance in the treatment of delinquent boys in community-based programs.","authors":"P Florsheim, S Shotorbani, G Guest-Warnick, T Barratt, W C Hwang","doi":"10.1207/S15374424jccp2901_10","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1207/S15374424jccp2901_10","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Examined the role of the working alliance in the treatment of delinquent boys in community-based residential programs, clarifying the relation between therapeutic process and behavioral change. Horvath and Greenberg's (1989) Working Alliance Inventory was used to assess the therapeutic alliance between youth and staff after 3 weeks in treatment and again after 3 months. Achenbach's (1991) Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL; Youth Self-Report [YSR] and Teacher Report Form [TRF]) and recidivism scores were used to assess treatment progress and outcome. Results indicated that a positive working alliance assessed after 3 months in treatment related to positive psychological changes and predicted lower rates of recidivism. Unexpectedly, a positive working alliance assessed early in treatment was associated with negative outcomes (increased internalizing and externalizing symptoms and higher rates of recidivism). This finding suggests that for some delinquent youth initially optimistic assessments may be prognostic of slow progress or treatment failure.</p>","PeriodicalId":79502,"journal":{"name":"Journal of clinical child psychology","volume":"29 1","pages":"94-107"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2000-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1207/S15374424jccp2901_10","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21546230","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":"Disentangling the impact of low cognitive ability and inattention on social behavior and peer relationships. Conduct Problems Prevention Re search Group.","authors":"C J Bellanti, K L Bierman","doi":"10.1207/S15374424jccp2901_7","DOIUrl":"10.1207/S15374424jccp2901_7","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Examined the shared and unique contributions of low cognitive ability and inattention to the development of social behavior problems and peer relationships of children at the time of school entry. Kindergarten and first-grade assessments of cognitive ability, inattention and prosocial and aggressive behavior were collected for a multisite, normative sample. Sociometric assessments of peer relationships were collected at the end of first grade. Cognitive ability and inattention both contributed to the prediction of social behavior and peer relationships. Low cognitive ability was particularly predictive of prosocial skill deficits, and social behavior mediated the relation between cognitive ability and social preference. Inattention predicted both prosocial skill deficits and elevated aggressive-disruptive behavior problems. Behavior problems partially mediated the relation between inattention and social preference. Identified subgroups of children with elevated levels of inattention or low cognitive ability showed different patterns of peer problems, with low acceptance characteristic of the low cognitive ability (only) group and high dislike ratings characteristic of the inattentive and inattentive/low-ability group. Implications are discussed for the design of early intervention and prevention programs.</p>","PeriodicalId":79502,"journal":{"name":"Journal of clinical child psychology","volume":"29 1","pages":"66-75"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2000-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2767167/pdf/nihms148580.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21546228","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":"Importance of developmental theory and investigation to research in clinical child psychology.","authors":"L Peterson, G Tremblay","doi":"10.1207/S15374424JCCP2804_3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1207/S15374424JCCP2804_3","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Focuses on the developmental periods of infancy, childhood, and adolescence to offer illustrations of the advantages of using developmental theory and research to establish targets for research on intervention, assessment and treatment planning, and evaluation of effective strategies for prevention of childhood and later adult disorders. The importance for training clinical graduate students in developmental approaches to research is stressed, and hopes for a future of mutual contributions of developmental and clinical psychology are expressed in light of the fact that, after a troubled history of isolation from one another and even active denigration of one another's goals and methods, developmental and clinical psychology are exhibiting joint recognition of the advantages of collaborative research.</p>","PeriodicalId":79502,"journal":{"name":"Journal of clinical child psychology","volume":"28 4","pages":"448-56"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1999-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1207/S15374424JCCP2804_3","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21445877","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":"Closing the gaps: developmental psychopathology as a training model for clinical child psychology.","authors":"P P van Eys, K A Dodge","doi":"10.1207/S15374424JCCP2804_5","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1207/S15374424JCCP2804_5","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Espouses developmental psychopathology as a framework for training our future leaders due to its emphasis on an ecological, transactional lifespan perspective, as well as interdisciplinary bridging and policy focus. This perspective, used as a framework for questioning and thinking about the complex interplay of psychological and social phenomena, provides a method for closing the gaps in training future psychologists as it allows for the development of niche expertise under an umbrella of the broader, ecological perspective. In an increasingly complex world of shrinking mental health dollars and growing severity of mental health problems for families and youth, clinical psychologists are needed more than ever to solve social problems. The current training paradigms in clinical child psychology programs need redirection and clarification for future psychologists to contribute meaningfully to science, practice, and policy. This article provides background in the history and influence of the developmental psychopathology perspective, as well as future implications for doctoral training programs in clinical psychology.</p>","PeriodicalId":79502,"journal":{"name":"Journal of clinical child psychology","volume":"28 4","pages":"467-75"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1999-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1207/S15374424JCCP2804_5","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21445878","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":"Model building in developmental psychopathology: a pragmatic approach to understanding and intervention.","authors":"T J Dishion, G R Patterson","doi":"10.1207/S15374424JCCP2804_10","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1207/S15374424JCCP2804_10","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Proposes model building as a pragmatic and integrative approach to developmental psychopathology. The model-building process is iterative within a program of research, cycling through the following phases of research: theory, field observation, construct definition, measurement development, construct analysis, model testing, experimental field trials, and model revision. Research on the development of and interventions for antisocial behavior is discussed as a tool for reflecting on the model-building process. The ecological framework is offered as a science-based heuristic that integrates various levels of analysis and theoretical perspectives.</p>","PeriodicalId":79502,"journal":{"name":"Journal of clinical child psychology","volume":"28 4","pages":"502-12"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1999-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1207/S15374424JCCP2804_10","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21445884","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":"Role of theoretical bias in therapeutic interventions: to see or not to see?","authors":"M R Goldfried","doi":"10.1207/S15374424JCCP2804_14","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1207/S15374424JCCP2804_14","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Considering the role of theory in child psychosocial treatment, it is important to acknowledge some of its associated problems. Among the shortcomings of theory discussed in this article are its potential for biasing what we see and do clinically, the arbitrary nature of some theoretical explanations, and the way that theory-based jargon can interfere with communication. A bottom-up approach to the development of clinical principles is advocated instead, especially when these principles are derived from the convergence of clinical observation and research findings.</p>","PeriodicalId":79502,"journal":{"name":"Journal of clinical child psychology","volume":"28 4","pages":"544-7"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1999-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1207/S15374424JCCP2804_14","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21445798","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}