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Direct linkOliveira, João Tiago; Faustino, Divo; Freitas, Fátima; Gonçalves, Miguel M.; Ribeiro, Eugénia; Gonçalves, Sónia; Machado, Paulo P. P. – British Journal of Guidance & Counselling, 2023
Worry is a phenomenon that is present in multiple psychopathologies. Given the widely accepted transdiagnostic role that worry plays in psychopathology, reliable measures for this construct are pivotal for clinical practice. The Penn State Worry Questionnaire (PSWQ) is one of the most widely used and established measures of worry in both clinical…
Descriptors: Anxiety, Questionnaires, Emotional Disturbances, Test Validity
Sheen, Mercedes; AlJassmi, Maryam A.; Jordan, Timothy R. – Teaching of Psychology, 2017
This study compares the traditional use of case studies against the novel use of discussion boards to teach naive students in the United Arab Emirates about anxiety disorders. Sixty-six female students from an abnormal psychology class were randomly assigned to either the case study condition (CSC) or the discussion board condition (DBC). Students…
Descriptors: Emotional Disturbances, Comparative Analysis, Case Studies, Foreign Countries
Cohen, Shuki J. – Journal of Psycholinguistic Research, 2012
Fanaticism and extremism are increasingly recognized as seminal to psychopathology and distress, especially considering the increase in political unrest and violence over the last decade. In the psychopathological literature, however, the cognitive style associated with extremism and overgeneralization has long been recognized as a risk factor for…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Response Style (Tests), Psychopathology, Risk
Buck, Nicole; Verhulst, Frank; van Marle, Hjalmar; van der Ende, Jan – Crime & Delinquency, 2013
Moffitt, Caspi, Harrington, and Milne (2002) found in a follow-up study that many of the supposedly adolescence-limited offenders had committed offenses past adolescence. This finding raises the question of whether adulthood starts later or whether there are two distinct delinquency types, adolescence limited and adolescence onset, each with its…
Descriptors: Children, Psychopathology, Prediction, Adolescents
Download full textSmith, Angie J. – Online Submission, 2014
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to examine Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) resulting from parental incarceration upon children and adolescents in an African-American community. Methodology: Much of the literature on posttraumatic stress disorder focuses on children and adolescents that have been exposed to a one-time event (e.g. school…
Descriptors: Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Parents, Children, Adolescents
A Bifactor Model of Negative Affectivity: Fear and Distress Components among Younger and Older Youth
Ebesutani, Chad; Smith, Ashley; Bernstein, Adam; Chorpita, Bruce F.; Higa-McMillan, Charmaine; Nakamura, Brad – Psychological Assessment, 2011
The Positive and Negative Affect Schedule for Children (PANAS-C) is a 27-item youth-report measure of positive affectivity and negative affectivity. Using 2 large school-age youth samples (clinic-referred sample: N = 662; school-based sample: N = 911), in the present study, we thoroughly examined the structure of the PANAS-C NA and PA scales and…
Descriptors: Factor Structure, Identification, Psychopathology, Fear
Comer, Jonathan S.; Fan, Bin; Duarte, Cristiane S.; Wu, Ping; Musa, George J.; Mandell, Donald J.; Albano, Anne Marie; Hoven, Christina W. – Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 2010
In the aftermath of disasters, understanding relationships between disaster-related life disruption and children's functioning is key to informing future postdisaster intervention efforts. The present study examined attack-related life disruptions and psychopathology in a representative sample (N = 8,236) of New York City public schoolchildren…
Descriptors: Travel, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Mental Health Programs, Psychopathology
Fledderus, Martine; Bohlmeijer, Ernst T.; Pieterse, Marcel E. – Behavior Modification, 2010
Experiential avoidance (EA) is considered a risk factor for psychopathology. This study explores whether EA mediates the relationship between maladaptive coping styles (palliative, avoidance, and passive coping) and psychopathology and positive mental health. A total of 93 adults with mild to moderate psychological distress completed measures…
Descriptors: Mental Health, Drinking, Psychopathology, Risk
Ehrenreich, Jill T.; Goldstein, Clark R.; Wright, Lauren R.; Barlow, David H. – Child & Family Behavior Therapy, 2009
This article reviews the development and initial trial of a treatment for adolescents that targets negative emotionality and associated psychological difficulties--particularly anxiety and depressive disorders--as a more singular entity by utilizing an approach rooted in both emotion science and theory. The rationale for such an approach is based…
Descriptors: Emotional Disturbances, Psychopathology, Adolescents, Depression (Psychology)
Ivanova, Masha Y.; Achenbach, Thomas M.; Rescorla, Leslie A.; Harder, Valerie S.; Ang, Rebecca P.; Bilenberg, Niels; Bjarnadottir, Gudrun; Capron, Christiane; De Pauw, Sarah S. W.; Dias, Pedro; Dobrean, Anca; Doepfner, Manfred; Duyme, Michele; Eapen, Valsamma; Erol, Nese; Esmaeili, Elaheh Mohammad; Ezpeleta, Lourdes; Frigerio, Alessandra; Goncalves, Miguel M.; Gudmundsson, Halldor S.; Jeng, Suh-Fang; Jetishi, Pranvera; Jusiene, Roma; Kim, Young-Ah; Kristensen, Solvejg; Lecannelier, Felipe; Leung, Patrick W. L.; Liu, Jianghong; Montirosso, Rosario; Oh, Kyung Ja; Plueck, Julia; Pomalima, Rolando; Shahini, Mimoza; Silva, Jaime R.; Simsek, Zynep; Sourander, Andre; Valverde, Jose; Van Leeuwen, Karla G.; Woo, Bernardine S. C.; Wu, Yen-Tzu; Zubrick, Stephen R.; Verhulst, Frank C. – Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 2010
Objective: To test the fit of a seven-syndrome model to ratings of preschoolers' problems by parents in very diverse societies. Method: Parents of 19,106 children 18 to 71 months of age from 23 societies in Asia, Australasia, Europe, the Middle East, and South America completed the Child Behavior Checklist for Ages 1.5-5 (CBCL/1.5-5). Confirmatory…
Descriptors: Check Lists, Social Problems, Psychopathology, Child Behavior
Lorek, Ann; Ehntholt, Kimberly; Nesbitt, Anne; Wey, Emmanuel; Githinji, Chipo; Rossor, Eve; Wickramasinghe, Rush – Child Abuse & Neglect: The International Journal, 2009
Objective: The present study aimed to assess the mental and physical health of children held within a British immigration detention center. Method: A total of 24 detained children (aged 3 months to 17 years) were assessed with their parents or carer after being referred by a registered legal charity. Thirteen were seen by a pediatrician alone, 4…
Descriptors: Psychological Evaluation, Child Abuse, Psychologists, Physical Health
Anastasopoulos, Dimitris – Journal of Child Psychotherapy, 2007
Despite the fact that it has long been recognised that narcissism can contribute to depression, we have become accustomed to referring to depression mostly in terms of a neurotic disturbance. The author highlights the difference between the narcissistic elements in depression, which is based on guilt, and the graver narcissistic depression, which…
Descriptors: Psychopathology, Parent Child Relationship, Psychotherapy, Depression (Psychology)
McLaughlin, Katie A.; Hatzenbuehler, Mark L.; Hilt, Lori M. – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 2009
Peer victimization experiences represent developmentally salient stressors among adolescents and are associated with the development of internalizing symptoms. However, the mechanisms linking peer victimization to adolescent psychopathology remain inadequately understood. This study examined emotion dysregulation as a mechanism linking peer stress…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Structural Equation Models, Psychopathology, Adolescents
Mennin, Douglas S.; Holaway, Robert M.; Fresco, David M.; Moore, Michael T.; Heimberg, Richard G. – Behavior Therapy, 2007
Two studies sought to elucidate the components of emotion and its dysregulation and examine their role in both the overlap and distinctness of the symptoms of 3 highly comorbid anxiety and mood disorders (i.e., generalized anxiety disorder, major depression, and social anxiety disorder). In Study 1, exploratory factor analyses demonstrated that 4…
Descriptors: Psychopathology, Depression (Psychology), Anxiety, Emotional Response
Peer reviewedTurner, Samuel M.; And Others – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1987
Assessed children of patients with anxiety disorders using self-report inventories and a semistructured interview schedule. They were more anxious and fearful, reported more school difficulties and worries about family members and themselves, had more somatic complaints, spent more time engaged in solitary activities than children in two normal…
Descriptors: Anxiety, Children, Diagnostic Tests, Emotional Disturbances
