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Psychiatry And Developmental Psychopathology: Unifying Themes And Future Directions, Theodore P. Beauchaine, John N. Constantino, Elizabeth P. Hayden
Psychiatry And Developmental Psychopathology: Unifying Themes And Future Directions, Theodore P. Beauchaine, John N. Constantino, Elizabeth P. Hayden
Paediatrics Publications
In the past 35 years, developmental psychopathology has grown into a flourishing discipline that shares a scientific agenda with contemporary psychiatry. In this editorial, which introduces the special issue, we describe the history of developmental psychopathology, including core principles that bridge allied disciplines. These include (1) emphasis on interdisciplinary research, (2) elucidation of multicausal pathways to seemingly single disorders (phenocopies), (3) description of divergent multifinal outcomes from common etiological start points (pathoplasticity), and (4) research conducted across multiple levels of analysis spanning genes to environments. Next, we discuss neurodevelopmental models of psychopathology, and provide selected examples. We emphasize differential neuromaturation …
Structure Of Observed Temperament In Middle Childhood, Yuliya Kotelnikova, Thomas M. Olino, Sarah V.M. Mackrell, Patricia L. Jordan, Elizabeth P. Hayden
Structure Of Observed Temperament In Middle Childhood, Yuliya Kotelnikova, Thomas M. Olino, Sarah V.M. Mackrell, Patricia L. Jordan, Elizabeth P. Hayden
Paediatrics Publications
Although much is known about the structure of adult temperament and personality, significantly less is known about the structure of child temperament. We examined the structure of child temperament in 205 seven-year-olds using observational measures. Exploratory factor analysis identified factors representing positive emotionality/sociability, disinhibition/anger, fear/behavioral inhibition, and sadness. The predictive validity of these dimensions was evaluated by examining their associations with children's internalizing and externalizing symptoms: positive emotionality/sociability showed positive associations with ADHD symptoms, disinhibition/anger showed positive associations with externalizing symptoms, fear/behavioral inhibition showed negative associations with ADHD and CD symptoms, and sadness showed positive associations with both internalizing and …