Pediatric chronic pain is embedded within parent-youth relationships. Parent risk factors have been associated with poor functional outcomes in youth with chronic pain. Research delineating the role of parent psychological flexibility in the …

This study analyzes suicide rates, causes, methods, and age- and gender-specific trends among children and adolescents in Turkey (2004–2023) using Turkish Statistical Institute data. Utilizing data from the Turkish Statistical Institute, suicide …

Premonitory urges (PU) in tic disorder (TD) are recognized as a crucial factor influencing tic symptoms and overall well-being. This study employs network analysis to explore the intricate relationships among PU, tic symptoms, obsessive-compulsive …

Psychotic-like experiences (PLEs) are common among adolescents and are associated with an increased risk of psychotic disorders and other mental health issues in adulthood. However, research on PLEs in rural adolescents is limited. Therefore, this …

Current estimates suggest that nearly one in five youth in the United States have a clinically significant mental health problem. Many of these youth do not receive services, and if they do, they are often not evidence-based treatments. Parents …

The current study examined narcissistic traits in relation to proactive and reactive functions of aggression in a sample of children at-risk for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Children ages 7–13 years (N = 110) were recruited …

Wise interventions (WIs) use theory-driven approaches to reshape individuals’ interpretations of their experiences. In these pre-registered meta-analyses, we conducted random-effects, fixed-effects, moderation, and subgroup meta-analyses across …

The objectives of this study were to characterize 24-month trajectories of psychopathology, validate psychopathology groups, and identify youth, parent, family, and neighbourhood characteristics associated with each identified trajectory in a …

Non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI) is a widespread behavior among adolescents that severely damages their physical and mental well-being. Research indicates that deviant peer affiliation serves as an indicator of adolescents’ vulnerability to NSSI.

Given the significant increase in discrimination against Chinese Americans since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, this study examined the changes in profiles of mental health problems and school engagement among Chinese American adolescents …

Self-esteem and depression are variable and interrelated in children. However, it is unknown how they co-develop in the general child population and how their patterns of co-development may be related to environmental antecedents. The current …

Parental anxiety and family accommodation have been implicated in the development and maintenance of child anxiety, yet their relationships with specific child anxiety dimensions remain unclear. This study applied network analysis to examine these …

This study investigated whether child psychopathology trajectories mediate the association between parent psychological distress/family functioning and mental health service use (MHSU) among children with a chronic physical illness (CPI). Data …

This study investigates the mediating role of mothers’ emotion socialization practices and emotion regulation difficulties in the relationship between maternal attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and borderline personality disorder …

Hikikomori is an extreme form of social withdrawal that has been originally described in Japan but that is emergent in many other developed and industrialized countries. The present exploratory study was conducted in The Netherlands and aimed to …

We investigated the context role of family factors in obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) by comparing observed parent–child interaction behaviors of OCD and non-clinical families during three parent–child discussion tasks. We examined whether …

Many previous studies have investigated the effects of social media use (SMU), including both general SMU and specific types of SMU (e.g., active and passive SMU), on adolescents’ depression. However, very few of these studies have employed a …

Questions have been raised about how social media may be experienced by adolescents with mental health concerns. Among socially anxious adolescents, social media may be experienced both negatively, because it can exacerbate core fears (e.g. …

Prior literature has suggested that the comorbidity of anxiety and depressive symptoms is often high and common among adolescents and has indicated low, moderate, and high developmental classes. However, there are measurement and theoretical …