Longitudinal links between perceived racial discrimination and later conduct problems and depressive symptoms were examined among 714 African American adolescents who were 10-12 years old at recruitment. Data were gathered 3 times over a 5-year period. Hypotheses were tested via latent curve modeling and multiple-group latent growth modeling. Increases in perceived discrimination were associate...

Aims Recent research suggests that early onset of intoxication (EOI) may be of greater importance for a wide range of subsequent adverse outcomes than early drinking experiences without intoxication. However, research on antecedents of EOI is scarce. The present study identifies predictors of EOI and whether they differ from those of early onset of drinking (EOD). Methods Data was drawn from ...

BACKGROUND Negative parenting practices may be an environmental risk factor for subsequent conduct problems. Research on the association between parenting practices and callous-unemotional traits, a risk factor for conduct problems, has produced mixed findings. AIMS To investigate whether negative parental discipline is a non-shared environmental risk factor for the development of conduct pro...

The Youth Psychopathic Traits Inventory-Short Version (YPI-S; van Baardewijk et al., 2010) is a self-report measure to assess psychopathic-like traits in adolescents. The aim of the present study is to investigate the factor structure, the internal consistency, and the criterion validity of the YPI-S in 768 Belgian community adolescents (45.4 % males). In general, our study supported the YPI th...

INTRODUCTION We outline a transactional model of parent-child interactions which proposes that characteristics of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) appear early in a child's life and present challenges to the parent's ability to maintain consistent and responsive parenting. In turn, the presence of harsh or inconsistent parenting is hypothesized to contribute to the development of...

the main purpose of the present study was to investigate the effect of different combinations of music and rhythmic movements on behavioral problems of children with mild mental retardation. a total of 40 children with mild mental retardation were randomly divided into 4 variations of practice including: rhythmic movement with major scale music, rhythmic movement with minor scale music, rhythmi...

introduction: falling is a common problem after stroke that occurs following the physical and psychological problems. psychological factors such as reduce of self-efficacy in maintain balance could have an equal or even greater contribution than physical problems in falling. therefore, having a suitable tool with acceptable repeatability seems to be necessary for evaluation of individual confid...