While daring-impulsive (DI) traits have been deemed an important concept in subtyping youth with conduct disorder (CD) as part of a multispecifier model, no work has examined whether DI traits add to the existing practice of designating youth with CD beyond co-occurring attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).

We examined the longitudinal effects of internet-delivered PCIT (iPCIT) on caregiver and child imitation in young Hispanic/Latine children with developmental delay (DD). We also examined the moderating roles of acculturation and enculturation on such treatment effects.

The current mixed methods study builds on previous research on family resilience during the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic. This study aimed to better understand family risk and resilience across one year from ~3 months to ~15 months post-COVID-19-pandemic onset in a sample of well-resourced families, elucidating how the chronic nature of the pandemic impacted family functioning, using data from both summer 2020 and summer 2021.

To determine the proportion and profile of preschoolers on the autism spectrum who do not acquire spoken language despite receiving evidence-supported interventions that target spoken language.

While suicidal behaviors among adolescents declined from 1991 to 2017, suicides among Black youth increased. There is limited research on suicidal help-seeking behaviors among Black adolescents, which is essential for effective suicide prevention and intervention. This study examined suicidal help-seeking behaviors and treatment preferences among Black youth and caregivers, using the Psychological Framework of Radical Hope to explore strategies for fostering hope and healing.

Traumatic stress symptoms increase the risk for mental health problems. We examine patterns of COVID-19-related changes in youth and family experiences (material hardships, behavior change, coping strategies), how these patterns vary with sociodemographic factors, and how COVID-19-related experiences associate with youth pandemic-related traumatic stress (PTS) symptoms.

Substance use, violence, and HIV/AIDS (i.e. SAVA) are three adversities known to cluster and contribute to other poor health outcomes among marginalized communities due to structural factors including racism and poverty. Most research on SAVA has focused on negative outcomes (e.g. psychopathology) among those directly affected. To address important gaps in the literature, the current study explored how child gender moderates the associations between maternal SAVA severity and child individual, relational, community, and cultural resilience.

Youth who enter the legal system exhibit higher rates of mental illness than their peers. It remains unclear whether continued legal system contact exacerbates these issues, especially among Latino and Black youth who are disproportionately involved. This study examined the associations between various forms of legal system contact, anxiety, and depression among Latino, Black, and White justice-involved youth over three years following their first arrest. We hypothesized that system contact would predict increases in anxiety and depression symptoms across all youth, with a stronger effect among Latino and Black youth.

Racially marginalized adolescents are exposed to online racism, yet little is known about assets and resources that may effectively resist the negative influence of online racism and with what effect. Based on risk and resilience theory, the current study examined the compensatory and protective roles of different parental mediation strategies in overcoming the risk of online racial discrimination for Black and Latino adolescents' psychosocial distress.

Dual-process theory suggests that implicit identification with death more strongly predicts self-injurious thoughts and behaviors under certain conditions. As reliance on implicit heuristics to guide behavior may increase in the context of poor sleep, the current study evaluated whether implicit identification with death alone, or in combination with self-reported sleep quality, predicted future levels of suicidal ideation and self-harm.

We developed an internalizing module for the Knowledge of Effective Parenting Test (KEPT) to assess parenting knowledge of skills and strategies relevant to helping children manage their internalizing symptoms using an item response theory (IRT) framework.

This systematic review (1) updates the evidence base on outpatient behavioral treatments for adolescent substance use (ASU) since publication of the previous review completed for this journal by Hogue, Henderson, Becker, and Knight (2018); and (2) addresses public health concerns related to youth marijuana and opioid use.

Aggression and depression are two intertwined major manifestations of psychosocial maladjustment among children and adolescents. The current study examined the temporal order of the intertwining of these two constructs across late childhood to middle adolescence, with focus of testing the failure model and acting out model by testing their mediating pathways.

We evaluated the stability of attention-deficit/hyperactivity (ADHD) symptoms from the toddler (24 months of age) to the preschool period (36-64 months of age) in a sample enriched for varied neurodevelopmental risk to ensure a range of ADHD symptoms.

Aggression is a transdiagnostic indicator of psychopathology and one of the most common reasons for youth mental health referrals. Deficits in executive function are linked to aggression in youth, yet few longitudinal studies exist and fewer examine differential associations between components of executive function (inhibition, working memory, cognitive flexibility) and subtypes of aggression (reactive and proactive).

Disasters and public health emergencies raise child/adolescent risk for posttraumatic stress (PTS). This study examined prospective predictors of COVID-related PTS in a large sample of U.S. and Canadian youth. Demographics, pre-pandemic contextual factors, baseline clinical factors, and pandemic experiences were examined. We hypothesized pandemic proximity/exposure and pandemic-related financial hardship in the first seven months, as well as baseline resource insecurity, internalizing symptoms, and female gender, would predict subsequent COVID-related PTS.

Suicidal ideation as a potential precipitator for suicidal behavior is currently highly prevalent and persistent among youth populations. Preadolescent and adolescent populations undergo social development with increasing salience of self-awareness regarding other- and self-perceptions in sophisticating interpersonal relationships. Recent theory-driven intervention research shows that youth perceived burdensomeness, an interpersonal risk factor for suicidal ideation identified across multiple theories, can be mitigated through weighted emphasis on perceived social contribution. In this paper, we highlight the promise of emerging interventions designed to reduce perceived burdensomeness and delineate potential pathways for the integration of social contribution into evidence-based treatments of suicidal thoughts and behaviors in youth. The various future avenues through which social contribution could be effectively fostered across nonclinical settings are also discussed, including the use of digital technologies. Future research should explore optimal methods for incorporating social contribution into various therapeutic and community modalities and evaluate the long-term impact on interpersonal needs and suicidal ideation in vulnerable youth populations.