A5030952309- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
- Personality Disorders and Psychopathology
- Autism Spectrum Disorder Research
- Behavioral and Psychological Studies
- Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum
- Bipolar Disorder and Treatment
- Psychopathy, Forensic Psychiatry, Sexual Offending
- Children's Physical and Motor Development
- Family and Disability Support Research
- Bullying, Victimization, and Aggression
- Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders
- Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior
- Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
- Mental Health Research Topics
- Child Abuse and Trauma
- Child Welfare and Adoption
- Suicide and Self-Harm Studies
- Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
- Child Nutrition and Feeding Issues
- Mental Health Treatment and Access
- Adolescent and Pediatric Healthcare
- Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
- Early Childhood Education and Development
- Smoking Behavior and Cessation
Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center
2016-2025
Pennsylvania State University
2014-2024
Florida International University
2011-2014
Florida Department of Children and Families
2011-2014
Center for Children
2011-2014
University of Pittsburgh
2008-2014
University of Florida
2013
University at Buffalo, State University of New York
2010-2012
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
2009
University of Chicago
2008
This study examined several questions about the diagnosis of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in young adults using data from a childhood-diagnosed sample 200 individuals with ADHD (age M = 20.20 years) and 121 demographically similar non-ADHD controls (total N 321).
This study examines adolescent-specific practical problems associated with current practice parameters for diagnosing attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) to inform recommendations the diagnosis of ADHD in adolescents. Specifically, issues surrounding use self- versus informant ratings, diagnostic threshold, and retrospective reporting childhood symptoms were addressed.Using data from Pittsburgh Longitudinal Study (PALS), parent, teacher, self-reports impairment examined 164...
Identifying childhood precursors for depression has been challenging and yet important understanding the rapid increase in rate of among adolescent girls. This study examined prospective relations preadolescent girls' emotion regulation parenting style with depressive symptoms. Participants were 225 children their biological mothers recruited from a larger longitudinal community study. Girls' observed positive negative during conflict resolution task mothers, ability to regulate sadness...
Objective: To characterize the late adolescent and young adult outcomes of girls diagnosed with ADHD in childhood. Method: The study included 58 women from a larger longitudinal ADHD. A total 34 ( M = 19.97 years old) met DSM criteria for childhood, whereas remaining 24 19.83 did not. Self- parent-reports psychopathology, delinquency, interpersonal relationships, academic achievement, job performance, substance use were collected. Results: findings suggest that experience difficulties...
Objective: Research has clearly documented the social dysfunction of youth with ADHD. However, little is known about interpersonal relationships adults diagnosed ADHD in childhood, including rates intimate partner violence (IPV). Method: Using data from Pittsburgh Longitudinal Study, analyses compared level IPV (verbal aggression, violence) reported by young adult (18- to 25-year-old) males childhood ( n = 125) reports demographically similar without histories 88). Results: Males ADHD,...
Article Abstract Objective: This study used commercial claims data to examine the effects of ADHD and sex on prevalence depression, suicidal ideation, suicide attempts in a sample young adult men women (aged 18-25 years) with without attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Patterns treatment use for these conditions was also explored. Methods: Young adults (162,263 225,705 men) having at least 2 International Classification Diseases, Ninth Revision (ICD-9), code sex- age-matched...
Hookah smoking is a popular form of tobacco use on university campuses. This study documented use, attitudes, and knowledge hookah among college students.The sample included 943 students recruited between February 2009 January 2010. Respondents (M age = 20.02) 376 males, 533 females, 34 who did not report sex.An anonymous online questionnaire was completed by respondents.In this sample, 42.9% had tried hookah, 40% those individuals used it in the past 30 days. Students perceived fewer...
Objective: This study describes the parenting and psychopathology of mothers with ADHD adolescents (MCA), non-ADHD (CA), without (COMP). Method: Two sets pairwise comparisons: (a) COMP versus CA (b) MCA were conducted. We hypothesized that would experience greater distress in compared even more impairment CA. Results: Few differences emerged comparisons COMP, exception reporting parent–adolescent conflict internalizing problems. In contrast, consistently showing difficulty for...
Abstract More work is needed to establish the validity of Alternative Model Personality Disorders (AMPD) in Diagnostic and Statistical Manual Mental (DSM‐5). Acceptance AMPD as primary model personality disorder requires identifying neurocognitive validators AMPD‐defined functioning demonstrating superiority over traditional categorical disorder. It also important utility a developmental context given evidence that emerges adolescence. We assessed incremental level (LPF) versus borderline...
Abstract Objective To provide the first caregiver-report national norms for Disruptive Behavior Disorders Rating Scale (DBDRS) and an updated evaluation of its factor structure measurement invariance across child sex, informant age. Methods Caregivers children aged 5–12 years (N = 962) based in United States completed four DBDRS subscales. Using both severity scoring dichotomous procedures, confirmatory analyses supported a four-factor model inattentive hyperactive/impulsive symptoms,...