To examine associations of different types of headaches with child and family problems, Anttila et al. (2004) asked all 1,409 sixth graders in Turku, Finland to complete questionnaires regarding headaches. For the 1,135 (81%) who completed questionnaires, 154 (14%) were…
Various studies have reported genetic effects on attention problems assessed at different ages. However, there has been less research on the developmental course of genetic effects on attention problems. Using data from the Netherlands Twin Registry, Rietveld et al. (2004)…
The correlated 8-factor model on which the 2001 CBCL syndromes are based was derived from English language data on children from Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Although research with the CBCL has been published from 62 cultures,…
Conduct problems are of great concern to mental health workers, educators, parents, and society as a whole. Major investments have been made in efforts to understand, prevent, and treat conduct problems. The DSM-IV lists 15 criterial symptoms for Conduct Disorder…
A team of researchers in Britain examined the effects of father’s presence in a sample of 1,116 5-year-old same-sex twin pairs. The sample was selected so that one-third of the children were from “high-risk” families due to the mother having…
An international team of researchers compared YSR scores obtained by 7,137 11- to 18-year-olds in general population samples from 7 cultures. Differences in mean Total Problems scores yielded a small effect size (5% of variance) across the 7 cultures. Slightly…
Incarcerated adolescents may be at particular risk for suicidal ideation and behavior for a variety of reasons. To test characteristics of incarcerated adolescents, their parents, and their histories that may be predictive of suicidality, Ruchkin et al. (2003) assessed 271…
A team of Turkish and Dutch researchers compared YSRs scored for Dutch 11- to 18-year-olds (N = 1,098) and Turkish 11- to 18-year-olds (N = 363) living in the Netherlands. In addition to ethnicity, numerous family and youth characteristics were…
There have been numerous efforts to assess the effects of disasters on people’s mental health. However, because disasters are unpredictable and uncontrollable, research is lacking on changes in mental health problems from pre-disaster to post-disaster assessment of people exposed to…
Many studies have shown higher rates of problems for children living in low SES families than for children living in higher SES families. It has been hypothesized that neighborhood socioeconomic disadvantage (NSD) contributes to the relatively high rates of problems…
Previous studies have reported significant heritabilities for aggressive behavior in children and adolescents. Most of these studies have used data from only one source, such as ratings by parents. Because questions have been raised about potential biases in data obtained…