Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology articles from February 2003

Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology archives from February 2003

Are American children's problems still getting worse? A 23-year comparison.
February 1, 2003... From the clinical perspective, children's behavioral and emotional problems are viewed at the level of individual characteristics of the children, their families, and their immediate environments. From the epidemiological perspective, by...

Are discrepancies among child, mother, and father reports on children's behavior related to parents' psychological symptoms and aspects of parent--child relationships? (1).
February 1, 2003... INTRODUCTION Some have suggested that parents are the most importants informants in assessing children's behavioral and emotional problems (Achenbach, McConaughy, & Howell, 1987). Indeed, clinicians seek and obtain information...

Discriminative validity of the General Behavior Inventory using youth report.
February 1, 2003... Accurately diagnosing psychiatric disorders in youth has proven to be difficult as a result of overlapping symptoms and high rates of comorbidity. Specifically, recent attention in the literature has focused on clinicians' difficulty...

Demographic characteristics, social competence, and behavior problems in children with gender identity disorder: a cross-national, cross-clinic comparative analysis (1).
February 1, 2003... The diagnosis of gender identity disorder (GID) in children was introduced to the psychiatric nomenclature in the third edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM; American Psychiatric Association, 1980). Since...

Understanding adolescent worry: the application of a cognitive model.
February 1, 2003... Although research on worry in adults has increased over the past 15 years, it is only recently that researchers have begun to investigate worry in adolescence (Vasey, 1993). Worry in childhood and adolescence has been defined as "primarily an...

Children's verbalizations and cheating behavior during game playing: the role of sociometric status, aggression, and gender.
February 1, 2003... When rejected and aggressive children play with their peers, their interactions often appear more conflictual and aversive than other children's interactions. Even when these interactions do not escalate to the point of aggression, they may...

Emotional competence and aggressive behavior in school-age children (1).
February 1, 2003... INTRODUCTION Recently, there has been much theorizing about the links between emotional competence and externalizing psychopathology, particularly aggressive behavior (e.g., Cole, Michel, & Teti, 1994; Cole & Zahn-Waxler, 1990; Dodge &...

On-line story representation in boys with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.
February 1, 2003... INTRODUCTION Narratives, such as story telling or retelling, play a central role in daily social interactions and in the majority of children's academic activities throughout the school years (Trabasso & Stein, 1997). Examining the...

The effect of methylphenidate on three forms of response inhibition in boys with AD/HD.
February 1, 2003... INTRODUCTION Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (AD/HD) is one of the most common child psychiatric disorders. In the fourth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV; American Psychiatric...