The Harvard Gazette (May 2, 2023) published “Poverty Hurts Children’s Brain Development but Social Safety Net May Help” Here’s the article with some information in bold:

This is a longer than usual post because I find behavioral inhibition fascinating and this study is very well done. Anaya et al. (2023) published “Developmental Trajectories of Behavioral Inhibition from Infancy to Age Seven: The role of genetic and environmental risk for psychopathology” in Child Development. Here’s the edited abstract and article with some key information in bold:

I recently encountered two articles that I think are helpful. First, Hubbard, Moore, Zajac, Bookhout & Dozier (2023) published “Emotion Transmission in Peer Dyads in Middle Childhood” in Child Development. Here’s the abstract with some information in bold:

Robertson et al. (2023) published “The Bidirectional Effects of Antisocial Behavior, Anxiety, and Trauma Exposure: Implications for our understanding of the development of callous–unemotional traits” in Journal of Psychopathology and Clinical Science. I want to begin by differentiating primary from secondary variants of callous-unemotional traits; while people with primary variants have callous-unemotional traits and low anxiety, those with secondary variants tend to have callous-unemotional traits, high anxiety, and histories of trauma. Here’s the edited abstract and impact statement with some information in bold:

Here, again, I am presenting a second post related to the last one. LaFreniere & Newman (2023) published “Upregulating Positive Emotion in Generalized Anxiety Disorder: A randomized controlled trial of the SkillJoy ecological momentary intervention” In Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology. Lucas (Luc) LaFreniere has a long history of research on anxiety and worry; he specializes in developing and researching ecological momentary interventions for anxiety and worry. I am beginning with the edited authors’ perspective then the abstract with some information in bold:

Here, I present two studies, each attempting to better understand what predicts aging well. First, Bergman & Bodner (2022) published “Aging Anxiety in Older Adults: The role of self-esteem and meaning in life” in GeroPsych: The Journal of Gerontopsychology and Geriatric Psychiatry. Here’s their abstract:

While we often ask about pregnancy and delivery in social histories, these studies suggest important elements of maternal-infant relationships that can have long-term impacts. Ruyak, Boursaw & Carcari Stone (2022) published “The Social Determinants of Perinatal Maternal Distress” in Journal of Rural Mental Health. Here’s an edited abstract:

Here, I address four studies, all addressing anxiety or social anxiety. Abrams (2022) published “What Neuroscience Tells Us About the Teenage Brain” in APA’s Six Things Psychologists are Talking About. I am editing the piece to focus on anxiety:

Increasingly, COVID research has focused on specific challenges. Here, I present information about four studies of its effects. First, we look at effects of COVID during the early years of the pandemic. First, Delagneau, Twilhaar, Testa, van Veen & Anderson (2022) published “Association Between Prenatal Maternal Anxiety and/or Stress and Offspring's Cognitive Functioning: A meta-analysis” in Child Development. Here are edited parts of the article:

I have written twice before about research pertaining to Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD).. Here, I want to summarize two recent studies on treatment. First, Keefe et al. (2022) published “Reflective Functioning and Its Potential to Moderate the Efficacy of Manualized Psychodynamic Therapies Versus Other Treatments for Borderline Personality Disorder” in Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology.

Fleck, et al. (2022) published “Child Versus Adolescent Borderline Personality Disorder Traits: Frequency, psychosocial correlates, and observed mother–child interactions” in Personality Disorders: Theory, Research, and Treatment. This study is helpful in examining child behavior. Here’s the abstract:

Olino, Finsaas, Dyson, Carlson, & Klein (2022) published “A Multimethod, Multiinformant Study of Early Childhood Temperament and Depression and Anxiety Symptoms in Adolescence” in Journal of Psychopathology and Clinical Science. Here’s the abstract: