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Rural tele-mental health challenges

Sweet, Campion, Bixler, Sylvester & Ghanem (2022) published “Rural Tele-mental Health Use During the Pandemic for Adjustment Disorders, Anxiety, and Depression” in Journal of Rural Mental Health.

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Reading to learn math

Hübner, Merrell, Cramman, Little, Bolden, & Nagengast (2022) published “Reading to Learn? The co-development of mathematics and reading during primary school” in Child Development. I like studies with huge samples and sophisticated statistical techniques. Here’s the abstract:

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Shame on me for needing you

Swerdlow, Sandel & Johnson (2022) published “Shame on Me for Needing You: A multistudy examination of links between receiving interpersonal emotion regulation and experiencing shame” in Emotion. I was intrigued by the title and the notion of asking people about their experiences with interpersonal emotional regulation. Here’s the abstract:

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Different family processes and adolescent functioning

Xia (2022) published “Different Families, Diverse Strengths: Long-term implications of early childhood family processes on adolescent positive functioning” in Developmental Psychology. I like research that focuses on different models of family functioning. The sample size here and its diversity are acceptable. Here’s the abstract:

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The Work and Social Adjustment Scale for Youth

De Los Reyes et al. (2022) published “The Work and Social Adjustment Scale for Youth: Psychometric properties of the teacher version and evidence of contextual variability in psychosocial impairments” in Psychological Assessment.

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Early childhood temperament, anxiety, and depression 

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:

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Daily relationship satisfaction and depressed mood

Biesen & Smith (2022) published “Daily Relationship Satisfaction and Depressed Mood: The moderating roles of support satisfaction, over- and under-provision” in Journal of Family Psychology. I like this study because it gathers information from both partners daily. The bidirectional nature of depressed mood and relationship satisfaction is not at all surprising but this work emphasizes the value of couples therapeutic interventions.

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Brain Circuits and Addiction

Vadali (2022) published “Human Brain Lesions Provide Lead to Brain Circuit That Could Be Targeted to Treat Addiction” in Harvard Gazette June 16, 2022.

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ACEs screening in adolescent primary care

Hostutler, Snider, Wolf, & Grant (2022) published “ACEs Screening in Adolescent Primary Care: Psychological flexibility as a moderator” in Families, Systems, & Health. I have posted about ACEs before and the challenge of knowing when asking about them can be harmful. In this study, they argue that screening for psychological flexibility may be important in order to work first on modifying flexibility before examining ACEs. Here’s the abstract:

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Shame, trauma, and dissociation

Forkus, Contractor, Raudales & Weiss (2022) published “The Influence of Trauma-Related Shame on the Associations Between Posttraumatic Symptoms and Impulsivity Facets” in Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy. I like this study for several reasons. It has a large number of participants with clearly documented trauma and approaches the study with the possibility that trauma-related shame (TRS) may either increase or decrease the likelihood of impulsive behavior. Here’s the abstract:

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Bidirectional associations between nightly sleep and daily happiness and negative mood in adolescents

Kouros, Keller, Martin-Pinon & El-Sheikh (2022) published “Bidirectional Associations Between Nightly Sleep and Daily Happiness and Negative Mood in Adolescents” in Child Development. I have written about sleep before, but like this study because it uses both sleep diaries and actigraphy with a relatively diverse sample. Here’s the abstract:

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