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The Infant-Toddler Social and Emotional Assessment (ITSEA): factor structure, reliability, and validityAlice S Carter
Department of Psychology, University of Massachusetts Boston, 100 Morrissey Boulevard, Boston, Massachusetts 02125, USA
J Abnorm Child Psychol 31:495-514. 2003..Associations between the ITSEA and independent evaluator ratings and parental ratings of child behavior problems, temperament, and parental distress support the validity of the instrument...
Evaluation of an early detection tool for social-emotional and behavioral problems in toddlers: The Brief Infant Toddler Social and Emotional Assessment - A cluster randomized trialIngrid Kruizinga
Department of Public Health, Erasmus MC University Medical Centre Rotterdam, CA Rotterdam, The Netherlands
BMC Public Health 11:494. 2011..The Brief Infant-Toddler Social and Emotional Assessment (BITSEA) was developed for this purpose. This study evaluates the effectiveness of the BITSEA to enhance social-emotional and behavioral health of preschool children...
Stability and individual change in depressive symptoms among mothers raising young children with ASD: maternal and child correlatesAlice S Carter
Department of Psychology, University of Massachusetts Boston, Boston, MA 02125, USA
J Clin Psychol 65:1270-80. 2009..Only maternal anxiety and parenting efficacy predicted individual change. Many mothers do not appear to adapt, supporting the need for early intervention for maternal well-being...- Prevalence of DSM-IV disorder in a representative, healthy birth cohort at school entry: sociodemographic risks and social adaptationAlice S Carter
University of Massachusetts Boston, Department of Psychology, 100 Morrissey Blvd, Boston, MA 02125, USA
J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry 49:686-98. 2010.... - Parenting stress in mothers and fathers of toddlers with autism spectrum disorders: associations with child characteristicsNaomi Ornstein Davis
Department of Psychology, University of Massachusetts Boston, 100 Morrissey Boulevard, Boston, MA 02125 3393, USA
J Autism Dev Disord 38:1278-91. 2008..Clinical assessment of parental stress, acknowledging differences in parenting experiences for mothers and fathers of young children with ASD, is needed... - Sensory over-responsivity, psychopathology, and family impairment in school-aged childrenAlice S Carter
Department of Psychology, The University of Massachusetts Boston, 100 Morrissey Boulevard, Boston, MA 02125, USA
J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry 50:1210-9. 2011..Although this was not a diagnostic study of SOR, this study was designed to investigate rates of elevated SOR symptoms and associations between elevated SOR symptoms, psychiatric disorder status, and family impairment... - Four-factor structure of obsessive-compulsive disorder symptoms in children, adolescents, and adultsS Evelyn Stewart
Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114, USA
J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry 47:763-72. 2008..Identification of a category-based OCD symptom dimension structure that is validated for use across child, adolescent, and adult age groups is necessary to guide ongoing translational research... - Preschool children's observed disruptive behavior: variations across sex, interactional context, and disruptive psychopathologySarah A O Gray
Psychology Department, University of Massachusetts Boston, MA, USA
J Clin Child Adolesc Psychol 41:499-507. 2012..Findings suggest the importance of sex-specific conceptualizations of disruptive behavior in young children that take patterns across social contexts into account... - Patterns of anxiety symptoms in toddlers and preschool-age children: evidence of early differentiationNicholas D Mian
University of Massachusetts Boston, Department of Psychology, 100 Morrissey Blvd, Boston, MA 02125, USA
J Anxiety Disord 26:102-10. 2012..Results from EFA and CFA methods were predominantly consistent and supported the grouping of early childhood anxiety symptoms into differentiated, diagnostic-specific categories... - Internalizing trajectories in young boys and girls: the whole is not a simple sum of its partsAlice S Carter
Department of Psychology, University of Massachusetts Boston, Boston, MA 02125, USA
J Abnorm Child Psychol 38:19-31. 2010..Findings suggest that, for one- to three-year-olds, examining scales of the internalizing domain separately rather than as a unitary construct reveals more meaningful developmental and gender variation... - Lost toy? Monsters under the bed? Contributions of temperament and family factors to early internalizing problems in boys and girlsSusan E Marakovitz
Psychiatric and Neurodevelopmental Genetics Unit, Center for Human Genetic Research, Massachusetts General Hospital, 185 Cambridge Street, Boston, MA 02114, USA
J Clin Child Adolesc Psychol 40:233-44. 2011..Family expressiveness moderated the association between inhibited temperament and anxiety symptoms... - Prevalence and correlates of early onset asthma and wheezing in a healthy birth cohort of 2- to 3-year oldsJennifer Bender Berz
Department of Psychology, University of Massachusetts Boston, Boston, Massachusetts 02125 3393, USA
J Pediatr Psychol 32:154-66. 2007..The combined contribution of neonatal, perinatal, and maternal health, demographic, environmental, and family psychosocial factors to early onset asthma and wheezing in a healthy birth cohort was examined... - Impact of traumatic life events in a community sample of toddlersElizabeth A Mongillo
Department of Psychology, University of Massachusetts Boston, Boston, MA 02125 3393, USA
J Abnorm Child Psychol 37:455-68. 2009..Implications for clinicians and child care providers working with toddlers and their parents are discussed... - Sex differences in toddlers with autism spectrum disordersAlice S Carter
Department of Psychology, University of Massachusetts, Boston, 100 Morrissey Boulevard, Boston, MA, 02125 3393, USA
J Autism Dev Disord 37:86-97. 2007..Longitudinal, representative studies are needed to elucidate the developmental and etiological significance of the observed sex differences... - An ecological risk model for early childhood anxiety: the importance of early child symptoms and temperamentNicholas D Mian
Department of Psychology, University of Massachusetts Boston, 100 Morrissey Blvd, Boston, MA 02125, USA
J Abnorm Child Psychol 39:501-12. 2011..Implications for early intervention and prevention studies are discussed... - Anxiety and sensory over-responsivity in toddlers with autism spectrum disorders: bidirectional effects across timeShulamite A Green
Department of Psychology, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA
J Autism Dev Disord 42:1112-9. 2012..Results suggest that SOR emerges earlier than anxiety, and predicts later development of anxiety... - Assessment of young children's social-emotional development and psychopathology: recent advances and recommendations for practiceAlice S Carter
Department of Psychology, University of Massachusetts, Boston 02125, USA
J Child Psychol Psychiatry 45:109-34. 2004..As we learn more about the precursors or prodromal manifestations of clinical psychopathology we will be able to examine the efficacy of earlier targeted preventive intervention approaches... - Assessment of behavioral and emotional problems in infancy: a systematic reviewDaniel M Bagner
Department of Psychology, Florida International University, 11200 S W 8th St, AHS I, Room 241, Miami, FL 33199, USA
Clin Child Fam Psychol Rev 15:113-28. 2012.... - Reaction to diagnosis and parenting styles among mothers of young children with ASDsKaren Wachtel
University of Massachusetts Boston, Boston, MA 02125, USA
Autism 12:575-94. 2008..This study highlights the importance of considering a mother's resolution about her child's diagnosis, suggesting that maternal emotions and cognitions associated with the diagnosis may be potential targets for intervention... - Principal components analysis of obsessive-compulsive disorder symptoms in children and adolescentsS Evelyn Stewart
Psychiatric and Neurodevelopmental Genetics Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital, Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02114, USA
Biol Psychiatry 61:285-91. 2007..The purpose of this study was to conduct an exploratory principal components analysis of obsessive-compulsive (OC) symptoms in children and adolescents with OCD to identify improved phenotypes for future studies... - Violence toward a family member, angry adult conflict, and child adjustment difficulties: relations in families with 1- to 3-year-old childrenRenee McDonald
Department of Psychology, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX 75275 0442, USA
J Fam Psychol 21:176-84. 2007..These results emerged after accounting for pertinent demographic variables and for caregiver distress variables... - Autism spectrum disorders in young childrenFrances de L MartÃnez-Pedraza
Graduate Clinical Psychology Program, Department of Psychology, University of Massachusetts, 100 Morrissey Boulevard, Boston, MA 02125, USA
Child Adolesc Psychiatr Clin N Am 18:645-63. 2009..The authors also discuss how the family context is affected by the diagnosis, in terms of adaptation to the diagnosis and to treatment. Finally, the authors present a brief review of interventions for young children with ASD... - Defining the developmental parameters of temper loss in early childhood: implications for developmental psychopathologyLauren S Wakschlag
Department of Medical Social Sciences, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL 60611, USA
J Child Psychol Psychiatry 53:1099-108. 2012..Thus, characterizing specific behavioral manifestations of temper loss along a dimension from normative misbehaviors to clinically significant problems is an important step toward identifying clinical thresholds... - Toddlers with Autism Spectrum Disorder are more successful at visual search than typically developing toddlersZsuzsa Kaldy
Department of Psychology, University of Massachusetts Boston, Boston, MA 02125, USA
Dev Sci 14:980-8. 2011.... - Maternal self-efficacy and associated parenting cognitions among mothers of children with autismJennifer C Kuhn
University of Massachusetts, Psychology Department, Boston, MA, USA
Am J Orthopsychiatry 76:564-75. 2006..Parent- and family-based interventions designed to support parental well-being and focusing on parenting cognitions may enhance parenting self-efficacy... - A randomized controlled trial of Hanen's 'More Than Words' in toddlers with early autism symptomsAlice S Carter
University of Massachusetts, Boston, MA, USA
J Child Psychol Psychiatry 52:741-52. 2011..This randomized controlled trial compared Hanen's 'More than Words' (HMTW), a parent-implemented intervention, to a 'business as usual' control group... - Audiovisual processing in children with and without autism spectrum disordersElizabeth A Mongillo
Department of Psychology, University of Massachusetts Boston, 100 Morrissey Blvd, Boston, MA 02125 3393, USA
J Autism Dev Disord 38:1349-58. 2008..Exploratory results support an inverse association between audiovisual speech processing capacities and social impairment in children with ASD... - Anxiety and major depression comorbidity in a family study of obsessive-compulsive disorderAlice S Carter
Department of Psychology, University of Massachusetts Boston, Boston, Massachusetts 02129, USA
Depress Anxiety 20:165-74. 2004..Furthermore, age at onset in probands is associated with specific anxiety and affective comorbidity among case relatives. These findings support the hypothesis that early- and late-onset OCD represent different etiologic variants... - Identifying and addressing mental health risks and problems in primary care pediatric settings: a model to promote developmental and cultural competenceLeandra Godoy
University of Massachusetts, Boston, MA 02125, USA
Am J Orthopsychiatry 83:73-88. 2013..Developmental and sociocultural considerations are highlighted in an effort to address and reduce higher rates of unmet needs among young, uninsured children of color... - The etiology of behavioral problems and competencies in very young twinsKimberly J Saudino
Department of Psychology, Boston University, Boston, MA 02215, USA
J Abnorm Psychol 117:48-62. 2008..There were also substantial shared environmental influences operating on most of the domains and subscales. Compared with behavior problems, behavioral competencies were less heritable and more influenced by shared environments... - Relationship between physical appearance, sense of belonging and exclusion, and racial/ethnic self-identification among multiracial Japanese European AmericansJulie M Ahnallen
Department of Psychology, University of Massachusetts, Boston, MA 02125-3393, USA
Cultur Divers Ethnic Minor Psychol 12:673-86. 2006..There was also a significant relationship between Japanese American identity and multiracial appearance and social variables. Feelings of exclusion were shown to be the primary influence on all three racial/ethnic identities...