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The Psychiatric Clinics of North America Jun 2017Women undergo developmental and cyclic changes in hormonal exposures that affect brain function and mental health. Some women are more vulnerable to the effects of these... (Review)
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Women undergo developmental and cyclic changes in hormonal exposures that affect brain function and mental health. Some women are more vulnerable to the effects of these hormonal exposures, for reasons that remain to be determined. Evidence to date indicates that anxiety and mood disorders are the most sensitive to hormonal fluctuations in women but there is also growing evidence for a protective effect of female reproductive hormones on schizophrenia. The hormonal exposures of the menstrual cycle, pregnancy, the postpartum period, lactation, and menopause are quite different and may be associated with at least partially distinct symptom profiles.
Topics: Human Development; Humans; Neurosecretory Systems; Psychology, Developmental; Women's Health
PubMed: 28477647
DOI: 10.1016/j.psc.2017.01.008 -
Journal of Child Psychology and... May 2023Part of the appeal of attachment language is that it feels near to our everyday experience, as terms like 'attachment', 'security' or 'disorganisation' feel readily...
Part of the appeal of attachment language is that it feels near to our everyday experience, as terms like 'attachment', 'security' or 'disorganisation' feel readily recognisable. Yet, not one of these terms is used by academic attachment researchers in line with ordinary language. This has hindered the evidence-based use of attachment in practice, the feedback loop from practice to research and the dialogue between attachment researchers in developmental psychology and in social psychology. This paper pinpoints the difficulties arising from the existence of multiple versions of 'attachment theory' that use exactly the same terms, held by communities that assume that they are referring to the same thing and with little infrastructure to help them discover otherwise. When we talk past one another, the different communities with a stake in knowledge of attachment are obstructed from genuinely learning from one another, drawing on their respective strengths and pursuing collaborations. One factor contributing to this situation has been the use of attachment terminology with technical meanings, but often without setting out clear definitions. We here introduce a guide to attachment terminology used by the academic community, which has recently been published on the website of the Society for Emotion and Attachment Studies. The guide is meant for researchers, clinicians and everyone concerned with attachment to increase understanding of the technical meaning of important terminology used by researchers, and support the quality of discussions between researchers, and between researchers and clinicians and other publics.
Topics: Humans; Terminology as Topic; Object Attachment; Psychology, Developmental; Psychology, Social; Behavioral Research
PubMed: 35916428
DOI: 10.1111/jcpp.13675 -
The Journal of Genetic Psychology 2016A 1918 survey (H. E. Jones, 1956 ) indicated that only 3 psychologists in the United States expressed an interest in conducting research on child development. By the end... (Review)
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A 1918 survey (H. E. Jones, 1956 ) indicated that only 3 psychologists in the United States expressed an interest in conducting research on child development. By the end of the 1920s there were more than 600 who expressed such an interest, and their areas of inquiry encompassed not only child development but also adolescence, the lifespan, and old age. The author explores the factors and people that contributed to this remarkable transition and highlights some of the major contributions that resulted from their work.
Topics: History, 20th Century; Humans; Psychology, Child; Psychology, Developmental
PubMed: 27805491
DOI: 10.1080/00221325.2016.1243407 -
Archives of Suicide Research : Official... 2019Self-injurious behaviors (SIB) continue to afflict a significant segment of the clinical and general population, sometimes with fatal consequences. The development of... (Review)
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Self-injurious behaviors (SIB) continue to afflict a significant segment of the clinical and general population, sometimes with fatal consequences. The development of SIB seems to share developmental pathways and mechanisms similar to attachment insecurity. To date, no reviews have explored their relationship. A search of publication databases PubMed and PsychInfo from 1969 through April 2018 was conducted and 17 papers met inclusion criteria. Of the 17 articles identified, 13 reported a positive relationship and 1 reported a negative relationship between attachment insecurity and SIB. Both attachment anxiety and avoidance seem to play a role in the risk for SIB, possibly through different mechanisms and likely with different impacts on the choice for either self-harm or suicide attempts.
Topics: Adult; Causality; Child; Child Development; Humans; Object Attachment; Psychology, Developmental; Psychopathology; Self-Injurious Behavior; Suicide; Suicide Prevention
PubMed: 29952724
DOI: 10.1080/13811118.2018.1486251 -
Journal of Clinical Child and... 2017It is critical for psychologists to gain a better understanding about the intersection between sleep and developmental psychopathology. However, while many strive to...
It is critical for psychologists to gain a better understanding about the intersection between sleep and developmental psychopathology. However, while many strive to answer the question of whether sleep causes developmental psychopathology, or vice versa, ultimately the relationship between sleep and developmental psychopathology is complex and dynamic. This article considers future directions in the field of clinical child and adolescent psychology that go beyond this mechanistic question, highlighting areas important to address for clinicians and researchers who strive to better understand how best to serve children and adolescents with developmental psychopathology. Questions are presented about what is normal in terms of sleep across development, the role of individual variability in terms of sleep needs and vulnerability to sleep loss, and how sleep may serve as a risk or resilience factor for developmental psychopathology, concluding with considerations for interventions.
Topics: Adolescent; Child; Forecasting; Humans; Psychology, Adolescent; Psychology, Developmental; Psychopathology; Sleep
PubMed: 27880041
DOI: 10.1080/15374416.2016.1236727 -
Social Science & Medicine (1982) Oct 2015
Topics: Adolescent; Anthropology, Cultural; Child; Child Development; Humans; Pedigree; Psychology, Developmental
PubMed: 26454763
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2015.09.018 -
Journal of the American Academy of... Sep 2020Clinicians, teachers, and parents alike have long lamented screen time and its developmental and psychological implications, particularly as access to digital devices,...
Clinicians, teachers, and parents alike have long lamented screen time and its developmental and psychological implications, particularly as access to digital devices, games, and online platforms has become ubiquitous. In 2018, 95% of US teens reported having access to a smartphone, and 45% reported being online "almost constantly." Parental and expert concerns include displacement of important activities such as sleep and exercise, Internet or video game addiction, negative social experiences such as cyberbullying, and worry that excessive use may cause or worsen mental health symptoms such as depression. Research on the subject is challenging, as associations between device use and psychological functioning are likely multifactorial and nonlinear and therefore difficult to elucidate from small samples or samples that are lacking in rich covariate data. In addition, the rapid pace of technological change makes studying and reporting on these phenomena challenging as studies may be out of date before they are even published.
Topics: Adolescent; Anxiety; Behavior, Addictive; Cohort Studies; Humans; Psychosocial Functioning; Video Games
PubMed: 32007603
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaac.2019.11.023 -
The British Journal of Developmental... Mar 2017
Topics: Adolescent; Adolescent Development; Child; Child Development; Culture; Family; Humans; Psychology, Developmental; Religion and Psychology
PubMed: 28220950
DOI: 10.1111/bjdp.12179 -
Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews.... Jan 2017Jean Piaget was a master at observing the routine behaviors children produce as they go from knowing less to knowing more about at a task, and making inferences not only... (Review)
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Jean Piaget was a master at observing the routine behaviors children produce as they go from knowing less to knowing more about at a task, and making inferences not only about how children understand the task at each point, but also about how they progress from one point to the next. This article examines a routine behavior that Piaget overlooked-the spontaneous gestures speakers produce as they explain their solutions to a problem. These gestures are not mere hand waving. They reflect ideas that the speaker has about the problem, often ideas that are not found in that speaker's talk. Gesture can do more than reflect ideas-it can also change them. Observing the gestures that others produce can change a learner's ideas, as can producing one's own gestures. In this sense, gesture behaves like any other action. But gesture differs from many other actions in that it also promotes generalization of new ideas. Gesture represents the world rather than directly manipulating the world (gesture does not move objects around) and is thus a special kind of action. As a result, the mechanisms by which gesture and action promote learning may differ. Because it is both an action and a representation, gesture can serve as a bridge between the two and thus be a powerful tool for learning abstract ideas. WIREs Cogn Sci 2017, 8:e1368. doi: 10.1002/wcs.1368 For further resources related to this article, please visit the WIREs website.
Topics: Emotions; Feedback, Sensory; Gestures; Humans; Learning; Psychology, Developmental; Psychomotor Performance; Thinking
PubMed: 27906502
DOI: 10.1002/wcs.1368 -
Advances in Child Development and... 2015
Topics: Brain; Child; Child Development; Humans; Periodicals as Topic; Psychology, Developmental
PubMed: 25735948
DOI: 10.1016/S0065-2407(15)00010-5