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van Bergen, Elsje; de Jong, Peter F.; Plakas, Anna; Maassen, Ben; van der Leij, Aryan – Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 2012
Background: The present study concerns literacy and its underlying cognitive skills in Dutch children who differ in familial risk (FR) for dyslexia. Previous studies with FR-children were inconclusive regarding the performance of FR-children without dyslexia as compared to the controls. Moreover, van Bergen et al. (2011) recently showed that…
Descriptors: Phonology, Dyslexia, Grade 2, Reading Skills
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Groen-Blokhuis, Maria M.; Middeldorp, Christel M.; van Beijsterveldt, Catharina E. M.; Boomsma, Dorret I. – Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 2011
Objective: Low birth weight (LBW) is associated with attention problems (AP) and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). The etiology of this association is unclear. We investigate whether there is a causal influence of birth weight (BW) on AP and whether the BW effect is mediated by catch-up growth (CUG) in low-BW children. Method:…
Descriptors: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Twins, Body Weight, Etiology
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Althoff, Robert R.; Verhulst, Frank C.; Rettew, David C.; Hudziak, James J.; van der Ende, Jan – Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 2010
Objective: Using a general population sample, the adult outcomes of children who presented with severe problems with self-regulation defined as being concurrently rated highly on attention problems, aggressive behavior, and anxious-depression on the Child Behavior Checklist-Dysregulation Profile (CBCL-DP) were examined. Method: Two thousand…
Descriptors: Anxiety Disorders, Check Lists, Aggression, Drug Abuse
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Brunnekreef, J. Agnes; De Sonneville, Leo M. J.; Althaus, Monika; Minderaa, Ruud B.; Oldehinkel, Albertine J.; Verhulst, Frank C.; Ormel, Johan – Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 2007
Background: The present study explores the relationships between several information processing capacities and internalizing and externalizing behavior problems in a general population sample of 10- to 12-year olds (N = 2,037 51% girls). Methods: Parent-reported behavior problems as assessed by the Child Behavior Checklist were used to form four…
Descriptors: Check Lists, Behavior Problems, Females, Child Behavior
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Zonnevylle-Bender, Marjo J. S.; Matthys, Walter; van de Wiel, Nicolle M. H.; Lochman, John E. – Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 2007
Objective: Disruptive behavior disorder (DBD) is a well-known risk factor for substance abuse and delinquent behavior in adolescence. Therefore, the long-term preventive effects of treatment of DBD in middle childhood on beginning substance use and delinquency in early adolescence were investigated. Method: Children with DBD (8-13 years old) had…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Early Adolescents, Therapy, Behavior Modification
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Muris, Peter; Jacques, Philippe; Mayer, Birgit – Child Psychiatry and Human Development, 2004
The current study examined the temporal stability of threat perception abnormalities and anxiety disorder symptoms in non-clinical children. One-hundred-and-thirteen primary school children aged 9 to 13 years completed a self-report measure of anxiety disorder symptoms, and were interviewed individually using an ambiguous story paradigm from which…
Descriptors: Anxiety, Perception, Behavior Disorders, Symptoms (Individual Disorders)
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Dirkzwager, Anja J. E.; Kerssens, Jan J.; Yzermans, C. Joris – Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 2006
Objective: The aims of this study were to examine health problems of children (4-12 years old at the time of the disaster) and adolescents (13-18 years old at the time of the disaster) before and after exposure to a fireworks disaster in the Netherlands (May 2000), to compare these health problems with a control group, and to identify risk factors…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Psychology, Physical Health, Sleep