The Role of Emotion in the Development of Psychopathology

Launched by NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH (NIMH) · Nov 3, 1999

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ClinConnect Summary

Dysregulated emotions are central features of psychiatric disorders associated with both externalizing problems (aggressive, antisocial behaviors) and internalizing problems (anxiety, depression). Adolescence is a critical juncture in the development of these disorders because of the increased incidence and differentiation of clinical problems particularly along gender-based lines. This is a biobehavioral, longitudinal investigation of the role of emotion in the development of psychopathology in adolescence. The focus is on socialization experiences and biological processes that contribute ...

Gender

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Eligibility criteria

• • INCLUSION CRITERIA
• • Subjects and their families will be recruited from the community.
• • Inclusionary criteria will be based on mother and youth report of (a) emotion regulation problems and (b) the presence of subclinical or clinical symptomatology based on broad-band scales of the Youth Self-Report or mother's report of behavior problems.
• • Individuals meeting entry criteria will be offered entry into the study, and others will be notified.
• • EXCLUSION CRITERIA
• • A debilitating physical impairment (e.g., seizure disorder, cerebral palsy, head trauma).
• • Significant intellectual impairment (i.e., IQ less than 70).
• • History of psychosis.
• • Any condition that would impair a participant's ability to respond to the study's paradigms will be excluded from this study at the time of screening.