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    Longitudinal Linkages between Older and Younger Sibling Depressive Symptoms and Perceived Sibling Relationship Quality

    The sibling relationship has an important impact on children’s emotional functioning, but it is yet unclear whether and how sibling relationship quality affects adolescent depressive symptoms over time. This s...

    Kirsten L. Buist, Marloes S. van Tergouw, Hans M. Koot in Journal of Youth and Adolescence (2019)

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    Oxytocin Receptor Gene (OXTR) and Deviant Peer Affiliation: A Gene–Environment Interaction in Adolescent Antisocial Behavior

    Although the oxytocin receptor gene (OXTR) is involved in aggression and social affiliation, it has not been examined in gene-environment interaction studies. This longitudinal study examined the effect of geneti...

    Iro Fragkaki, Maaike Cima, Maaike Verhagen in Journal of Youth and Adolescence (2019)

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    Associations between Oxytocin Receptor (OXTR) Genotype and Elementary School Children’s Likability, Dis-likability and Friendship among Classroom Peers: A Longitudinal Study

    The single nucleotide polymorphism rs53576 of the oxytocin receptor (OXTR) gene is involved in forming and maintaining relationships in various social contexts. However, this has not been studied in the childhood...

    ** He, J. Marieke Buil, Hans M. Koot in Journal of Youth and Adolescence (2018)

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    Prosocial Behavior in Adolescence: Gender Differences in Development and Links with Empathy

    Although adolescents’ prosocial behavior is related to various positive outcomes, longitudinal research on its development and predictors is still sparse. This 6-wave longitudinal study investigated the develo...

    Jolien Van der Graaff, Gustavo Carlo in Journal of Youth and Adolescence (2018)

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    DRD4 Genotype and the Developmental Link of Peer Social Preference with Conduct Problems and Prosocial Behavior Across Ages 9–12 Years

    The peer environment is among the most important factors for children’s behavioral development. However, not all children are equally influenced by their peers, which is potentially due to their genetic make-u...

    J. Marieke Buil, Hans M. Koot, Tjeert Olthof in Journal of Youth and Adolescence (2015)

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    Discrepancies in Perceptions of Close Relationships of Young Adolescents: A Risk for Psychopathology?

    Discrepancies between children and partners (e.g., parents, friends, peers) in reports of social functioning and self-other relationships are common in clinical practice and in research. However, it is not c...

    Jantine L. Spilt, Pol A. C. Van Lier in Journal of Youth and Adolescence (2015)

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    Divergence Between Adolescent and Parental Perceptions of Conflict in Relationship to Adolescent Empathy Development

    Adolescents’ develo** empathy may be associated with the frequency of conflict with parents, as well as the level of agreement between adolescent and parental perceptions of the frequency of such conflicts. ...

    Caspar J. Van Lissa, Skyler T. Hawk, Susan J. T. Branje in Journal of Youth and Adolescence (2015)

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    Assessing the Latent Factor Association Between the Dysphoria Model of PTSD and Positive and Negative Affect in Trauma Victims from India

    The recent release of the DSM-5 comes with the division of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms across four symptom clusters (American Psychiatric Association, 2013). This division is based on the suppor...

    Ruby Charak, Cherie Armour, Ask Elklit, Hans M. Koot in Psychological Injury and Law (2014)

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    Impact of Early Adolescent Externalizing Problem Behaviors on Identity Development in Middle to Late Adolescence: A Prospective 7-Year Longitudinal Study

    Adolescents at-risk for problem behaviors can have more difficulties in develo** a firm sense of personal identity. Hence the purpose of this prospective longitudinal study was to scrutinize how externalizin...

    Elisabetta Crocetti, Theo A. Klimstra in Journal of Youth and Adolescence (2013)

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    Mental Health Online: A Self- Report and E-Learning Program for Enhancing Recognition, Guidance and Referral of Suicidal Adolescents

    Suicidal adolescents are underrepresented in mental health care (Cheung & Dewa, 2007), partly because young people commonly do not share their suicidal thoughts with their parents or other adults (Eskin, 2003;...

    Rezvan Ghoncheh, Carmen E. Vos Ph.D. candidate in Suicide Prevention and New Technologies (2013)