Article
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Amanda Cromhout, Lusilda Schutte, Marie P. Wissing, Willem D. Schutte
Summary: This study investigated the factor structure and measurement invariance of the QEWB in four culturally diverse South African samples. The one-factor structure did not fit well for the student samples, while the four-factor models showed slightly better fit. The bifactor ESEM model displayed good fit for the student samples. Configural invariance between the student samples was supported, but not metric nor scalar invariance. The use of the QEWB in the adult sample was not recommended. The results suggest the existence of a global eudaimonic well-being factor and the interrelatedness of facets of eudaimonic well-being. The influence of developmental phase on eudaimonic well-being should be explored in future.
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Astronomy & Astrophysics
Shota Kikuchi, Tatsuo Kobayashi, Kaito Nasu, Shohei Takada, Hikaru Uchida
Summary: We study modular symmetric quark flavor models without fine-tuning. The mass matrices are expressed in terms of modular forms, and these forms become hierarchical near the modular fixed points based on their residual charges. Therefore, modular symmetric flavor models near the fixed points have the potential to describe mass hierarchies without fine-tuning. We focus on the F6 modular symmetry near the cusp tau = ioo, where Z6 residual symmetry remains, and use only modular forms belonging to singlet representations of F6 to simplify our analysis. As a result, viable quark flavor models are obtained without fine-tuning.
Article
Psychology, Developmental
Salvador Trejo, Yaira Chamorro, Maria de Lourdes Bolanos, Esmeralda Matute
Summary: This study assessed the appropriateness of the BMQ-ADHD questionnaire for parents and teachers of Mexican elementary school children. The results showed good construct validity and measurement invariance for both parents' and teachers' reports. There were differences in ADHD symptoms by gender, but not by school level. The summed scores accurately represented the factors for females, but may present difficulty for males in the parents' questionnaires.
CHILD PSYCHIATRY & HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
(2023)
Article
Psychiatry
Benjamin B. Lahey, Tyler M. Moore, Antonia N. Kaczkurkin, David H. Zald
Summary: There is an ongoing revolution in psychology and psychiatry, which proposes a dimensional approach to psychopathology rather than discrete diagnostic categories. Recent studies suggest a hierarchical organization of correlated dimensions of psychopathology, with familial influences playing a significant role. However, more research is needed to fully understand the neurobiological correlates and clinical implications of this hierarchical model.
Article
Psychology, Clinical
Ann-Kathrin Thoene, Michaela Junghaenel, Anja Goertz-Dorten, Dieter Breuer, Teresa del Giudice, Charlotte Hanisch, Thomas Hennemann, Manfred Doepfner
Summary: This study aimed to refine our understanding of the structure underlying externalizing dimensions. Two models, one based on ICD/DSM and the other based on developmental theory, were found to have statistically sound factor structures and interpretability. Both models showed measurement invariance across various samples, sources, and sex. However, it remains unclear which perspective, categorical or dimensional, is superior.
JOURNAL OF PSYCHOPATHOLOGY AND BEHAVIORAL ASSESSMENT
(2022)
Article
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Esin Yilmaz Kogar
Summary: The study aimed to investigate the factor structure of the Anxiety Sensitivity Index-3 (ASI-3) and determine measurement invariance across gender and age groups in a Turkey sample. Results showed that anxiety sensitivity comprises a general factor and three specific factors, with the general factor having a dominant effect. It is recommended to use the ASI-3 total score as a measure of general anxiety sensitivity.
PSYCHOLOGICAL REPORTS
(2022)
Article
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Shan-Shan Xie, Sai-Li Shen, Xia-Xin Xiong, Yan-Ping Chen, Yi-Lin Shen, Nan Lin, Rong-Mao Lin
Summary: This study confirmed the bifactor model of the Cognitive Avoidance Questionnaire (CAQ) using a Chinese adolescent sample and found that the general factor was positively correlated with worry, depression, anxiety, and stress. This suggests that both general and distinct factors should be considered when studying cognitive avoidance in adolescents.
CURRENT PSYCHOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Clinical Neurology
Ajitha Mallidi, Tatiana Meza-Cervera, Katharina Kircanski, Argyris Stringaris, Melissa A. Brotman, Daniel S. Pine, Ellen Leibenluft, Julia O. Linke
Summary: The study aims to investigate the reliability and measurement invariance of the Affective Reactivity Index (ARI) in assessing young people's irritability symptoms through two independent samples. The findings indicate substantial informant discrepancy in ARI ratings, suggesting different interpretations of the scale items between parents and youth. A bifactor model parsing informant-specific from shared irritability-related variance fits the data well.
JOURNAL OF AFFECTIVE DISORDERS
(2023)
Article
Physics, Multidisciplinary
Subhash R. Lele
Summary: In scientific problems, an appropriate statistical model often involves a large number of canonical parameters, and the quantities of interest are often real-valued functions of these parameters. Bayesian inference can be used to estimate a specified function of the parameters by using the posterior distribution. Frequentist inference is usually based on the profile likelihood for the parameter of interest. However, for hierarchical models, computing the profile likelihood function is difficult due to high-dimensional integration. We propose a simple computational method using data doubling to calculate the profile likelihood for any specified function of the parameters, and provide a mathematical proof for its validity under certain conditions.
Article
Clinical Neurology
Xiaoqin Zhu, Daniel T. L. Shek, Diya Dou
Summary: This study found that among adolescents in mainland China, the three-factor model of CES-D includes somatic complaints, depressed affect, and positive affect, and this model is invariant across gender and over time.
JOURNAL OF AFFECTIVE DISORDERS
(2021)
Article
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Sofie Weyn, Karla Van Leeuwen, Michael Pluess, Francesca Lionetti, Corina U. Greven, Luc Goossens, Hilde Colpin, Wim Van den Noortgate, Karine Verschueren, Margot Bastin, Elke Van Hoof, Filip De Fruyt, Patricia Bijttebier
Summary: The study investigated Environmental Sensitivity in adolescents through examining the psychometric properties of the Highly Sensitive Child scale (HSC) and testing measurement invariance across developmental stage, gender, and country. The results supported the reliability of the HSC scale in measuring Environmental Sensitivity and provided insights for future research on early to late adolescents.
CURRENT PSYCHOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Psychology, Applied
Bo Zhang, Tianjun Sun, Mengyang Cao, Fritz Drasgow
Summary: The use of bifactor models has increased in the past decade, but there is a nonidentification problem in prediction that can be effectively addressed with an augmentation strategy. Different conclusions regarding predictive validity of hierarchical constructs can be reached based on choice of models, with augmented bifactor models showing good recovery of predictive validity with large samples.
ORGANIZATIONAL RESEARCH METHODS
(2021)
Article
Physics, Multidisciplinary
Chang-Tse Hsieh, Yu Nakayama, Yuji Tachikawa
Summary: We demonstrated the existence of a fermionic minimal model for each c = 1-6/m(m + 1), m >= 3, containing half-integral spin operators in its spectrum. This generalization extends to the Majorana fermion for c = 1/2, m = 3 and the smallest N = 1 supersymmetric minimal model for c = 7/10, m = 4. We also provided explicit Hamiltonians on Majorana chains to realize these fermionic minimal models.
PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS
(2021)
Article
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Eerdemutu Liu, Junju Wang, Sachurina Bai
Summary: This study validates the L2 grit measure among Chinese senior middle school students using a bifactor modeling approach. The researchers assessed and compared four alternative measurement models and found that the bifactor CFA model had the best fit and predictive validity for L2 grit on subsequent language achievements.
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Meilin Di, Ning Jia, Qiuling Wang, Wenjing Yan, Kairong Yang, Feng Kong
Summary: The study validated the Wong and Law Emotional Intelligence Scale (WLEIS) with a bifactor model, showing that a model with a general factor and four specific factors best fit the data. It was found that only the specific factor of Use of Emotion could predict positive affect among the three components of subjective well-being, and this relationship did not differ between different groups.
JOURNAL OF POSITIVE PSYCHOLOGY
(2021)
Correction
Psychology, Clinical
Pascal-M Aggensteiner, Nathalie E. Holz, Boris W. Bottinger, Sarah Baumeister, Sarah Hohmann, Julia E. Werhahn, Jilly Naaijen, Shahrzad Ilbegi, Jeffrey C. Glennon, Pieter J. Hoekstra, Andrea Dietrich, Renee Kleine Deters, Melanie C. Saam, Ulrike M. E. Schulze, David J. Lythgoe, Arjun Sethi, Michael C. Craig, Mathilde Mastroianni, Ilyas Sagar-Ouriaghli, Paramala J. Santosh, Mireia Rosa, Nuria Bargallo, Josefina Castro-Fornieles, Celso Arango, Maria J. Penzol, Jorge Vidal, Barbara Franke, Marcel P. Zwiers, Jan K. Buitelaar, Susanne Walitza, Tobias Banaschewski, Daniel Brandeis
PSYCHOLOGICAL MEDICINE
(2023)
Review
Psychology, Developmental
David Coghill, Tobias Banaschewski, Samuele Cortese, Philip Asherson, Daniel Brandeis, Jan Buitelaar, David Daley, Marina Danckaerts, Ralf W. Dittmann, Manfred Doepfner, Maite Ferrin, Chris Hollis, Martin Holtmann, Santosh Paramala, Edmund Sonuga-Barke, Cesar Soutullo, Hans-Christoph Steinhausen, Saskia van der Oord, Ian C. K. Wong, Alessandro Zuddas, Emily Simonoff
Summary: ADHD is a common neurodevelopmental disorder in children and adolescents, and timely interventions are a priority. However, current research reports and reviews on interventions for ADHD often lack consistency and are difficult to interpret. Clinicians need to consider methodological issues and gaps in the evidence when evaluating treatments for ADHD.
EUROPEAN CHILD & ADOLESCENT PSYCHIATRY
(2023)
Article
Psychology, Developmental
Karen Fischer, Jacintha M. Tieskens, Michiel A. J. Luijten, Josjan Zijlmans, Hedy A. van Oers, Rowdy de Groot, Daniel van der Doelen, Hanneke van Ewijk, Helen Klip, Rikkert M. van der Lans, Ronald De Meyer, Malindi van der Mheen, Maud M. van Muilekom, I. Hyun Ruisch, Lorynn Teela, Germie van den Berg, Hilgo Bruining, Rachel van der Rijken, Jan Buitelaar, Pieter J. Hoekstra, Ramon Lindauer, Kim J. Oostrom, Wouter Staal, Robert Vermeiren, Ronald Cornet, Lotte Haverman, Meike Bartels, Tinca J. C. Polderman, Arne Popma
Summary: The study aimed to assess internalizing problems before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. The results showed that internalizing problems were higher during the first peak of the pandemic in the general population, but similar or lower levels were observed over the course of the pandemic. Children in the clinical population reported more internalizing symptoms during the pandemic, while parents did not report differences. These findings indicate negative effects of the pandemic on children and adolescents' internalizing problems in both general and clinical populations.
EUROPEAN CHILD & ADOLESCENT PSYCHIATRY
(2023)
Review
Psychology, Developmental
Annie Bryant, Hope Schlesinger, Athina Sideri, Joni Holmes, Jan Buitelaar, Richard Meiser-Stedman
Summary: This meta-analytic review examined the effects of medications on anxiety and depression symptoms in children and adolescents with ADHD. The study found no significant improvement in symptoms of anxiety or depression with ADHD medication compared to placebo control. The lack of reporting on mental health outcomes in ADHD drug trials for children and adolescents was highlighted, emphasizing the importance of standardized measurement in future trials.
EUROPEAN CHILD & ADOLESCENT PSYCHIATRY
(2023)
Article
Psychiatry
Philip J. Asherson, Lena Johansson, Rachel Holland, Megan Bedding, Andrew Forrester, Laura Giannulli, Ylva Ginsberg, Sheila Howitt, Imogen Kretzschmar, Stephen M. Lawrie, Craig Marsh, Caroline Kelly, Megan Mansfield, Clare McCafferty, Khuram Khan, Ulrich Muller-Sedgwick, John Strang, Grace Williamson, Lauren Wilson, Susan Young, Sabine Landau, Lindsay D. G. Thomson
Summary: This study investigated the efficacy of methylphenidate in reducing ADHD symptoms in young adult prisoners. The results showed that methylphenidate treatment did not significantly improve ADHD symptoms, indicating that routine use of this medication in this population is not supported. Further research is needed to evaluate the effects of higher dosing, treatment adherence, multi-modal treatments, and preventative interventions in the community.
BRITISH JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRY
(2023)
Article
Psychology, Developmental
Yanli Zhang-James, Ali Shervin Razavi, Martine Hoogman, Barbara Franke, Stephen V. Faraone
Summary: This systematic review examines the literature on the development of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)-based diagnostic classifiers for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) using machine learning (ML). It found variations in MRI modalities, ML models, cross-validation and testing methods, and sample sizes among the studies. The review also highlights the importance of large multi-modal imaging datasets and the potential combination with other types of data to develop clinically useful imaging classification tools for ADHD in the future.
JOURNAL OF ATTENTION DISORDERS
(2023)
Review
Psychology, Clinical
Katarzyna Kostyrka-Allchorne, Mariya Stoilova, Jake Bourgaize, Miriam Rahali, Sonia Livingstone, Edmund Sonuga-Barke
Summary: This study reviewed publications related to anxiety, depression, eating disorders, and nonsuicidal self-injury to identify common and condition-specific digital experiences among adolescents. The findings suggest that adolescents with pre-existing clinical vulnerabilities have complex digital practices that encompass both positive and negative experiences. These experiences include social connectivity and peer support, escape and distraction, social validation and comparison, accessing/creating potentially harmful content, cyberbullying, and difficulties with self-regulation during engagement with digital media.
CHILD AND ADOLESCENT MENTAL HEALTH
(2023)
Review
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Samuel J. Westwood, Valeria Parlatini, Katya Rubia, Samuele Cortese, Edmund J. S. Sonuga-Barke, European ADHD Guidelines Grp EAGG
Summary: This meta-analysis examined the effects of computerized cognitive training (CCT) on clinical, neuropsychological, and academic outcomes in individuals with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). The results showed that CCT had no significant impact on overall symptoms or hyperactivity/impulsivity symptoms of ADHD, but had a small improvement in inattention symptoms. CCT improved working memory, but did not affect other neuropsychological or academic outcomes.
MOLECULAR PSYCHIATRY
(2023)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Dick Schijven, Merel C. Postema, Masaki Fukunaga, Junya Matsumoto, Kenichiro Miura, Sonja M. C. de Zwarte, Neeltje E. M. van Haren, Wiepke Cahn, Hilleke E. Hulshoff Pol, Rene S. Kahn, Rosa Ayesa-Arriola, Victor Ortiz-Garcia de la Foz, Diana Tordesillas-Gutierrez, Javier Vazquez-Bourgon, Benedicto Crespo-Facorro, Dag Alnaes, Andreas Dahl, Lars T. Westlye, Ingrid Agartz, Ole A. Andreassen, Erik G. Jonsson, Peter Kochunov, Jason M. Bruggemann, Stanley V. Catts, Patricia T. Michie, Bryan J. Mowry, Yann Quide, Paul E. Rasser, Ulrich Schall, Rodney J. Scott, Vaughan J. Carr, Melissa J. Green, Frans A. Henskens, Carmel M. Loughland, Christos Pantelis, Cynthia Shannon Weickert, Thomas W. Weickert, Lieuwe De Haan, Katharina Brosch, Julia-Katharina Pfarr, Kai G. Ringwald, Frederike Stein, Andreas Jansen, Tilo T. J. Kircher, Igor Nenadic, Bernd Kramer, Oliver Gruber, Theodore D. Satterthwaite, Juan Bustillo, Daniel H. Mathalon, Adrian Preda, Vince D. Calhoun, Judith M. Ford, Steven G. Potkin, Jingxu Chen, Yunlong Tan, Zhiren Wang, Hong Xiang, Fengmei Fan, Fabio Bernardoni, Stefan Ehrlich, Paola Fuentes-Claramonte, Maria Angeles Garcia-Leon, Amalia Guerrero-Pedraza, Raymond Salvador, Salvador Sarro, Edith Pomarol-Clotet, Valentina Ciullo, Fabrizio Piras, Daniela Vecchio, Nerisa Banaj, Gianfranco Spalletta, Stijn Michielse, Therese van Amelsvoort, Erin W. Dickie, Aristotle N. Voineskos, Kang Sim, Simone Ciufolini, Paola Dazzan, Robin M. Murray, Woo-Sung Kim, Young-Chul Chung, Christina Andreou, Andre Schmidt, Stefan Borgwardt, Andrew M. McIntosh, Heather C. Whalley, Stephen M. Lawrie, Stefan Du Plessis, Hilmar K. Luckhoff, Freda Scheffler, Robin Emsley, Dominik Grotegerd, Rebekka Lencer, Udo Dannlowski, Jesse T. Edmond, Kelly Rootes-Murdy, Julia M. Stephen, Andrew R. Mayer, Linda A. Antonucci, Leonardo Fazio, Giulio Pergola, Alessandro Bertolino, Covadonga M. Diaz-Caneja, Joost Janssen, Noemi G. Lois, Celso Arango, Alexander S. Tomyshev, Irina Lebedeva, Simon Cervenkav, Carl M. Sellgrenv, Foivos Georgiadis, Matthias Kirschner, Stefan Kaiser, Tomas Hajek, Antonin Skoch, Filip Spaniel, Minah Kim, Yoo Bin Kwak, Sanghoon Oh, Jun Soo Kwon, Anthony James, Geor Bakker, Christian Knochel, Michael Stablein, Viola Oertel, Anne Uhlmann, Fleur M. Howells, Dan J. Stein, Henk S. Temmingh, Ana M. Diaz-Zuluaga, Julian A. Pineda-Zapata, Carlos Lopez-Jaramillo, Stephanie Homan, Ellen Ji, Werner Surbeck, Philipp Homan, Simon E. Fishera, Barbara Franke, David C. Glahn, Ruben C. Gur, Ryota Hashimoto, Neda Jahanshad, Eileen Luders, Sarah E. Medland, Paul M. Thompson, Jessica A. Turner, Theo G. M. van Erp, Clyde Francks
Summary: Left-right asymmetry is an important feature of the healthy brain that may be altered in schizophrenia. This study used a large sample size and consistent methods to investigate structural brain asymmetries in schizophrenia, finding significant differences. These differences may reflect changes at the molecular, cytoarchitectonic, or circuit levels that have functional relevance for the disorder. Reduced left middle temporal cortical thickness is consistent with altered left-hemisphere language network organization in schizophrenia.
PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
(2023)
Review
Medicine, General & Internal
Anna Charlotte Morris, Laurence Telesia, Alice Wickersham, Sophie Epstein, Faith Matcham, Edmund Sonuga-Barke, Johnny Downs
Summary: This review aims to identify and synthesize evidence relating to the acceptability of actigraphic devices in 5-11 year olds. The methods include database searches, forward and backward citation searches, and screening and data extraction by multiple reviewers. The primary outcome of this review will be actigraphic acceptability, determined through narrative synthesis and pooled descriptive statistics. The results will be disseminated through a manuscript published in a peer review journal.
Article
Economics
Soo Hong Chew, Richard P. Ebstein, Salomon Israel, Zhen Lei, Wei Tang
Summary: Altruistic giving was examined in a study using the Andreoni-Miller (2002) dictator game with 3778 participants from three populations - Chinese from Beijing and Singapore, and Jews from Israel. The results showed that participants from China were more generous compared to those from Singapore or Israel. Furthermore, the study replicated the finding from Andreoni-Vesterlund (2001) that women are more concerned about equality than men.
Article
Endocrinology & Metabolism
Ali Zare Dehnavi, Yanli Zhang-James, Dan Draytsel, Ben Carguello, Stephen V. Faraone, Ruth S. Weinstock
Summary: This study found that approximately 49.2% of adults with type 2 diabetes (T2D) met the diagnostic criteria for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). However, there was no direct association between these symptoms and cardiovascular diseases or diabetic control. Further research is needed to clarify the relationship between ADHD symptoms, diabetic control, and comorbidities.
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL AND TRANSLATIONAL ENDOCRINOLOGY
(2023)
Review
Behavioral Sciences
Dan Wu, Yicheng Li, Lingyan Chen, Marieke Klein, Barbara Franke, Jinjin Chen, Jan Buitelaar
Summary: There is a global association between abnormal gestational weight gain and neurodevelopmental outcomes in offspring, although the results are inconsistent.
NEUROSCIENCE AND BIOBEHAVIORAL REVIEWS
(2023)
Article
Anatomy & Morphology
Kevin de Matos, Claire Cury, Lydia T. Chougar, Lachlan Strike, Thibault Rolland, Maximilien Riche, Lisa Hemforth, Alexandre Martin, Tobias Banaschewski, Arun L. W. Bokde, Sylvane Desrivieres, Herta Flor, Antoine Grigis, Hugh Garavan, Penny Gowland, Andreas Heinz, Rudiger Bruhl, Jean-Luc Martinot, Marie-Laure Paillere Martinot, Eric Artiges, Frauke Nees, Dimitri Papadopoulos Orfanos, Herve Lemaitre, Tomas Paus, Luise Poustka, Sarah Hohmann, Sabina H. Millenet, Juliane N. Frohner, Michael Smolka, Nilakshi Vaidya, Henrik Walter, Robert Whelan, Gunter Schumann, Vincent Frouin, Meritxell Bach Cuadra, Olivier Colliot, Baptiste Couvy-Duchesne
Summary: The temporo-basal region of the human brain consists of the collateral, occipito-temporal, and rhinal sulci. In this study, we manually evaluated the connections between these sulci using MRI data from nearly 3400 individuals, including twins. We found hemisphere-dependent frequency and sexual dimorphism in these connections, with differences between males and females.
BRAIN STRUCTURE & FUNCTION
(2023)
