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View article: Advancing prevention science for maltreatment exposed children: predicting mental health symptoms with a combined neurocognitive vulnerability index
Advancing prevention science for maltreatment exposed children: predicting mental health symptoms with a combined neurocognitive vulnerability index Open
Childhood maltreatment is an established risk factor for poor mental health, yet not all maltreatment-exposed children develop psychiatric symptoms. This highlights the need for individualised metrics to detect those at heightened risk. Pr…
View article: Lived-experience perspectives on the psychological factors linking childhood maltreatment to later intimate partner violence victimization
Lived-experience perspectives on the psychological factors linking childhood maltreatment to later intimate partner violence victimization Open
Background: Childhood maltreatment is a known risk factor for later intimate partner violence (IPV) victimization, yet the psychological factors connecting these experiences are poorly understood, as are effective strategies for promoting …
View article: Experience of maltreatment blunts the calibration of control beliefs
Experience of maltreatment blunts the calibration of control beliefs Open
Experience of maltreatment in childhood profoundly impacts a plethora of neurocognitive systems, significantly increasing risk for later mental health problems. Here we investigate how childhood maltreatment shapes control beliefs and thei…
View article: Trajectories of change in mothers’ parenting confidence and relationship with baby: a 15-month qualitative longitudinal study
Trajectories of change in mothers’ parenting confidence and relationship with baby: a 15-month qualitative longitudinal study Open
Background Parents’ experiences and their relationship to their baby undergo various changes over the course of the first year. This is particularly the case for mothers, who still tend to take on the primary caregiver role in most familie…
View article: Navigating a varying reward environment in childhood and adolescence
Navigating a varying reward environment in childhood and adolescence Open
Optimal reward learning requires individuals to adjust their learning rates – the extent to which new information replaces old. Learning rates should be higher in volatile environments, where new information is more salient, and lower in s…
View article: Parental reflective functioning and internalizing symptoms predict altruistic prosocial behaviour in children
Parental reflective functioning and internalizing symptoms predict altruistic prosocial behaviour in children Open
Mental health has a profound impact on how we interact with the world. How it shapes prosocial behaviour during middle childhood, a period crucial for establishing healthy relationships, remains poorly understood. Moreover, whilst child me…
View article: Childhood maltreatment is associated with lower exploration and disrupted prefrontal activity and connectivity during reward learning in volatile environments
Childhood maltreatment is associated with lower exploration and disrupted prefrontal activity and connectivity during reward learning in volatile environments Open
Background Atypical reward processing is implicated in a range of psychiatric disorders associated with childhood maltreatment and may represent a latent vulnerability mechanism. In this longitudinal study, we investigated the impact of ma…
View article: Causal and common risk pathways linking childhood maltreatment to later intimate partner violence victimization
Causal and common risk pathways linking childhood maltreatment to later intimate partner violence victimization Open
Childhood maltreatment and intimate partner violence (IPV) victimization are major psychiatric risk factors. Maltreatment substantially increases the likelihood of subsequent IPV victimization, but what drives this association is poorly un…
View article: Shedding Light on Antisocial Behavior Through Genetically Informed Research
Shedding Light on Antisocial Behavior Through Genetically Informed Research Open
Antisocial behavior (ASB) refers to a set of behaviors that violate social norms and disregard the well-being and rights of others. In this review, we synthesize evidence from studies using genetically informed designs to investigate the g…
View article: Trajectories of change in mothers’ parenting confidence and relationship with baby: A 15-month qualitative longitudinal study
Trajectories of change in mothers’ parenting confidence and relationship with baby: A 15-month qualitative longitudinal study Open
Background Parents’ experiences and their relationship to their baby undergo various changes over the course of the first year. This is particularly the case for mothers, who still tend to take on the primary caregiver role in most familie…
View article: Childhood maltreatment is associated with lower exploration and disrupted prefrontal activity and connectivity during reward learning in volatile environments
Childhood maltreatment is associated with lower exploration and disrupted prefrontal activity and connectivity during reward learning in volatile environments Open
Background: Atypical reward processing is implicated in a range of psychiatric disorders associated with childhood maltreatment and may represent a latent vulnerability mechanism. In this longitudinal study, we investigated the impact of m…
View article: A mixed-methods investigation of the impact of prolonged COVID-19 restrictions on expectant and newborn parents’ experiences of control
A mixed-methods investigation of the impact of prolonged COVID-19 restrictions on expectant and newborn parents’ experiences of control Open
Background: Parental sense of control during pregnancy and early parenthood is critical for self-efficacy, parenting behaviour, and child outcomes. Restrictions during COVID-19 led to a decline in parental sense of control but less is know…
View article: Heightened response to positive facial cues as a potential marker of resilience following childhood adversity
Heightened response to positive facial cues as a potential marker of resilience following childhood adversity Open
Background: Childhood maltreatment profoundly influences social and emotional development, increasing psychiatric risk. Alterations in the implicit processing of threat-related cues following early abuse and neglect represent a marker of m…
View article: Reduced prosocial motivation and effort in adolescents with conduct problems and callous‐unemotional traits
Reduced prosocial motivation and effort in adolescents with conduct problems and callous‐unemotional traits Open
Background Prosocial behaviours – acts that benefit others – are of crucial importance for many species including humans. However, adolescents with conduct problems (CP), unlike their typically developing (TD) peers, demonstrate markedly r…
View article: Individuals as active co-creators of their environments: implications for prevention of inequalities
Individuals as active co-creators of their environments: implications for prevention of inequalities Open
Here we outline three important issues that warrant consideration in the context of prevention and intervention of inequalities: (1) gene–environment correlation, (2) latent vulnerability following early adversity and (3) dynamic developme…
View article: Atypical Interpersonal Problem-Solving and Resting-state FunctionalConnectivity in Adolescents with Maltreatment Experience
Atypical Interpersonal Problem-Solving and Resting-state FunctionalConnectivity in Adolescents with Maltreatment Experience Open
Background: Childhood maltreatment is associated with altered neurocognitive functioning, which is thought to reflect, in part, adaptation to early adverse environmental experiences. However, we continue to lack a precise mechanistic under…
View article: An ‘embedded brain’ approach to understanding antisocial behaviour
An ‘embedded brain’ approach to understanding antisocial behaviour Open
Antisocial behaviour (ASB) incurs substantial costs to the individual and society. Cognitive neuroscience has the potential to shed light on developmental risk for ASB, but it cannot achieve this potential in an 'essentialist' framework th…
View article: A genetically informed Registered Report on adverse childhood experiences and mental health
A genetically informed Registered Report on adverse childhood experiences and mental health Open
Children who experience adversities have an elevated risk of mental health problems. However, the extent to which adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) cause mental health problems remains unclear, as previous associations may partly reflec…
View article: Parenting boys with conduct problems and callous-unemotional traits: parent and child perspectives
Parenting boys with conduct problems and callous-unemotional traits: parent and child perspectives Open
Parenting children with conduct problems (CP) is challenging, yet very little research has examined parenting using both quantitative and qualitative methods, from the perspective of the child and their parent/caregiver, and separately for…
View article: Social information use in adolescents with conduct problems and varying levels of callous‐unemotional traits
Social information use in adolescents with conduct problems and varying levels of callous‐unemotional traits Open
Background Adolescents with conduct problems (CP) are characterised by difficulties with social relationships and display atypical social cognition, such as when interpreting emotional expressions or engaging in social problem‐solving. One…
View article: Prescribing of antipsychotics among people with recorded personality disorder in primary care: a retrospective nationwide cohort study using The Health Improvement Network primary care database
Prescribing of antipsychotics among people with recorded personality disorder in primary care: a retrospective nationwide cohort study using The Health Improvement Network primary care database Open
Objectives To investigate the extent of antipsychotic prescribing to people with recorded personality disorder (PD) in UK primary care and factors associated with such prescribing. Design Retrospective cohort study. Setting General practic…
View article: Trust and childhood maltreatment: evidence of bias in appraisal of unfamiliar faces
Trust and childhood maltreatment: evidence of bias in appraisal of unfamiliar faces Open
Background Child maltreatment is associated with poorer social functioning and increased risk of mental health problems in adolescence and adulthood, but the processes underlying these associations remain unclear. Although crucial for esta…
View article: Child Maltreatment, Peer Victimization, and Mental Health: Neurocognitive Perspectives on the Cycle of Victimization
Child Maltreatment, Peer Victimization, and Mental Health: Neurocognitive Perspectives on the Cycle of Victimization Open
Children who experience maltreatment are at increased risk of revictimization across the life span. In childhood, this risk often manifests as peer victimization. Understanding the nature of this risk, and its impact on mental health, is c…