Objective The importance of dimensional approaches is widely recognized, but an empirical
base for clinical application is lacking. This is particularly true for irritability, a dimensional …

Mental disorders are the predominant chronic diseases of youth, with substantial life span
morbidity and mortality. A wealth of evidence demonstrates that the neurodevelopmental …

We prospectively followed an ethnically and socioeconomically diverse sample of
preadolescent girls with ADHD (n= 140) and matched comparison girls (n= 88) over a period …

Poor self-regulation during the preschool years predicts a wide array of adverse adult
outcomes and, as such, is an important treatment target. We assessed the efficacy of a novel …

The aim was to test the internal structure of scores on the short and very short forms of the
Children's Behavior Questionnaire (CBQ) scale and to study the relationship between the …

“How should we go about studying temperament?” is a question that has stirred much
debate and has resulted in a number of different methods of evaluating temperament across …

Discrepancies among independent sources of information about presumably identical
constructs argue against reliance on a single perspective. To fill the need for temperament …

Temperament and psychopathology are intimately related; however, research on the
prospective associations between positive emotionality, defined as a child's positive mood …

Cognition and emotion, traditionally thought of as largely distinct, have recently begun to be
conceptualized as dynamically linked processes that interact to influence functioning. This …

Objective: Inhibitory control is associated with temperament and intelligence, which together
form an essential component of the ability to adaptively regulate behavior. Impairments in …