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Commentary: To intervene or not? Appreciating or treating individual differences in childhood temperament – remarks on Rapee (2013)

Year: 2013

Type: editorial

Abstract: In the current issue of this journal, Rapee (2013) reports that the incidence of internalizing disorders was reduced as a result of a brief parent centered intervention amongst adolescents who as young children were characterized with the temperament of behavioral inhibition (BI). The intervention was administered when children were 3 to 5 years of age and consisted of a short parent training program (i.e., six 90‐min group sessions). Now, some 10 years later, those adolescents whose parents participated in the intervention were less likely to develop both anxiety and depressive disorders.

Source: Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry

DOI: 10.1111/jcpp.12101

Authors: Nathan A. Fox, Tyson V. Barker, Lauren K. White, Jenna G. Suway, Daniel S. Pine

Institutions: University of Maryland, College Park, National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Mental Health

Language: English

Topic: Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development

Subfield: Clinical Psychology

Field: Psychology

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: green

Funders: National Institute of Mental Health, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development