2024
Post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms following exposure to acute psychological trauma in children aged 8–16 years in South Africa: protocol for the Sinethemba longitudinal study
Sharp T, Chideya Y, Giuliani A, Hunt X, Tomlinson M, Seedat S, Creswell C, Fearon P, Hamilton-Giachritsis C, Hiller R, Meiser-Stedman R, Du Toit S, Stewart J, Halligan S. Post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms following exposure to acute psychological trauma in children aged 8–16 years in South Africa: protocol for the Sinethemba longitudinal study. BMJ Open 2024, 14: e085129. PMID: 38991675, DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2024-085129.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMental health outcomesPost-traumatic stress disorderChildren aged 8Caregiver supportHealth outcomesAssociation of psychosocial factorsAdverse mental health outcomesAged 8Traumatic eventsChildren’s post-traumatic stress disorderDepartment of HealthMiddle-income countriesTrauma-related mental healthPsychological risk factorsHigh-income countriesStress disorder symptomsFollow-up assessmentPost-traumatic stress disorder symptomsCape TownMotor vehicle accidentsHealthcare clinicsPsychosocial factorsMental healthPsychological recoveryEthical approvalCommentary: Health anxiety in youth during ‘COVID’ – some thoughts prompted by Rask et al. (2024)
Sonuga‐Barke E, Fearon P. Commentary: Health anxiety in youth during ‘COVID’ – some thoughts prompted by Rask et al. (2024). Journal Of Child Psychology And Psychiatry 2024, 65: 431-434. PMID: 38415840, DOI: 10.1111/jcpp.13973.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2022
Neural correlates of face familiarity in institutionalised children and links to attachment disordered behaviour
Oliveira P, Fearon P, Belsky J, Mesquita A, Sampaio A, Pinal D, Soares I. Neural correlates of face familiarity in institutionalised children and links to attachment disordered behaviour. Journal Of Child Psychology And Psychiatry 2022, 64: 736-746. PMID: 36457167, DOI: 10.1111/jcpp.13728.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEvent-related potentialsReactive attachment disorderStranger's faceNeural correlatesNeural processingP400 amplitudeChildren's neural processingBrain-based markersSocial engagement disorderCaregiver's faceFace familiarityFace processingERP measuresAttachment problemsAttachment disorderRAD symptomsSmaller P1Early maltreatmentNeurobiological effectsPortuguese childrenHigher childCaregiver ratioCurrent studyBehavioral patternsChildrenHeritability of Psychological Traits and Developmental Milestones in Infancy
Austerberry C, Mateen M, Fearon P, Ronald A. Heritability of Psychological Traits and Developmental Milestones in Infancy. JAMA Network Open 2022, 5: e2227887. PMID: 35994288, PMCID: PMC9396365, DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.27887.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPatterns of adverse childhood experiences and associations with prenatal substance use and poor infant outcomes in a multi-country cohort of mothers: a latent class analysis
Hemady C, Speyer L, Murray A, Brown R, Meinck F, Fry D, Do H, Sikander S, Madrid B, Fernando A, Walker S, Dunne M, Foley S, Hughes C, Osafo J, Baban A, Taut D, Ward C, Van Thang V, Fearon P, Tomlinson M, Valdebenito S, Eisner M. Patterns of adverse childhood experiences and associations with prenatal substance use and poor infant outcomes in a multi-country cohort of mothers: a latent class analysis. BMC Pregnancy And Childbirth 2022, 22: 505. PMID: 35733125, PMCID: PMC9215006, DOI: 10.1186/s12884-022-04839-0.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPrenatal substance usePoor infant outcomesAdverse childhood experiencesInfant outcomesHousehold dysfunctionSubstance useLatent class analysisPrenatal drug useMother-infant dyadsLow-risk classMultilevel logistic regressionChildhood experiencesAntenatal supportHigh-risk classMiddle-income countriesStudy cohortLow birthweightPerinatal periodDrug useConclusionOur resultsChildhood adversityClass analysisLogistic regressionViolence exposureDysfunctionPerceived stress during the prenatal period: assessing measurement invariance of the Perceived Stress Scale (PSS-10) across cultures and birth parity
Katus L, Foley S, Murray A, Luong-Thanh B, Taut D, Baban A, Madrid B, Fernando A, Sikander S, Ward C, Osafo J, Marlow M, Du Toit S, Walker S, Van Vo T, Fearon P, Valdebenito S, Eisner M, Hughes C. Perceived stress during the prenatal period: assessing measurement invariance of the Perceived Stress Scale (PSS-10) across cultures and birth parity. Archives Of Women's Mental Health 2022, 25: 633-640. PMID: 35420323, PMCID: PMC9072510, DOI: 10.1007/s00737-022-01229-5.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCommentary: Are complex parenting interventions less than the sum of their parts? A reflection on Leijten et al. (2022)
Fearon P, Sonuga‐Barke E. Commentary: Are complex parenting interventions less than the sum of their parts? A reflection on Leijten et al. (2022). Journal Of Child Psychology And Psychiatry 2022, 63: 500-502. PMID: 35266553, DOI: 10.1111/jcpp.13596.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchDevelopmental pathways from toddler difficult temperament to child generalized psychopathology and adult functioning
Wu T, Meehan A, Rijlaarsdam J, Maughan B, Fearon P, Barker E. Developmental pathways from toddler difficult temperament to child generalized psychopathology and adult functioning. Journal Of Affective Disorders 2022, 301: 14-22. PMID: 34990631, DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2022.01.012.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEarly difficult temperamentLate childhood/early adolescenceChildhood/early adolescenceDifficult temperamentMental health symptomsPositive parentingEarly adolescenceChild mental health symptomsDepressive symptomsLater mental health difficultiesRisk community sampleLow-risk community sampleChild mental health problemsImpaired psychosocial functioningMother-child dyadsMental health difficultiesOwn depressive symptomsChild difficult temperamentMental health problemsNegative parentingChildhood/adolescenceGeneral psychopathology factorGeneralized psychopathologyPsychosocial functioningAdult functioning
2021
Editorial: ‘The giant’s shoulders’: understanding Michael Rutter’s impact on science and society
Sonuga‐Barke E, Fearon P, Scott S. Editorial: ‘The giant’s shoulders’: understanding Michael Rutter’s impact on science and society. Journal Of Child Psychology And Psychiatry 2021, 63: 1-3. PMID: 34957560, DOI: 10.1111/jcpp.13558.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchEditorial: Do lockdowns scar? Three putative mechanisms through which COVID‐19 mitigation policies could cause long‐term harm to young people's mental health
Sonuga‐Barke E, Fearon P. Editorial: Do lockdowns scar? Three putative mechanisms through which COVID‐19 mitigation policies could cause long‐term harm to young people's mental health. Journal Of Child Psychology And Psychiatry 2021, 62: 1375-1378. PMID: 34806768, PMCID: PMC9011706, DOI: 10.1111/jcpp.13537.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsYoung people's mental healthPeople's mental healthMental healthLong-term effectsPutative mechanismsHigh-risk settingsParent mental healthPre-existing conditionsUse of lockdownsLong-term harmCOVID-19 mitigation policiesNegative psychological impactParticular riskCOVID-19Social isolationPsychological impactVulnerable individualsHealthEarly predictionDirect effectSuch long-term effectsIndirect effectsLockdownHarmPersonsEarly manifestations of intellectual performance: Evidence that genetic effects on later academic test performance are mediated through verbal performance in early childhood
Austerberry C, Fearon P, Ronald A, Leve LD, Ganiban JM, Natsuaki MN, Shaw DS, Neiderhiser JM, Reiss D. Early manifestations of intellectual performance: Evidence that genetic effects on later academic test performance are mediated through verbal performance in early childhood. Child Development 2021, 93: e188-e206. PMID: 34783370, PMCID: PMC10861934, DOI: 10.1111/cdev.13706.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchThe Significance of Early Temperamental Reactivity for Children’s Social Competence With Peers: A Meta-Analytic Review and Comparison With the Role of Early Attachment
Borowski S, Groh A, Bakermans-Kranenburg M, Fearon P, Roisman G, van IJzendoorn M, Vaughn B. The Significance of Early Temperamental Reactivity for Children’s Social Competence With Peers: A Meta-Analytic Review and Comparison With the Role of Early Attachment. Psychological Bulletin 2021, 147: 1125-1158. PMID: 35238583, DOI: 10.1037/bul0000346.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsChildren's social competenceSocial competenceTemperamental reactivityMeta-analytic associationAttachment securityEarly temperamentPositive emotionalityEarly attachmentEarly difficult temperamentGreater negative emotionalityBetter social competenceSocial competence assessmentLower social competenceA mediation meta‐analysis of the role of maternal responsivity in the association between socioeconomic risk and children’s language
Borairi S, Fearon P, Madigan S, Plamondon A, Jenkins J. A mediation meta‐analysis of the role of maternal responsivity in the association between socioeconomic risk and children’s language. Child Development 2021, 92: 2177-2193. PMID: 34664260, DOI: 10.1111/cdev.13695.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPreschool language abilitiesLanguage developmentChildren's language developmentChild languageLanguage abilityFamily homeLanguageMaternal responsivityMeta-analytic structural equation modelingEnglishSocioeconomic riskMediationRiskHomeParentingIndirect effectsAssociationSensitive parentingModerator analysesChild‐father attachment in early childhood and behavior problems: A meta‐analysis
Deneault A, Bakermans‐Kranenburg M, Groh A, Fearon P, Madigan S. Child‐father attachment in early childhood and behavior problems: A meta‐analysis. New Directions For Child And Adolescent Development 2021, 2021: 43-66. PMID: 34651413, DOI: 10.1002/cad.20434.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchDevelopmental trajectories of autistic social traits in the general population
Pender R, Fearon P, St Pourcain B, Heron J, Mandy W. Developmental trajectories of autistic social traits in the general population. Psychological Medicine 2021, 53: 814-822. PMID: 34154678, DOI: 10.1017/s0033291721002166.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAutism spectrum disorderGrowth mixture modellingAutistic traitsSocial difficultiesCommunication Disorders ChecklistTrajectory groupsMajority-male groupsSCDC scoresAutistic peopleASD diagnosisSpectrum disorderDevelopmental trajectoriesCommunication traitsExternalising difficultiesAvon Longitudinal StudyTrait continuumGeneral population sampleAge 7Social traitsMental healthLongitudinal studyAdolescenceExternal validityPersistent lowYoung peoplePrenatal attachment: using measurement invariance to test the validity of comparisons across eight culturally diverse countries
Foley S, Hughes C, Murray A, Baban A, Fernando A, Madrid B, Osafo J, Sikander S, Abbasi F, Walker S, Luong-Thanh B, Vo T, Tomlinson M, Fearon P, Ward C, Valdebenito S, Eisner M. Prenatal attachment: using measurement invariance to test the validity of comparisons across eight culturally diverse countries. Archives Of Women's Mental Health 2021, 24: 619-625. PMID: 33559754, PMCID: PMC8266779, DOI: 10.1007/s00737-021-01105-8.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMaternal-fetal attachmentMiddle-income countriesHigh-income countriesExpectant mothersProspective birth cohort studyBirth cohort studyFirst-time mothersPrenatal Attachment InventoryCohort studyThird trimesterPregnant womenMaternal healthFirst infantMaternal behaviorGroup comparisonsMean levelsMothersInfantsSingle latent factorFuture studiesPlace childrenChildrenChild outcomesSimilar informationPAIA Longitudinal Investigation of Children’s Trauma Memory Characteristics and Their Relationship with Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Symptoms
McGuire R, Hiller R, Ehlers A, Fearon P, Meiser-Stedman R, Leuteritz S, Halligan S. A Longitudinal Investigation of Children’s Trauma Memory Characteristics and Their Relationship with Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Symptoms. Research On Child And Adolescent Psychopathology 2021, 49: 807-816. PMID: 33534094, PMCID: PMC8096753, DOI: 10.1007/s10802-021-00773-5.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTrauma memory characteristicsPosttraumatic stress symptomsMaintenance of PTSSPosttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptomsSingle-incident traumaSelf-report questionnairesTrauma memoriesMemory characteristicsAdult PTSDNarrative recallChild PTSDDisorder symptomsTrauma narrativesStress symptomsChildren's perceptionsLongitudinal investigationChildren's narrativesCore predictorsPTSDYear oldsPerceptionImportant implicationsReliable predictorPredictorsMemory
2020
Emotion regulation in adolescents: Influences of internal representations of relationships – An ERP study
Desatnik A, Bel-Bahar T, Taylor L, Nolte T, Crowley MJ, Fonagy P, Fearon P. Emotion regulation in adolescents: Influences of internal representations of relationships – An ERP study. International Journal Of Psychophysiology 2020, 160: 1-9. PMID: 33278467, DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2020.11.010.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLate positive potentialEmotion regulationIndividual differencesInternal representationEmotion regulation strategiesExperience of emotionEvent Related PotentialsSample of adolescentsExpressive suppressionSocial cognitionERP studyNeural correlatesRegulation strategiesER taskEmotional responsesDevelopmental variablesRelated potentialsObject relationsIndividual's abilityAdolescentsEmotionsPositive potentialsClinical implicationsCognitionFirst studyEvidence for Better Lives Study: a comparative birth-cohort study on child exposure to violence and other adversities in eight low- and middle-income countries - foundational research (study protocol)
Valdebenito S, Murray A, Hughes C, Băban A, Fernando A, Madrid B, Ward C, Osafo J, Dunne M, Sikander S, Walker S, Van Thang V, Tomlinson M, Fearon P, Shenderovich Y, Marlow M, Chathurika D, Taut D, Eisner M. Evidence for Better Lives Study: a comparative birth-cohort study on child exposure to violence and other adversities in eight low- and middle-income countries - foundational research (study protocol). BMJ Open 2020, 10: e034986. PMID: 33039982, PMCID: PMC7552842, DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2019-034986.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBiological stress markersPregnant womenStress markersDry blood spot samplesPrenatal intimate partner violenceBirth cohort studyPredictors of exposureBlood spot samplesAdverse childhood experiencesHigh-quality longitudinal dataLast trimesterLater healthEpidemiological estimatesEthical approvalHealth servicesEffective interventionsRecruiting sitesPhysical healthChildren's exposureSubstance useParticipant recruitmentPrenatal stageIntimate partner violenceSpot samplesLongitudinal studyThe chronicity and timing of prenatal and antenatal maternal depression and anxiety on child outcomes at age 5
Hentges R, Graham S, Fearon P, Tough S, Madigan S. The chronicity and timing of prenatal and antenatal maternal depression and anxiety on child outcomes at age 5. Depression And Anxiety 2020, 37: 576-586. PMID: 32419282, DOI: 10.1002/da.23039.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDepression/anxietyMaternal depressionAge 5Maternal anxietyLarge prospective pregnancy cohortMaternal anxiety/depressionMaternal mental health problemsAntenatal maternal depressionProspective pregnancy cohortMaternal mental healthMother-child pairsClinical screening toolAnxiety/depressionChild outcomesMental health problemsWeeks' gestationPregnancy cohortYear postpartumPostpartum periodNumber of exposuresChild development outcomesDepression symptomsHealth problemsPoor child outcomesScreening tool