2022
Parenting boys with conduct problems and callous-unemotional traits: parent and child perspectives
Roberts R, McCrory E, Joffe H, Phillips H, Gaule A, Viding E. Parenting boys with conduct problems and callous-unemotional traits: parent and child perspectives. European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry 2022, 32: 2547-2555. PMID: 36374342, PMCID: PMC10682176, DOI: 10.1007/s00787-022-02109-0.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCP/HCUCallous-unemotional traitsConduct problemsParents/caregiversTD boysInconsistent disciplineChildren’s perspectivesAlabama Parenting QuestionnaireParenting QuestionnaireChild monitoringMore difficultyLittle researchParentingQualitative reportsFamily engagementParentsSame perceptionCaregiversChild safetyBoysChildrenQualitative methodsDifficultiesExperienceCP intervention
2021
Modulation of Amygdala Response by Cognitive Conflict in Adolescents with Conduct Problems and Varying Levels of CU Traits
Sebastian C, Stafford J, McCrory E, Sethi A, De Brito S, Lockwood P, Viding E. Modulation of Amygdala Response by Cognitive Conflict in Adolescents with Conduct Problems and Varying Levels of CU Traits. Research On Child And Adolescent Psychopathology 2021, 49: 1043-1054. PMID: 33728508, PMCID: PMC8222043, DOI: 10.1007/s10802-021-00787-z.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCallous-unemotional traitsNegative emotional stimuliAmygdala responseConduct problemsEmotional stimuliCognitive conflictTask demandsCognitive task demandsCognitive conflict tasksLow callous-unemotional traitsCP/HCUHealthy adult sampleCognitive controlEmotional facesReactive aggressionAtypical modulationConflict taskNeurocognitive responsesAffect regulationCU traitsPotential translational relevanceConflict conditionsPrefrontal areasHigh conflictAdult samples
2020
Individual differences in sensitivity to the early environment as a function of amygdala and hippocampus volumes: An exploratory analysis in 12-year-old boys
Pluess M, De Brito S, Bartoli A, McCrory E, Viding E. Individual differences in sensitivity to the early environment as a function of amygdala and hippocampus volumes: An exploratory analysis in 12-year-old boys. Development And Psychopathology 2020, 34: 901-910. PMID: 33342453, DOI: 10.1017/s0954579420001698.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIndividual differencesLeft amygdalaEnvironmental influencesLeft amygdala volumeNeurobiological sensitivityImportant brain regionsChild behaviorBrain regionsEarly environmentContextual factorsPositive experiencesBrain structuresAmygdala volumePreliminary evidenceAmygdalaGeneral environmental qualityHippocampus volumeExploratory analysisBoysExploratory studyEnvironmental featuresThinking about Others’ Minds: Mental State Inference in Boys with Conduct Problems and Callous-Unemotional Traits
Roberts R, McCrory E, Bird G, Sharp M, Roberts L, Viding E. Thinking about Others’ Minds: Mental State Inference in Boys with Conduct Problems and Callous-Unemotional Traits. Research On Child And Adolescent Psychopathology 2020, 48: 1279-1290. PMID: 32632744, PMCID: PMC7445196, DOI: 10.1007/s10802-020-00664-1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMental state inferencesSocial judgment taskConduct problemsState inferenceMental statesCP/HCUCallous-unemotional traitsMind-related commentsSocial cognitionJudgment taskIntact abilityAntisocial actionsUnemotional TraitsPeople's thoughtsDifferent mindsGroup differencesMore difficultyBest friendTaskMindBoysNew measureDifferent aspectsThoughtCognition
2019
Ghosts in the Nursery: An Experimental Investigation of a Parent’s Own Maltreatment Experience, Attention to Infant Faces, and Dyadic Reciprocity
Thompson-Booth C, Viding E, Puetz VB, Rutherford HJV, Mayes LC, McCrory EJ. Ghosts in the Nursery: An Experimental Investigation of a Parent’s Own Maltreatment Experience, Attention to Infant Faces, and Dyadic Reciprocity. Emotion 2019, 19: 1093-1102. PMID: 30234333, DOI: 10.1037/emo0000464.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInfant facesChildhood maltreatmentAttentional processingDyadic reciprocityLower attentional biasVisual search taskAttentional biasEmotional cuesCognitive processingPreferential processingInfant affectParenting behaviorsInfant cuesSearch taskAn Experimental InvestigationCommunity sampleMaltreatment experiencesMaltreatmentPreferential biasOwn childrenCuesExploratory analysisProcessingFaceImportant implicationsMulti–Polygenic Score Approach to Identifying Individual Vulnerabilities Associated With the Risk of Exposure to Bullying
Schoeler T, Choi S, Dudbridge F, Baldwin J, Duncan L, Cecil C, Walton E, Viding E, McCrory E, Pingault J. Multi–Polygenic Score Approach to Identifying Individual Vulnerabilities Associated With the Risk of Exposure to Bullying. JAMA Psychiatry 2019, 76: 730-738. PMID: 30942833, PMCID: PMC6583782, DOI: 10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2019.0310.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMental health vulnerabilitiesMAIN OUTCOMEPopulation-based birth cohort studyHealth vulnerabilityIndividual vulnerabilityBody mass indexBirth cohort studyDiagnosis of depressionYears of ageDate of deliveryAttention-deficit/hyperactivity disorderAvon Longitudinal StudyMental health problemsPolygenic score approachLast followCohort studyMass indexMultivariable analysisRisk of exposureAssessment of exposureRisk factorsPrevention strategiesHealth problemsSignificant associationALSPAC dataInvestigating patterns of neural response associated with childhood abuse v. childhood neglect
Puetz V, Viding E, Gerin M, Pingault J, Sethi A, Knodt A, Radtke S, Brigidi B, Hariri A, McCrory E. Investigating patterns of neural response associated with childhood abuse v. childhood neglect. Psychological Medicine 2019, 50: 1398-1407. PMID: 31190662, DOI: 10.1017/s003329171900134x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNeural reactivityThreat reactivityMaltreatment experiencesChildhood abuseChildhood maltreatmentHigher-order cortical regionsFronto-parietal networkEffects of abuseChildhood abuse experiencesExperiences of neglectPoor mental health outcomesEffects of neglectChildhood maltreatment experiencesMental health outcomesExperiences of abuseCognitive processingBrain imaging analysisFacial cuesNeural responsesNeglect experiencesDifferential effectsAbuse experiencesChildhood neglectDorsal amygdalaVentral amygdalaHeightened amygdala reactivity and increased stress generation predict internalizing symptoms in adults following childhood maltreatment
Gerin M, Viding E, Pingault J, Puetz V, Knodt A, Radtke S, Brigidi B, Swartz J, Hariri A, McCrory E. Heightened amygdala reactivity and increased stress generation predict internalizing symptoms in adults following childhood maltreatment. Journal Of Child Psychology And Psychiatry 2019, 60: 752-761. PMID: 30933355, PMCID: PMC6594878, DOI: 10.1111/jcpp.13041.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMajor stressful life eventsStressful life eventsAmygdala reactivityChildhood maltreatmentLife eventsInternalizing disordersBaseline internalizing symptomsInternalizing symptomsHistory of maltreatmentThreat-related amygdala reactivityDevelopmental insultsPsychiatric riskPropensity scoreSymptomsFuture internalizing symptomsStress exposureMental healthYoung adultsSeverity 1Socioeconomic statusFuture psychopathologyPotent predictorSuch alterationsNonmaltreated peersMaltreatment statusEvidence of concurrent and prospective associations between early maltreatment and ADHD through childhood and adolescence
González R, Vélez-Pastrana M, McCrory E, Kallis C, Aguila J, Canino G, Bird H. Evidence of concurrent and prospective associations between early maltreatment and ADHD through childhood and adolescence. Social Psychiatry And Psychiatric Epidemiology 2019, 54: 671-682. PMID: 30903235, DOI: 10.1007/s00127-019-01659-0.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAttention deficit hyperactivity disorderADHD diagnosisEarly maltreatmentFoster placementPhysical abuseADHD medication statusRole of maltreatmentLongitudinal studyProspective associationsLikelihood of ADHDPuerto Rican backgroundHyperactivity disorderChildren-IVBoricua Youth StudyParental psychopathologyFamily environmentMaltreatment experiencesEmotional abuseMaltreatment exposureRisk of ADHDSexual abuseDisorder persistenceChildhood maltreatmentDiagnostic Interview ScheduleInitial evidenceNeurocognitive Adaptation and Mental Health Vulnerability Following Maltreatment: The Role of Social Functioning
McCrory E, Ogle J, Gerin M, Viding E. Neurocognitive Adaptation and Mental Health Vulnerability Following Maltreatment: The Role of Social Functioning. Child Maltreatment 2019, 24: 435-451. PMID: 30897955, DOI: 10.1177/1077559519830524.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSocial functioningEarly maltreatment experiencesMental health vulnerabilitiesMental health problemsNeurocognitive adaptationsEmotion regulationThreat processingStudy of childrenReward processingComputational psychiatryMental health disordersMaltreatment experiencesLatent vulnerabilityChildhood maltreatmentSocial supportFunctioningHealth disordersNeural functionMaltreatmentHealth vulnerabilityProcessingHealth problemsVulnerabilityKey findingsAdolescentsFacial emotion recognition during pregnancy: Examining the effects of facial age and affect
Byrne SP, Mayo A, O’Hair C, Zankman M, Austin GM, Thompson-Booth C, McCrory EJ, Mayes LC, Rutherford HJV. Facial emotion recognition during pregnancy: Examining the effects of facial age and affect. Infant Behavior And Development 2019, 54: 108-113. PMID: 30659998, DOI: 10.1016/j.infbeh.2018.09.008.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFacial expressionsFacial ageFacial emotion recognitionChildren's facial expressionsNeutral infantSad facesFacial affectAdult facesSad expressionsInfant facesEmotion recognitionPositive affectContext of evidenceFace typeFacial featuresFast recognitionAffectParticipantsFacePrior exposureNew mothersCuesRecognitionWeeks' gestationPregnancy women
2018
DRD4 methylation as a potential biomarker for physical aggression: An epigenome‐wide, cross‐tissue investigation
Cecil C, Walton E, Pingault J, Provençal N, Pappa I, Vitaro F, Côté S, Szyf M, Tremblay R, Tiemeier H, Viding E, McCrory E. DRD4 methylation as a potential biomarker for physical aggression: An epigenome‐wide, cross‐tissue investigation. American Journal Of Medical Genetics Part B Neuropsychiatric Genetics 2018, 177: 746-764. PMID: 30411855, DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.b.32689.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchA transdiagnostic neuroanatomical signature of psychiatric illness
Gong Q, Scarpazza C, Dai J, He M, Xu X, Shi Y, Zhou B, Vieira S, McCrory E, Ai Y, Yang C, Zhang F, Lui S, Mechelli A. A transdiagnostic neuroanatomical signature of psychiatric illness. Neuropsychopharmacology 2018, 44: 869-875. PMID: 30127342, PMCID: PMC6461829, DOI: 10.1038/s41386-018-0175-9.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHealthy controlsPsychiatric illnessFamilial vulnerabilityUnaffected first-degree relativesFirst-degree relativesSeverity of symptomsGray matter volumeGreater gray matter volumePost-traumatic stress disorderStructural magnetic resonanceDifferent diagnostic categoriesFamily-wise error correctionPutamen enlargementObsessive-compulsive disorderPsychiatric diagnosisMatter volumePutamen volumePsychiatric groupsGeneral psychopathologyNeuroanatomical signatureUnaffected relativesStress disorderTransdiagnostic alterationsDiagnostic categoriesMental healthEvidence for Depressogenic Spontaneous Thoughts and Altered Resting-State Connectivity in Adolescents With a Maltreatment History
Hoffmann F, Viding E, Puetz V, Gerin M, Sethi A, Rankin G, McCrory E. Evidence for Depressogenic Spontaneous Thoughts and Altered Resting-State Connectivity in Adolescents With a Maltreatment History. Journal Of The American Academy Of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry 2018, 57: 687-695.e4. PMID: 30196872, DOI: 10.1016/j.jaac.2018.05.020.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPrimary and Secondary Variants of Psychopathy in a Volunteer Sample Are Associated With Different Neurocognitive Mechanisms
Sethi A, McCrory E, Puetz V, Hoffmann F, Knodt A, Radtke S, Brigidi B, Hariri A, Viding E. Primary and Secondary Variants of Psychopathy in a Volunteer Sample Are Associated With Different Neurocognitive Mechanisms. Biological Psychiatry Cognitive Neuroscience And Neuroimaging 2018, 3: 1013-1021. PMID: 29752216, PMCID: PMC6185817, DOI: 10.1016/j.bpsc.2018.04.002.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAnterior cingulate cortexNeurocognitive mechanismsPsychopathic traitsPrimary psychopathySecondary psychopathyCingulate cortexEmotional face processing taskComparison groupDifferent neurocognitive mechanismsDistinct neural correlatesFace processing taskFunctional magnetic resonance imagingInferior parietal lobeVolunteer sampleAnger processingNeurocognitive correlatesInsula activityNeural correlatesNeural responsesAnxiety measuresNeural activationSecondary presentationLower anxietyPsychopathy groupHigh anxietyAn fMRI investigation of empathic processing in boys with conduct problems and varying levels of callous-unemotional traits
Sethi A, O'Nions E, McCrory E, Bird G, Viding E. An fMRI investigation of empathic processing in boys with conduct problems and varying levels of callous-unemotional traits. NeuroImage Clinical 2018, 18: 298-304. PMID: 29876250, PMCID: PMC5987797, DOI: 10.1016/j.nicl.2018.01.027.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCP/HCUMedial prefrontal cortexCallous-unemotional traitsConduct problemsOwn emotionsAnterior cingulate cortexAnterior insulaEmpathic processingAffective experienceConjunction analysisACC/medial prefrontal cortexBrain areasBayes factor analysisEmpathy deficitsFMRI investigationTD groupNeural responsesConjunction effectOne's feelingsLess empathyEmotionsPrefrontal cortexNeutral scenarioCingulate cortexOccipital cortex
2017
Characterising youth with callous–unemotional traits and concurrent anxiety: evidence for a high-risk clinical group
Cecil C, McCrory E, Barker E, Guiney J, Viding E. Characterising youth with callous–unemotional traits and concurrent anxiety: evidence for a high-risk clinical group. European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry 2017, 27: 885-898. PMID: 29222633, PMCID: PMC6013514, DOI: 10.1007/s00787-017-1086-8.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCallous-unemotional traitsTrauma historyHigh callous-unemotional traitsCo-occurring anxietyGreater attachment insecurityLevels of irritabilityHigh-risk youthSevere childhood maltreatmentAttachment insecurityADHD symptomatologyAttachment styleAffective functioningCU traitsPsychological distressAntisocial behaviorCommunity sampleAffective dysregulationHigh anxietyChildhood maltreatmentConcurrent anxietyClinical groupsSubstance useAnxietyPsychiatric symptomatologyYouthLiving with conduct problem youth: family functioning and parental perceptions of their child
Roberts R, McCrory E, Joffe H, De Lima N, Viding E. Living with conduct problem youth: family functioning and parental perceptions of their child. European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry 2017, 27: 595-604. PMID: 29204740, PMCID: PMC5945745, DOI: 10.1007/s00787-017-1088-6.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsConduct problemsFamily functioningParents/caregiversAffective involvementParental perceptionsConduct problem youthMcMaster Family Assessment DeviceFamily Assessment DeviceParents of childrenTD childrenShallow affectProblem youthFamily interventionsChild behaviorSpecific difficultiesAssessment DeviceFamily rolesExperience differencesMultiple domainsSpecific presentationFunctioningQualitative analysisGood rapportParentsChildrenA neurocomputational investigation of reinforcement-based decision making as a candidate latent vulnerability mechanism in maltreated children
Gerin M, Puetz V, Blair R, White S, Sethi A, Hoffmann F, Palmer A, Viding E, McCrory E. A neurocomputational investigation of reinforcement-based decision making as a candidate latent vulnerability mechanism in maltreated children. Development And Psychopathology 2017, 29: 1689-1705. PMID: 29162176, DOI: 10.1017/s095457941700133x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMaltreated groupReinforcement-based decisionEarly adverse environmentsFunctional magnetic resonanceSuperior temporal gyrusMedial temporal structuresPassive avoidance taskMiddle cingulate gyrusNegative cuesReinforcement expectanciesMaltreated childrenPsychosocial functioningTemporal gyrusPrediction errorVulnerability mechanismsAvoidance taskNonmaltreated peersOrbitofrontal cortexLatent vulnerabilityChildhood abuseWidespread networkValue processingPsychiatric vulnerabilityValue representationCingulate gyrusConcurrent and Longitudinal Contribution of Exposure to Bullying in Childhood to Mental Health: The Role of Vulnerability and Resilience
Singham T, Viding E, Schoeler T, Arseneault L, Ronald A, Cecil C, McCrory E, Rijsdijk F, Pingault J. Concurrent and Longitudinal Contribution of Exposure to Bullying in Childhood to Mental Health: The Role of Vulnerability and Resilience. JAMA Psychiatry 2017, 74: 1112-1119. PMID: 28979965, PMCID: PMC5710218, DOI: 10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2017.2678.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsYears of ageMental healthTwin differences designDissipation of effectsPopulation-based cohortContribution of exposureConduct problemsMental health assessmentPoor mental healthLongitudinal contributionMean ageSecondary interventionsTwins Early Development StudyMAIN OUTCOMEMultidimensional Peer Victimization ScalePeer Victimization ScaleChildhood exposureLast assessmentEarly Development StudyConcurrent anxietyPsychotic-like experiencesRole of vulnerabilityChildhoodAgeCognitive disorganization