2024
Risk avoidance and social anxiety in adolescence: Examination of event-related potentials and theta-dynamics on the Balloon Risk Avoidance Task
Edgar E, Waugh A, Wu J, Castagna P, Potenza M, Mayes L, Crowley M. Risk avoidance and social anxiety in adolescence: Examination of event-related potentials and theta-dynamics on the Balloon Risk Avoidance Task. Brain And Cognition 2024, 180: 106209. PMID: 39137602, PMCID: PMC11371477, DOI: 10.1016/j.bandc.2024.106209.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchLevels of social anxietySocially anxious youthSocial anxietyAnxious youthAvoidance taskSocial Phobia and Anxiety InventoryLow levels of social anxietyRisk avoidanceNeural correlatesAvoidance conditioningSuccessful avoidanceTheta dynamicsAnxiety InventoryTheta powerBehavioral correlatesAnxietyTheta responseFRNAdolescentsAvoidanceConcurrent electroencephalographySlow-waveYouthOscillatory dynamicsTask
2021
Avoidance in Adolescence: The Balloon Risk Avoidance Task (BRAT)
Crowley M, van Noordt S, Castagna P, Vaca F, Wu J, Lejuez C, Mayes L. Avoidance in Adolescence: The Balloon Risk Avoidance Task (BRAT). Journal Of Psychopathology And Behavioral Assessment 2021, 44: 297-311. DOI: 10.1007/s10862-021-09928-6.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchBalloon Analogue Risk TaskAvoidance behaviorRisk TaskMore avoidance behaviorSubset of youthRisk-taking behaviorMotivational correlatesBehavioral measuresAnxiety symptomsAvoidance taskLate adolescenceDiscriminant validityValidity dataDepressed moodAdolescenceAge 10TaskYouthAvoidanceAnxietyGreater levelsSignificant positive associationClinical implicationsPositive associationLess attention
2009
Emotional arousal in cocaine exposed toddlers: Prediction of behavior problems
Chaplin TM, Fahy T, Sinha R, Mayes LC. Emotional arousal in cocaine exposed toddlers: Prediction of behavior problems. Neurotoxicology And Teratology 2009, 31: 275-282. PMID: 19465113, PMCID: PMC2743887, DOI: 10.1016/j.ntt.2009.05.002.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEmotional arousalPrenatal cocaine exposureBehavior problemsAge 2 1/2 yearsCocaine exposureAge 5 1/2 yearsAge 2 1/2Subsequent behavior problemsLater psychopathologyEmotional responsesChild behaviorRegulation behaviorsArousalFrustrating taskToddlersTaskYear oldsMore referencesBoysEmotionsComplex relationsPsychopathologyBehaviorYouthFindings
2001
The Twin Poles of Order and Chaos
Mayes L. The Twin Poles of Order and Chaos. The Psychoanalytic Study Of The Child 2001, 56: 137-170. PMID: 12102010, DOI: 10.1080/00797308.2001.11800671.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDevelopmental perspectiveTheories of developmentPsychoanalytic developmental perspectiveLevel of fantasyPsychological developmentDevelopmental theoryChild developmentPsychoanalytic perspectiveConstant dialecticSystems theoryThird questionDiversity of theoriesGeneral systems theoryDifferent perspectivesPerspectiveTheoryTaskQuestionsAttitudesChildrenEpigenesisAdultsFantasyDisordersTwin poles
1996
Test‐Retest Reliability for False‐Belief Tasks
Mayes L, Klin A, Tercyak K, Cicchetti D, Cohen D. Test‐Retest Reliability for False‐Belief Tasks. Journal Of Child Psychology And Psychiatry 1996, 37: 313-319. PMID: 8707914, DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7610.1996.tb01408.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFalse belief tasksFalse belief questionsTest-retest reliabilityTheory of mindFalse belief situationsOrder of presentationMind tasksChildren's performanceChildren's comprehensionSubset of childrenChildren's successDevelopmental trendsTheoretical implicationsBelief questionsTest-retest sessionsChildren's rateHumorous situationsSuch tasksTaskPrevious findingsComprehensionChildren
1992
An Observational Study of the Affective Concomitants of Mastery in Infants
Mayes L, Zigler E. An Observational Study of the Affective Concomitants of Mastery in Infants. Journal Of Child Psychology And Psychiatry 1992, 33: 659-667. PMID: 1601941, DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7610.1992.tb00903.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNew motor taskPositive affective behaviorPositive affective responsesMotor tasksMastery motivationAffective responsesAffective behaviorAffective concomitantsPositive affectIndividual differencesLater competenciesDaycare settingOlder infantsTaskObservational studyMasteryMotivationBabblingInfantsAffectSupportHypothesisBehaviorCompetenciesProportion