2023
Editorial Statement About JCCAP’s 2023 Special Issue on Informant Discrepancies in Youth Mental Health Assessments: Observations, Guidelines, and Future Directions Grounded in 60 Years of Research
De Los Reyes A, Epkins C, Asmundson G, Augenstein T, Becker K, Becker S, Bonadio F, Borelli J, Boyd R, Bradshaw C, Burns G, Casale G, Causadias J, B. C, Chorpita B, Cohen J, Comer J, Crowell S, Dirks M, Drabick D, DuPaul G, Ehrlich K, Evans S, Evans S, Felton J, Fite P, Gadow K, Galán C, Garbacz S, Gaylord-Harden N, Humphreys K, Gerber A, Hogue A, Ivanova M, Jarrett M, Jensen-Doss A, Kang E, Kendall P, Laird R, Langberg J, Langer D, Lee S, Lerner M, Lippold M, Luebbe A, Makol B, McLeod B, McMahon R, Miller M, Ohannessian C, Ollendick T, Piña A, Prinstein M, Rabinowitz J, Reynolds E, Salekin R, Schleider J, Scott J, Tackett J, Talbott E, Silverman W, Spears A, von der Embse N, Wakschlag L, Wang M, Watts A, Weisz J, White B, White S, Youngstrom E. Editorial Statement About JCCAP’s 2023 Special Issue on Informant Discrepancies in Youth Mental Health Assessments: Observations, Guidelines, and Future Directions Grounded in 60 Years of Research. Journal Of Clinical Child & Adolescent Psychology 2023, 52: 147-158. PMID: 36652590, DOI: 10.1080/15374416.2022.2158842.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2022
Mitigating Multiple Sources of Bias in a Quasi-Experimental Integrative Data Analysis: Does Treating Childhood Anxiety Prevent Substance Use Disorders in Late Adolescence/Young Adulthood?
Saavedra LM, Morgan-López AA, West SG, Alegría M, Silverman WK. Mitigating Multiple Sources of Bias in a Quasi-Experimental Integrative Data Analysis: Does Treating Childhood Anxiety Prevent Substance Use Disorders in Late Adolescence/Young Adulthood? Prevention Science 2022, 24: 1622-1635. PMID: 36057023, DOI: 10.1007/s11121-022-01422-z.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsStudy-related treatmentYoung adulthoodPropensity scoreLong-term followDrug use disordersAdolescence/young adulthoodQuasi-experimental designLate adolescence/young adulthoodClinical trialsSubstance use disorder severityLong-term effectsChild anxiety disordersEpidemiological studiesIntegrative data analysisAnxiety disorder treatmentUse disordersDisorder treatmentAnxiety disordersControl participantsEpidemiological sampleClinical samplesDisorder severityTrialsLong-term assessmentDisorders
2021
Fibroblast Growth Factor 2 Implicated in Childhood Anxiety and Depression Symptoms
Lebowitz ER, Orbach M, Marin CE, Salmaso N, Vaccarino FM, Silverman WK. Fibroblast Growth Factor 2 Implicated in Childhood Anxiety and Depression Symptoms. Journal Of Affective Disorders 2021, 282: 611-616. PMID: 33445083, PMCID: PMC7897422, DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2020.12.055.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAdultAnxietyAnxiety DisordersChildChild Behavior DisordersDepressionFibroblast Growth Factor 2Humans
2020
Family accommodation mediates the impact of childhood anxiety on functional impairment
Macul Ferreira de Barros P, Polga N, Szejko N, Miguel EC, Leckman JF, Silverman WK, Lebowitz ER. Family accommodation mediates the impact of childhood anxiety on functional impairment. Journal Of Anxiety Disorders 2020, 76: 102318. PMID: 33011554, PMCID: PMC7680363, DOI: 10.1016/j.janxdis.2020.102318.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2019
Anxious-Irritable Children: A Distinct Subtype of Childhood Anxiety?
Shimshoni Y, Lebowitz ER, Brotman MA, Pine DS, Leibenluft E, Silverman WK. Anxious-Irritable Children: A Distinct Subtype of Childhood Anxiety? Behavior Therapy 2019, 51: 211-222. PMID: 32138933, PMCID: PMC7080292, DOI: 10.1016/j.beth.2019.06.005.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdolescentAnxietyAnxiety DisordersChildChild Behavior DisordersFemaleHumansIrritable MoodMaleSeverity of Illness IndexSyndromeMeasuring Family Accommodation of Childhood Anxiety: Confirmatory Factor Analysis, Validity, and Reliability of the Parent and Child Family Accommodation Scale – Anxiety
Lebowitz ER, Marin CE, Silverman WK. Measuring Family Accommodation of Childhood Anxiety: Confirmatory Factor Analysis, Validity, and Reliability of the Parent and Child Family Accommodation Scale – Anxiety. Journal Of Clinical Child & Adolescent Psychology 2019, 49: 752-760. PMID: 31136200, PMCID: PMC6881529, DOI: 10.1080/15374416.2019.1614002.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdolescentAnxiety DisordersChildChild Behavior DisordersFactor Analysis, StatisticalFemaleHumansMaleParent-Child RelationsReproducibility of ResultsConceptsConfirmatory factor analysisFamily accommodationChildhood anxietyExploratory factor analysisTest-retest reliabilityFactor analysisChild anxiety symptomsChild depression symptomsChild-parent dyadsTwo-factor modelTest-retest reliability dataChild anxietyAnxiety symptomsFamily routinesDivergent validityDepression symptomsTest-retest dataConvergent validityFactorial structureKey constructsAnxietyAccommodation measuresTheory developmentClinical applicationStudy objectiveFamily accommodation mediates nightmares and sleep-related problems in anxious children
Lebowitz ER, Shimshoni Y, Silverman WK. Family accommodation mediates nightmares and sleep-related problems in anxious children. Journal Of Anxiety Disorders 2019, 62: 94-99. PMID: 30660831, PMCID: PMC6432767, DOI: 10.1016/j.janxdis.2019.01.004.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdolescentAdultAnxietyAnxiety DisordersChildChild Behavior DisordersDreamsFemaleHumansMaleMother-Child RelationsMothersSleep Wake DisordersConceptsSleep-related problemsAnxious childrenFamily accommodationHypothesized mediational pathwaysStructural equation modelingStructural equation modelChildhood anxietyMediational pathwaysFirst empirical evidenceMaternal reportsEquation modelingFit indicesNightmaresEquation modelChildrenEmpirical evidenceEmpirical dataAnxietyAccommodationParticipantsThe Back2School modular cognitive behavioral intervention for youths with problematic school absenteeism: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial
Thastum M, Johnsen DB, Silverman WK, Jeppesen P, Heyne DA, Lomholt JJ. The Back2School modular cognitive behavioral intervention for youths with problematic school absenteeism: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial. Trials 2019, 20: 29. PMID: 30621787, PMCID: PMC6325742, DOI: 10.1186/s13063-018-3124-3.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsModular cognitive behavioral interventionCognitive behavioral therapy interventionManualized treatment programCognitive-behavioral interventionsBehavioral therapy interventionProblematic school absenteeismInitial effectivenessTeacher-parent collaborationSchool attendancePsychosocial functioningTeacher reportsAcademic difficultiesPsychological problemsDisruptive behaviorBehavioral interventionsTherapy interventionTreatment programQuality of lifeSixty childrenSchool dropoutYouthSecondary outcomesPrimary outcomeControl armRisk factors
2008
Fathers' Ratings in the Assessment of Their Child's Anxiety Symptoms: A Comparison to Mothers' Ratings and Their Associations With Paternal Symptomatology
Moreno J, Silverman WK, Saavedra LM, Phares V. Fathers' Ratings in the Assessment of Their Child's Anxiety Symptoms: A Comparison to Mothers' Ratings and Their Associations With Paternal Symptomatology. Journal Of Family Psychology 2008, 22: 915-919. PMID: 19102612, DOI: 10.1037/a0014097.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2003
CHILDHOOD BEHAVIORAL AND EMOTIONAL DISORDERS
Northey. WF, Wells KC, Silverman WK, Bailey CE. CHILDHOOD BEHAVIORAL AND EMOTIONAL DISORDERS. Journal Of Marital And Family Therapy 2003, 29: 523-545. PMID: 14593693, DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-0606.2003.tb01693.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFamily-based interventionsEmotional disordersCognitive-behavioral family therapyFamily therapyBehavioral family therapyAnxiety disordersFamily treatmentInternalizing disordersParent managementTherapy modelChildhood behavioralFuture researchDisordersIndividual treatmentNumber of studiesInterventionMore researchBehavioralResearchDepressionChildhoodImplications
1993
Parent reports of child behavior problems: Bias in participation
La Greca A, Silverman W. Parent reports of child behavior problems: Bias in participation. Research On Child And Adolescent Psychopathology 1993, 21: 89-101. PMID: 8463507, DOI: 10.1007/bf00910491.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsParent ratingsLess attention problemsChild behavior problemsBetter academic skillsAttention problemsChild functioningParent reportBehavior problemsAcademic skillsParent participantsLess depressionMinority childrenNonminority childrenChildren's participationParentsChildrenFunctioningPeersRatings
1988
Behavior Problems in Children of Parents with Anxiety Disorders
SILVERMAN W, CERNY J, NELLES W, BURKE A. Behavior Problems in Children of Parents with Anxiety Disorders. Journal Of The American Academy Of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry 1988, 27: 779-784. PMID: 3198567, DOI: 10.1097/00004583-198811000-00020.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAdolescentAgoraphobiaAnxiety DisordersChildChild Behavior DisordersFemaleHumansMaleParentsRisk Factors