2020
Community‐Based Caregiver and Family Interventions to Support the Mental Health of Orphans and Vulnerable Children: Review and Future Directions
Penner F, Sharp C, Marais L, Shohet C, Givon D, Boivin M. Community‐Based Caregiver and Family Interventions to Support the Mental Health of Orphans and Vulnerable Children: Review and Future Directions. New Directions For Child And Adolescent Development 2020, 2020: 77-105. PMID: 32618434, DOI: 10.1002/cad.20352.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMental healthFamily interventionsCognitive-behavioral strategiesCaregiver-child relationshipChild mental healthVulnerable childrenCommunity-based caregiversCultural adaptationIntervention scienceQuasi-experimental designIntervention strategiesMajority of interventionsReview of studiesMajority of studiesCommunity participatory methodsFuture directionsInterventionCaregiversChildrenPossible new directionsNew directionsFindingsHealthSaharan AfricaAdaptation
2019
Discrepancies in Mother-Adolescent Reports of Parenting Practices in a Psychiatric Sample: Associations with Age, Psychopathology, and Attachment
Penner F, Vanwoerden S, Borelli JL, Sharp C. Discrepancies in Mother-Adolescent Reports of Parenting Practices in a Psychiatric Sample: Associations with Age, Psychopathology, and Attachment. Research On Child And Adolescent Psychopathology 2019, 48: 343-360. PMID: 31758368, DOI: 10.1007/s10802-019-00589-4.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdolescentFemaleHumansMaleMental DisordersMothersObject AttachmentParent-Child RelationsParentingConceptsLatent profile analysisParent-adolescent relationship qualityChild Attachment InterviewDomains of parentingMother-adolescent dyadsParent-adolescent reportsSample of adolescentsMeasures of psychopathologyLarge clinical sampleAttachment securityAttachment InterviewInsecure attachmentParenting practicesProfile membershipDiscrepancy profilesRelationship qualityYouth ageClinical samplesPsychiatric samplePsychopathologyDiscrepancy groupAdolescentsAnalytic strategiesPrevious researchParentingNarrative Coherence in Adolescence: Relations With Attachment, Mentalization, and Psychopathology
Lind M, Vanwoerden S, Penner F, Sharp C. Narrative Coherence in Adolescence: Relations With Attachment, Mentalization, and Psychopathology. Journal Of Personality Assessment 2019, 102: 380-389. PMID: 30990340, DOI: 10.1080/00223891.2019.1574805.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAttachment securityNarrative coherenceChild Attachment InterviewSerious psychological difficultiesSocial cognitive constructsHigher attachment securityCoherent narrativeLess externalizing problemsAttachment InterviewAttachment narrativesPsychological difficultiesExternalizing problemsInpatient adolescentsDevelopmental trajectoriesMentalizationPast eventsExternalizing pathologyAdolescentsAdolescenceLess researchGender differencesPsychopathologyStrongest predictorIndividualsInternalizing