2024
The severity of perceived stress associated with community violence exposure and its role in future posttraumatic stress: findings from a longitudinal study of U.S. adolescents
Isaksson J, Nyman S, Schwab-Stone M, Stickley A, Ruchkin V. The severity of perceived stress associated with community violence exposure and its role in future posttraumatic stress: findings from a longitudinal study of U.S. adolescents. Child And Adolescent Psychiatry And Mental Health 2024, 18: 121. PMID: 39322966, PMCID: PMC11423508, DOI: 10.1186/s13034-024-00813-0.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPosttraumatic stress disorder symptomsPosttraumatic stress disorderViolence exposurePTSD symptom levelsExposed to community violenceLongitudinal study of U.S. adolescentsCommunity violence exposureLevels of perceived stressStudy of U.S. adolescentsAssociated with poor mental healthDegree of perceived stressStress disorderU.S. adolescentsSymptom levelsPosttraumatic stressPoor mental healthCommunity violenceLongitudinal associationsStress severityMental healthSituational factorsLongitudinal studyEarly interventionAdolescentsSymptoms
2022
Attention–deficit/hyperactivity disorder symptoms, perceived stress, and suicidal ideation during the COVID-19 pandemic
Stickley A, Shirama A, Inagawa T, Ruchkin V, Koposov R, Isaksson J, Inoue Y, Sumiyoshi T. Attention–deficit/hyperactivity disorder symptoms, perceived stress, and suicidal ideation during the COVID-19 pandemic. Frontiers In Psychiatry 2022, 13: 1008290. PMID: 36440405, PMCID: PMC9682032, DOI: 10.3389/fpsyt.2022.1008290.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPast-year suicidal ideationSuicidal ideationAttention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) symptomsHyperactivity disorder symptomsSelf-perceived stressADHD symptomsHigher oddsCOVID-19 pandemicPatient Health QuestionnaireDisorder symptomsGeneralized Anxiety Disorder ScaleTimes higher oddsAdult ADHD Self-Report Scale ScreenerHealth-related outcomesAnxiety Disorder ScaleMental health variablesHealth QuestionnairePerceived Stress ScaleDepressive symptomsSociodemographic factorsSymptomsSuicidal behaviorHealth variablesLogistic regressionMental health
2012
Cross-Cultural Findings on Community Violence Exposure and Internalizing Psychopathology: Comparing Adolescents in the United States, Russia, and Belgium
Schwab-Stone M, Koposov R, Vermeiren R, Ruchkin V. Cross-Cultural Findings on Community Violence Exposure and Internalizing Psychopathology: Comparing Adolescents in the United States, Russia, and Belgium. Child Psychiatry & Human Development 2012, 44: 516-524. PMID: 23129249, DOI: 10.1007/s10578-012-0344-8.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCommunity violenceViolence exposureCommunity violence exposureCross-cultural differencesViolenceCross-cultural findingsUrban communitiesMore victimizationUnited StatesRussiaAntisocial behaviorComparing AdolescentsCountriesRepresentative sampleSelf-report surveyBelgiumVictimizationSimilar dynamicsMental healthAdolescent mental healthCommunityGenderYear old adolescentsImplicationsFindings
2004
The psychosocial aspects of children exposed to war: practice and policy initiatives
Barenbaum J, Ruchkin V, Schwab‐Stone M. The psychosocial aspects of children exposed to war: practice and policy initiatives. Journal Of Child Psychology And Psychiatry 2004, 45: 41-62. PMID: 14959802, DOI: 10.1046/j.0021-9630.2003.00304.x.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2003
Sense of Coherence
Koposov R, Ruchkin V, Eisemann M. Sense of Coherence. The Journal Of Nervous And Mental Disease 2003, 191: 638-644. PMID: 14555865, DOI: 10.1097/01.nmd.0000092196.48697.9d.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2002
Antisocial behaviour and mental health
Vermeiren R, Deboutte D, Ruchkin V, Schwab-Stone M. Antisocial behaviour and mental health. European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry 2002, 11: 168-175. PMID: 12444426, DOI: 10.1007/s00787-002-0275-1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAntisocial behaviorAntisocial groupsSelf-report studyLevel of anxietyNegative expectationsDeviant behaviorGroup statusMental healthVariables of interestCurrent studyAnxietyCross-national differencesAdolescentsPsychopathologyExpectationsSomatizationBehaviorSensationRelationshipDepressionStudentsGenderGroup