2022
Youth social functioning interacts with treatment arm, diagnosis, and gender to predict anxiety treatment outcome
Etkin RG, Marin CE, Silverman WK, Lebowitz ER. Youth social functioning interacts with treatment arm, diagnosis, and gender to predict anxiety treatment outcome. Behaviour Research And Therapy 2022, 156: 104160. PMID: 35870327, DOI: 10.1016/j.brat.2022.104160.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAnxiety treatment outcomesYouth social functioningSocial skillsPositive social interactionsSocial functioningAnxiety diagnosesAnxiety disordersSocial interactionParent-based treatmentChildren's social skillsSocial anxiety disorderYouths' social skillsAnxiety symptom severityYouth genderTreatment outcomesDiagnostic InterviewSymptom severityClinical functioningFunctioningSkillsYouthPredictorsMultiple regression modelDisordersGenderAnxiety and Social Functioning: The Moderating Roles of Family Accommodation and Youth Characteristics
Etkin RG, Silverman WK, Lebowitz ER. Anxiety and Social Functioning: The Moderating Roles of Family Accommodation and Youth Characteristics. Research On Child And Adolescent Psychopathology 2022, 50: 781-794. PMID: 34997402, DOI: 10.1007/s10802-021-00884-z.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsYouth anxiety severityFamily accommodationAnxiety severitySocial functioningYouth anxietyAnxiety disordersSocial anxiety disorder diagnosisYouth ageSocial functioning difficultiesSocial anxiety disorderYouth social functioningAnxiety disorder diagnosisHierarchical linear regressionSocial functioning variablesAnxious youthTypes of difficultiesSocial impairmentFunctioning variablesPotential moderatorsModerating RoleIntervention effortsExtent of identificationFuture research directionsDepression symptomsAnxiety
2021
Using Evaluative Criteria to Review Youth Anxiety Measures, Part II: Parent-Report
Etkin RG, Lebowitz ER, Silverman WK. Using Evaluative Criteria to Review Youth Anxiety Measures, Part II: Parent-Report. Journal Of Clinical Child & Adolescent Psychology 2021, 50: 155-176. PMID: 33739908, PMCID: PMC8025201, DOI: 10.1080/15374416.2021.1878898.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsYouth Anxiety MeasureParent-report measuresAnxiety ScaleAnxiety measuresYouth self-report measuresSpence Children's Anxiety ScaleYouth anxiety symptomsPsychometric propertiesAnxiety symptom measuresMultidimensional Anxiety ScaleChildren's Anxiety ScaleSelf-report measuresExcellent psychometric propertiesChild anxietyYouth SelfParent reportEmotional disordersAnxiety symptomsEvidence baseSymptom measuresEvidence-based updateAdditional researchMeasuresEvaluative criteriaAnxiety
2019
Receiving Prosocial Behavior: Examining the Reciprocal Associations between Positive Peer Treatment and Psychosocial and Behavioral Outcomes
Stotsky M, Bowker J, Etkin R. Receiving Prosocial Behavior: Examining the Reciprocal Associations between Positive Peer Treatment and Psychosocial and Behavioral Outcomes. Journal Of Research On Adolescence 2019, 30: 458-470. PMID: 31670899, DOI: 10.1111/jora.12537.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPeer treatmentProsocial behaviorReciprocal associationsBehavioral outcomesSelf-report measuresAutoregressive path modelsPeer nominationsEarly adolescenceYoung adolescentsPath modelLongitudinal studyAdolescencePsychosocialAdolescentsFuture workBehaviorParticipantsNominationsAssociationOutcomesMeasuresFindingsSevere Social Withdrawal: Cultural Variation in Past Hikikomori Experiences of University Students in Nigeria, Singapore, and the United States
Bowker J, Bowker M, Santo J, Ojo A, Etkin R, Raja R. Severe Social Withdrawal: Cultural Variation in Past Hikikomori Experiences of University Students in Nigeria, Singapore, and the United States. The Journal Of Genetic Psychology 2019, 180: 217-230. PMID: 31305235, DOI: 10.1080/00221325.2019.1633618.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2016
Evaluating the Psychological Concomitants of Other-Sex Crush Experiences During Early Adolescence
Bowker J, Etkin R. Evaluating the Psychological Concomitants of Other-Sex Crush Experiences During Early Adolescence. Journal Of Youth And Adolescence 2016, 45: 846-857. PMID: 26984754, PMCID: PMC4826819, DOI: 10.1007/s10964-016-0470-x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTime 1Psychological concomitantsEarly adolescenceTwo-wave longitudinal studyDepressive symptomsPsychological adjustment outcomesSelf-report measuresPeer nomination measuresLittle empirical attentionAdjustment outcomesFriendship involvementTime 2Nomination measuresYoung adolescentsEmpirical attentionFirst empirical evidenceMutual friendshipsLongitudinal studyProtective factorsAdolescenceSuch experiencesInteraction effectsLonelinessEmpirical evidenceExperience
2014
The Differential Impact of Parental Warmth on Externalizing Problems Among Triangulated Adolescents
Etkin R, Koss K, Cummings E, Davies P. The Differential Impact of Parental Warmth on Externalizing Problems Among Triangulated Adolescents. The Journal Of Genetic Psychology 2014, 175: 118-133. PMID: 24796159, PMCID: PMC4013525, DOI: 10.1080/00221325.2013.813437.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAdolescent externalizing problemsExternalizing problemsPaternal warmthBroader family contextMiddle of conflictsInterparental conflictParenting processesParental warmthHigh warmthAdjustment problemsExternalizing behaviorsBehavior problemsFamily contextChild genderTriadic processWarmthAdolescentsDifferential impactParentsChildrenConflictAdolescenceFeelingsGenderYouthMixed-Grade Rejection and Its Association With Overt Aggression, Relational Aggression, Anxious-Withdrawal, and Psychological Maladjustment
Bowker J, Etkin R. Mixed-Grade Rejection and Its Association With Overt Aggression, Relational Aggression, Anxious-Withdrawal, and Psychological Maladjustment. The Journal Of Genetic Psychology 2014, 175: 35-50. PMID: 24796153, DOI: 10.1080/00221325.2013.799060.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRelational aggressionMiddle school settingSchool settingsSelf-report measuresSeventh-grade boysAnxious withdrawalPsychological maladjustmentPsychological adjustmentPeer contextPeer nominationsPeer relationsEighth-grade studentsOvert aggressionAggressionSchool-wide modelMaladjustmentGrade rejectionLonelinessParticipantsAdjustmentNominationsBoysStudentsAssociationMeasures
2013
Does Humor Explain Why Relationally Aggressive Adolescents are Popular?
Bowker J, Etkin R. Does Humor Explain Why Relationally Aggressive Adolescents are Popular? Journal Of Youth And Adolescence 2013, 43: 1322-1332. PMID: 24136377, PMCID: PMC3991775, DOI: 10.1007/s10964-013-0031-5.Peer-Reviewed Original Research