2024
Parent Psychological Control and Youth Social Anxiety: Examining Attention Control and its Components as Moderators
Falcone M, Rey Y, Chong L, Marin C, Lebowitz E, Silverman W, Pettit J. Parent Psychological Control and Youth Social Anxiety: Examining Attention Control and its Components as Moderators. Cognitive Therapy And Research 2024, 1-9. DOI: 10.1007/s10608-024-10538-1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchParental psychological controlYouth social anxietySocial anxietyPsychological controlAttentional controlAnxiety disorders specialty clinicHigh social anxietyTreatment developmentAnxietyClinical implicationsYouth attentionSpecialty clinicsYouthParentsModeratelyQuestionnaire dataEmpirical researchAttentionAssociationMethodsParticipantsControlImplications
2022
The role of attentional shifting in the relation between error monitoring and anxiety in youth
Ramos ML, Bechor M, Casas A, Pettit JW, Silverman WK, Reeb-Sutherland BC. The role of attentional shifting in the relation between error monitoring and anxiety in youth. Psychiatry Research Neuroimaging 2022, 324: 111507. PMID: 35675720, PMCID: PMC9730549, DOI: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2022.111507.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsError-related negativityAttentional controlERN amplitudeNeural responsesMaintenance of anxietyLarger neural responsesSelf-report measuresSmaller neural responseAttentional shiftingFlanker taskError monitoringThreat signalsAnxiety symptomsNeural markersAnxietyYouthSimultaneous EEGResponse magnitudeAttentionNegativityAbilityHigh abilityTaskLow levelsEEG
2021
Attending to the Attentional Control Scale for Children: Confirming its factor structure and measurement invariance
van Son D, Marin CE, Boutris P, Rey Y, Lebowitz ER, Pettit JW, Silverman WK. Attending to the Attentional Control Scale for Children: Confirming its factor structure and measurement invariance. Journal Of Anxiety Disorders 2021, 80: 102399. PMID: 33892347, PMCID: PMC8141040, DOI: 10.1016/j.janxdis.2021.102399.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAttentional Control ScaleTwo-factor modelAttentional controlControl ScaleSelf-report questionnairesTwo-factor structureStrong factorial invarianceConfirmatory factor analysisModel fitAnxious youthAttentional focusingSingle-factor modelFuture research implicationsGood model fitTwo-factorMeasurement invarianceFactorial invariancePartial invarianceFactor structureDiverse sampleConcurrent validityResearch implicationsSubscale scoresPrevious researchFactor analysis
2018
Attentional Control and Threat-Related Attention Bias Partially Explain the Association Between Maternal Psychological Control and Youth Anxiety Severity
Bose D, Vaclavik D, Buitron V, Rey Y, Silverman W, Pettit J. Attentional Control and Threat-Related Attention Bias Partially Explain the Association Between Maternal Psychological Control and Youth Anxiety Severity. Cognitive Therapy And Research 2018, 43: 427-437. DOI: 10.1007/s10608-018-9982-x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchThreat-related attention biasMaternal psychological controlPsychological controlYouth anxietyAttention biasAttentional controlAttentional processesEtiological modelsHigh maternal psychological controlIndirect associationsYouth anxiety disordersYouth anxiety severityClinic-referred youthAnxious youthYouth ratingsAnxiety severityAnxiety disordersMothers' ratingsAnxietyLine of inquiryPotential mediatorsSeparate linesCurrent studyYouthRatings
2016
Attentional Control Scale for Children: Factor Structure and Concurrent Validity Among Children and Adolescents Referred for Anxiety Disorders
Melendez R, Bechor M, Rey Y, Pettit JW, Silverman WK. Attentional Control Scale for Children: Factor Structure and Concurrent Validity Among Children and Adolescents Referred for Anxiety Disorders. Journal Of Clinical Psychology 2016, 73: 489-499. PMID: 27459398, PMCID: PMC5545119, DOI: 10.1002/jclp.22346.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAttentional Control ScaleAttentional controlSelf-rating scaleControl ScaleFactor structureAttention deficit hyperactivity disorderConcurrent validityYouth anxiety symptomsDeficit hyperactivity disorderAdolescents ReferredAttentional shiftingAttentional focusingParent ratingsCorrelated subscalesYouth diagnosesAnxiety symptomsExploratory factor analysisAnxiety disordersSelf ratingsSubscale scoresRetest reliabilityFactor analysisFuture researchDepressive symptomsChildren