This study investigated recurrent abdominal pain in all 494 second-year infant children in a new town using a postal questionnaire followed by sampling and detailed interview. A prevalence of between 24.5 and 26.9% was found and there were associations with psychiatric deviance both at home and at school. There were also associations with social support of the mother, difficulties in settling into school and status of house ownership. Details of parental management of their children's symptoms are described.

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Mobile phone aggression (MPA) is a relatively new phenomenon.Using newly developed measures, a pilot study was conducted with 348 adolescents ages 13-17 years to determine the incidence of MPA and victimization in this group of adolescents and to test a proposed model in which hostile response selection mediated the relationship between normative beliefs and MPA. Girls reported more incidences of both MPA and victimization; however, the overall frequencies of these were both relatively low. Path analysis revealed partial support for the hypothesized model, with mobile phone hostile response selection partially mediating the relation between retaliatory normative beliefs about MPA and MPA. Results are considered in relation to future directions for research and implications for intervention.

SYNOPSISA multiple criterion screen was developed as part of a study which was designed to assess different types of intervention for school children with psychiatric disorder. The foremost requirement was that false positives be kept to a minimum, with selected children being unequivocally disturbed. Children were identified for treatment by the following measures: (a) teacher rating on the Rutter B2 Scale, giving a total score and subscores for neurotic and antisocial behaviour; (b) peer ratings on a sociometric measure, yielding isolation and rejection scores; and (c) self ratings on the Junior Eysenck Personality Inventory, specifically the neuroticism dimension. A weighting system was developed so that children could be selected on the basis of extreme scores on either teacher or self-rating measures alone, or by a combination of less extreme scores on more than one measure. The results are presented and discussed.

Background: There is emerging evidence that early maladaptive schemas (EMS) may be a cognitive vulnerability factor in nonsuicidal self-injury (NSSI). The current study sought to examine the relationship between EMS and NSSI history, and whether this is moderated by gender, in a community youth sample. Method: Participants were 403 Australian secondary and university students aged between 16 and 25 years, who completed a survey of NSSI history, EMS, and general emotional distress. Results: Logistic regression analysis indicated that being female, depression, and EMS scores were useful for differentiating between youth reporting NSSI history and those who did not. High levels of Defectiveness/Shame and Abandonment/Instability schema scores, and low levels of Emotional Inhibition schema scores, were associated with NSSI history. Gender did not moderate the relationships between these EMS scores and NSSI history. Conclusions: Present results suggest that aspects of the schema domain of Disconnection and Rejection are important for identifying NSSI history beyond young people's emotional distress. This provides researchers and clinicians with an opportunity to better target key EMS, especially beliefs about self-defectiveness and feelings of shame, that Abbreviations: EMS, early maladaptive schemas; NSSI, non-suicidal self-injury.may be driving the regulatory function of self-injury among youth. K E Y W O R D Searly maladaptive schemas, nonsuicidal self-injury, youth mental health | INTRODUCTIONNonsuicidal self-injury (NSSI) is increasingly recognized as a public health concern, particularly in adolescent and young adult populations. Defined as the direct intention to damage one's body tissue without suicidal intent, NSSI is associated with a number of negative mental and social health outcomes including mood, anxiety, and eating disorders (Jacobson & Gould, 2007;Laye-Gindhu & Schonert-Reichl, 2005;, as well as increased risk of suicide (Miller et al., 2013). NSSI typically emerges in early adolescence (Cipriano et al., 2017;Jacobson & Gould, 2007), with prevalence rates higher in younger populations (Plener et al., 2016). In the United States, Monto et al. (2018) reported that nearly 18% of high school students had self-injured during the previous 12 months, with similar prevalence rates reported internationally, including in Australia (Zubrick et al., 2016), the United Kingdom (Lloyd-Richardson et al., 2007), Europe (Claes et al., 2014), and Asia (You et al., 2011). Identifying those at risk of NSSI and implementing effective treatment and prevention strategies is essential to improve outcomes for this population.Although NSSI was historically believed to be a largely female behavior (e.g., Favazza & Conterio, 1989;Suyemoto & MacDonald, 1995), more recent evidence indicates that males also engage in NSSI at rates approaching those of females (