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Broad‐band or multidimensional behavior‐rating scales are common tools for evaluating children. Two popular behavior‐rating scales, the Behavior Assessment System for Children, Second Edition (BASC‐2; Reynolds & Kamphaus, 2004) and the Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL; Achenbach & Rescorla, 2000), have undergone downward extensions so that the preschool versions are available for children as young as 18 months. Limited research, however, has been conducted on the preschool versions of the BASC‐2 and CBCL. This study examined the consistency of results from the two preschool versions when completed by parents of clinically referred preschoolers. Comparisons of similarly named scales found significant correlations. Mean scores for several of the constructs were significantly different, however, and often resulted in inconsistent classification decisions. © 2010 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.

Muscle Dysmorphia (MD) has recently been conceptualized as the male form of Eating Disorders (ED); although, it is not currently classified as an ED. The current study compares etiological models of MD symptomatology and ED symptomatology. It was hypothesized that sociocultural influences on appearance (SIA) would predict body dissatisfaction (BD), and that this relationship would be mediated by self-esteem (SE) and perfectionism (P); that BD would predict negative affect (NA); and that NA would predict MD and ED symptomatology. Two-hundred-forty-seven female and 101 male college students at a midsouth university completed the study. All participants completed measures assessing each of the constructs, and multiple regression analyses were conducted to test each model's fit. In both models, most predictor paths were significant. These results suggest similarity in symptomatology and etiological models between ED and MD.

The purpose of the study was to examine the relationship between compliance in toddlers and maternal verbosity as well as the type of task. Mothers and their toddlers completed a warm-up task, a proactive toy clean-up task, and a prohibitive forbidden objects task. Mothers were assigned to one of two verbosity conditions (high versus low) and to one of two nurturance conditions (high versus low) where the rates of verbosity and nurturance were experimentally manipulated. It was hypothesized that toddlers would demonstrate higher noncompliance when given high levels of verbosity than toddlers given low levels of verbosity. It was expected that toddlers would demonstrate higher noncompliance when given low levels of nurturance than toddlers given high levels of nurturance. It was also expected that toddlers would demonstrate more noncompliance in the prohibitive task than they would in the proactive task. Results indicated that the rates of child compliance were related to the level of maternal verbosity with greater noncompliance being exhibited by children who received high levels of verbosity than those who received low levels of verbosity. Child compliance rates were also related to the type of task, with greater noncompliance exhibited in the proactive task versus the prohibitive task. Excessive detail about what children should or should not do appears to be related to child behavior and supports Patterson's premise of 'nattering'. Child behavior also was related to the type of task in which the child was engaged. These findings have direct implications for individuals working with or raising very young children.

In the rural state of Oklahoma, suicide rates are nearly double the U.S. national average. Self-harm behaviors are among the risk factors for suicide and are believed to regulate negative emotions such as depression and anxiety. LGBTQ+ transitional youth in rural areas are likely to experience elevated rates of depression, anxiety, and stress, relative to heterosexual, cisgender populations. In an effort to identify emotional and behavioral dynamics that may underlie self-harm in a rural state, 316 LGBTQ+ transitional youth in Oklahoma were recruited. Participants completed measures of negative affect, emotion regulation, outness, and self-harm. A cluster analysis was conducted to identify distressrelated trends in the data and identified clusters of high, moderate, and low distress groups. Chi-square analyses identified associations among groups based on gender expression, gender identity, sexual orientation, education, and homelessness. A regression equation identified predictors of self-harm. Cluster analysis results informed hierarchical organization of a linear regression equation in which the study team controlled for between-group differences and outness. In the final regression model [F (10, 305) = 14.20, p < .001], distress, emotion dysregulation, education variables, homelessness, and outness predicted self-harm behaviors. Implications of study findings for the distribution of resources and guidance for healthcare professionals and community advocates are discussed. Public Health Significance StatementThis study presents profiles of self-harm and distress among transitional youth in the state of Oklahoma. Results indicate that a variety of emotional and demographic factors predict self-harm behaviors in the survey participants.