Although social deficits remain a persistent component of the behavioural phenotype of
Pervasive Developmental Disorders (PDD) in adulthood, it remains unclear whether these …

Context Young children raised in institutional settings experience severe deprivation in
social, emotional, and cognitive stimulation. Although this deprivation is likely to disrupt …

Recent highrisk longitudinal studies have documented a unique contribution of the quality
of the early mother–child relationship to diverse forms of psychopathology in young …

Schizophrenia is associated with severe deficits in social functioning. Similar deficits may be
present prior to psychosis onset, in childhood and adolescence. If so, then prepsychosis …

Purpose To investigate the longitudinal associations between social cognitive ability an
external locus of control (externality) and adolescent psychopathology. Methods 7058 …

Social cognition is affected in people with schizophrenia, but whether this is the case for
healthy relatives of these patients is less clear. The presence of social cognition impairments …

The quality of father–child interactions has become a focus of increasing research in the
field of child development. We examined the potential contribution of father–child …

Childhood maltreatment is associated with cognitive deficits that in turn have been predictive
for therapeutic outcome in psychiatric patients. However, previous studies have either …

Aims: The study aims to compare social functioning in young people considered to be at risk
of psychosis with those meeting criteria for first episode psychosis (FEP) and controls, and to …

Background This study examined the pathways by which destructive and constructive
marital conflict leading to social skills development in preschool children, are mediated …