This study used a 2-month prospective research design to examine the bi-directional
interplay between peer victimization and social anxiety among adolescents. Participants …

Navigating romantic relationships in adolescence/young adulthood is a normative
developmental task that can be both pleasurable and challenging for youth. The success …

Anxiety disorders are some of the most commonly occurring psychological disorders, and
risk for the development of these conditions greatly increases during adolescence. Despite …

Despite evidence documenting activation of the social pain network in response to social
rejection and its link to temporary distress, far less is known regarding its role in pervasive …

Interpersonal theories enjoy a long and multidisciplinary history in the field of developmental
psychopathology. A core theme is that disruption in developmentally salient interpersonal …

This investigation's aims were to assess normative trends in social anxiety and preference
for solitude by gender from early childhood to late adolescence and examine the …

Drawing on a developmental psychopathology perspective and research documenting
gender differences in social tasks and structures of friendships, this study uses longitudinal …

Young people develop anorexia because they are unhappy. In the process of becoming
anorexic they silence themselves and distance themselves from parental support. Family …

In this chapter, we examine social anxiety disorder (SAD) and depression during
adolescence and the transition to adulthood. First, we review temporal sequencing of …

(ICD-10; WHO, 1992), children (as well as adults) can be categorized according to eight
major diagnostic syndromes associated with anxiety: panic disorder with agoraphobia, panic …