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Mothers Taking on Tantrums (MTOTS)
Mothers Taking on Tantrums (MTOTS)
Impairing emotional outbursts (IEOs) are often the primary reason that families seek mental health treatment for their child. Parents often struggle to respond effectively to their child’s IEOs and this may be due to heightened emotional responses or poor cognitive control. The aim of this study is to examine how characteristics of the mother including emotional flooding, ADHD symptoms, and executive functioning, as well as household chaos, may impact strategies that mothers use in response to their child’s IEOs. Study findings have clear implications for interventions designed to help mothers respond more effectively to their child to reduce these impairing behaviors.
Functioning, Attention, Risky Behavior, and Menstruation (FARM)
Functioning, Attention, Risky Behavior, and Menstruation (FARM)
Current literature suggests that symptoms of attention-deficit/ hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) fluctuate in response to hormonal changes across the menstrual cycle and across all stages of a woman's reproductive lifespan. This study aims to examine associations between symptoms of ADHD and related behaviors and phases of the menstrual cycle in a sample of female college students with ADHD, with a specific focus on measures of executive/cognitive functioning, emotion regulation, and risky behavior. Findings have clear implications for interventions designed specifically to help reduce ADHD-related impairments across the phases of the menstrual cycle.
Youth Emotions and Social Functioning (YES)
Youth Emotions and Social Functioning (YES)
Irritability, defined as a proneness to anger in response to frustration, has been shown to be associated with social impairment in adolescents. However, most studies of irritability rely on self-report measures and have not directly assessed adolescent responses to frustrating situations in real-time. This study examines how real-time responses to frustrating social interactions and social cognitive ability impact social functioning in adolescents. Further, studies of physiological responses have required an in-person laboratory visit. This study will pilot procedures that will allow us to conduct studies that obtain physiological responses to frustration at home, a more ecologically valid context.
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