J. Abela

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An Examination of the Response Styles Theory of Depression in Third- and Seventh-Grade Children: A Short-Term Longitudinal Study
The goal of this study was to test the response styles theory of depression in a sample of 3rd- and 7th-grade children. In addition, we examined whether the relationship between rumination and… Expand
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The Hopelessness Theory of Depression: A Test of the Diathesis–Stress and Causal Mediation Components in Third and Seventh Grade Children
  • J. Abela
  • Psychology, Medicine
  • Journal of abnormal child psychology
  • 1 June 2001
The goal of the current study was to test the diathesis–stress and causal mediation components of the hopelessness theory of depression in third- and seventh-grade children. The procedure involved an… Expand
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Helping the Noncompliant Child: Family-Based Treatment for Oppositional Behavior (2Nd Ed.)
Helping the Noncompliant Child: Family-Based Treatment for Oppositional Behavior (2nd Ed.) Robert J. McMahon, Rex L. Forehand. New York: Guilford Press (www.guilford.com). 2003, 313 pp., $38.00… Expand
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Cognitive Vulnerability to Hopelessness Depression: A Chain Is Only as Strong as Its Weakest Link
The hopelessness theory proposes that depressogenic inferential styles about the self, consequences, and causes serve as vulnerability factors to hopelessness depression. Previous research on the… Expand
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Nonsuicidal self-injury in adolescence: Prospective rates and risk factors in a 2 ½year longitudinal study
Little is known about which risk factors longitudinally predict non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI) during adolescence, a period when these self-injurious behaviors become alarmingly prevalent. We… Expand
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Development of psychopathology: A vulnerability-stress perspective.
Preface Acknowledgments I. OVERVIEW AND FOUNDATIONS 1. Conceptualizing the Role of Stressors in the Development of Psychopathology - Kathryn E. Grant and Susan D. McMahon 2. Vulnerability-Stress… Expand
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Measuring adolescent psychopathology: psychometric properties of the self-report strengths and difficulties questionnaire in a sample of Chinese adolescents.
PURPOSE The Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) is a brief but comprehensive screening tool for adolescent psychopathology. The current study examined the psychometric properties of the… Expand
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Adult Attachment Dimensions and Specificity of Emotional Distress Symptoms: Prospective Investigations of Cognitive Risk and Interpersonal Stress Generation as Mediating Mechanisms
Three prospective studies examined the relation between adult attachment dimensions and symptoms of emotional distress (anxiety and depression). Across all three studies, avoidant and anxious… Expand
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A TEST OF THE INTEGRATION OF THE RESPONSE STYLES AND SOCIAL SUPPORT THEORIES OF DEPRESSION IN THIRD AND SEVENTH GRADE CHILDREN
Abstract The goal of the current study was to test the integration of the response styles and social support theories of depression in third and seventh grade children. Two hundred and sixty children… Expand
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Differential susceptibility in youth: evidence that 5-HTTLPR x positive parenting is associated with positive affect ‘for better and worse'
Positive affect has been implicated in the phenomenological experience of various psychiatric disorders, vulnerability to develop psychopathology and overall socio-emotional functioning. However,… Expand
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