APS
2024 APS Annual Convention · 2024
Social Functioning and Youth Externalizing Psychopathology: A Network Analysis
- Talia Leman
The University of Iowa - Molly Nikolas
University of Iowa
Abstract
This study employed network analysis to identify the interconnections between social problems and youth externalizing behaviors, using data from the nationwide Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development Study. Key findings demonstrated hostile interpersonal behaviors were strongly linked to externalizing behaviors, but problems with social maturity were specifically connected to ADHD behaviors.
Psychopathology