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19 - Internalizing Problems and Disorders of Childhood

from Part IV - Behavioral and Social-Emotional Interventions

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 September 2020

By
Randy W. Kamphaus ,
Emily Walden  and
Dianna Carrizales-Engelmann
Edited by
Frank C. Worrell ,
Tammy L. Hughes  and
Dante D. Dixson
Frank C. Worrell
Affiliation:
University of California, Berkeley
Tammy L. Hughes
Affiliation:
Duquesne University, Pittsburgh
Dante D. Dixson
Affiliation:
Michigan State University
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Summary

The constructs now subsumed under the label “internalizing disorders” had garnered the attention of researchers and practitioners long before the recent terminology was coined in the 1980s. Spanning decades of research, intervention, and practice, this chapter describes childhood internalizing disorders by their traits and prevalence, and then highlights the important contribution of factor analysis in marking their scientific evolution. We learn how exposure of the underlying dimensionality of internalizing disorders, along with critical refinements to terminology, precipitated the identification of early (subsyndromal) symptoms of depression and anxiety, and paved the way for the development of assessment scales that would ultimately expand our ability to intervene with precision, refine research, develop methods for prevention, identify moderator variables, and discover the potential of universal screening. The chapter concludes by providing a brief sampler of tools currently in use by practitioners and schools for the treatment, reduction of symptoms, and prevention of internalizing disorders.

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internalizingdepressionanxietymental healthpreventioninterventionresearch trends
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The Cambridge Handbook of Applied School Psychology , pp. 317 - 334
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2020

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