Browsing NTNU Open by Author "Belsky, Jay"
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Catechol-O-methyltransferase Val158Met genotype moderates the effect of disorganized attachment on social development in young children
Hygen, Beate Wold; Guzey, Ismail Cuneyt; Belsky, Jay; Berg-Nielsen, Turid Suzanne; Wichstrøm, Lars (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014)Children with histories of disorganized attachment exhibit diverse problems, possibly because disorganization takes at least two distinctive forms as children age: controlling–punitive and controlling–caregiving. This ... -
Change in Attachment Predicts Change in Emotion Regulation — Particularly among 5-HTTLPR Short-Allele Homozygotes
Viddal, Kristine Rensvik; Berg-Nielsen, Turid Suzanne; Belsky, Jay; Wichstrøm, Lars (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)In view of the theory that the attachment relationship provides a foundation for the development of emotion regulation, here, we evaluated (a) whether change in attachment security from 4 to 6 years predicts change in ... -
Change in parenting, change in student-teacher relationships, and oxytocin receptor gene (OXTR): Testing a Gene-×-Environment (G×E) Hypothesis in Two Samples
Hygen, Beate Wold; Belsky, Jay; Li, Zhi; Stenseng, Frode; Guzey, Ismail Cuneyt; Wichstrøm, Lars (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)Prior research suggests that parenting affects children’s relationships, including those with teachers, although there is variation across individuals in such effects. Given evidence suggesting that oxytocin may be ... -
Child exposure to serious life events, COMT, and aggression: Testing differential susceptibility theory
Hygen, Beate Wold; Belsky, Jay; Stenseng, Frode; Lydersen, Stian; Guzey, Ismail Cuneyt; Wichstrøm, Lars (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015)Both genetic and environmental factors contribute to individual differences in aggression. Catechol-O-methyltransferase Val158Met (COMT), a common, functional polymorphism, has been implicated in aggression and aggression ... -
The co-occurrence between symptoms of internet gaming disorder and psychiatric disorders in childhood and adolescence: prospective relations or common causes?
Hygen, Beate Wold; Skalicka, Vera; Stenseng, Frode; Belsky, Jay; Steinsbekk, Silje; Wichstrøm, Lars (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Internet gaming disorder (IGD) is highlighted as a condition for further study in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders Fifth Edition (DSM‐5). Some studies indicate that IGD appears comorbid with other ... -
Disorganization, COMT, and children's social behavior: The norwegian hypothesis of legacy of disorganized attachment
Li, Zhi; Hygen, Beate Wold; Widaman, Keith F; Berg-Nielsen, Turid Suzanne; Wichstrøm, Lars; Belsky, Jay (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016)Why is disorganized attachment associated with punitive-controlling behavior in some, but caregiving-controlling in others? Hygen et al. (2014) proposed that variation in the Catechol-O-methyl transferase(COMT) Val158Met ... -
Do Time in Child Care and Peer Group Exposure Predict Poor Socioemotional Adjustment in Norway?
Solheim, Elisabet; Wichstrøm, Lars; Belsky, Jay; Berg-Nielsen, Turid Suzanne (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2013)Extensive exposure to nonparental child care during the first 4.5 years of life has been demonstrated in some American studies to negatively affect children's socioemotional functioning. Data from 935 preschool children ... -
Effects of special education on academic achievement and task motivation: a propensity-score and fixed-effects approach
Kvande, Marianne N.; Bjørklund, Oda; Lydersen, Stian; Belsky, Jay; Wichstrøm, Lars (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)As traditional teaching methods may fail to serve children with special needs, special education (SE) services aim to compensate for the shortcomings of conventional schooling. However, despite of numerous studies on the ... -
Homotypic and heterotypic continuity of symptoms of psychiatric disorders from age 4 to 10 years: a dynamic panel model
Wichstrøm, Lars; Belsky, Jay; Steinsbekk, Silje (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)Background Childhood psychiatric disorders and their symptoms evince both within-disorder (homotypic) and between-disorder (heterotypic) continuities. These continuities may be due to earlier symptoms causing later ... -
Longitudinal relations between gaming, physical activity, and athletic self-esteem
Hygen, Beate Wold; Belsky, Jay; Stenseng, Frode; Steinsbekk, Silje; Wichstrøm, Lars; Skalicka, Vera (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Background: Youth are increasingly engaged in digital games; while physical activity rates are declining. This study examines whether the amount of time children spend on gaming is related to physical activity and athletic ... -
Parental Feeding and Child Eating: An Investigation of Reciprocal Effects
Steinsbekk, Silje; Belsky, Jay; Wichstrøm, Lars (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016)Parental feeding practices and children's eating behavior are consistently related to childhood obesity. However, it is not known whether parents’ feeding practices predict obesogenic eating behavior or vice versa. In a ... -
Parental predictors of children’s executive functioning from ages 6 to 10
Halse, Marte Kathrine; Steinsbekk, Silje; Hammar, Åsa; Belsky, Jay; Wichstrøm, Lars (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)According to prominent models of child development, parental factors may contribute to individual differences in children’s executive functioning (EF). Here, we examine the relative importance of parents’ socio-economic ... -
Parents' personality-disorder symptoms predict children's symptoms of anxiety and depressive disorders - a prospective cohort study
Steinsbekk, Silje; Berg-Nielsen, Turid Suzanne; Belsky, Jay; Helland, Elisabeth Berg; Hågenrud, Marte; Raballo, Andrea; Wichstrøm, Lars (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)Personality disorder (PD) symptomatology is characterized by interpersonal problems and emotional dysregulation, which may affect offspring of parents with PD symptoms. Notably though, studies are needed to discern (i) ... -
Peer problems and hyperactivity-impulsivity among Norwegian and American Children – The role of 5-HTTLPR.
Stenseng, Frode; Li, Zhi; Belsky, Jay; Hygen, Beate Wold; Skalicka, Vera; Guzey, Ismail Cuneyt; Wichstrøm, Lars (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)Peer problems are linked to attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) symptoms and the serotonin system is thought to be involved in ADHD‐related behavior. Hence, from a Gene × Environment perspective, the serotonin ... -
Predictors of eating behavior in middle childhood: A hybrid fixed effects model
Bjørklund, Oda; Belsky, Jay; Wichstrøm, Lars; Steinsbekk, Silje (Journal article, 2018)Children’s eating behavior influences energy intake and thus weight through choices of type and amount of food. One type of eating behavior, food responsiveness, defined as eating in response to external cues such as the ... -
Preschool predictors of childhood anxiety disorders: a prospective community study
Wichstrøm, Lars; Belsky, Jay; Berg-Nielsen, Turid Suzanne (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2013)Background Anxiety disorders are often present at preschool age. Research on older children and studies contrasting preschoolers with high versus low behavioral inhibition (BI) highlight several risk factors, but these ... -
Preschool-Age Problem Behavior and Teacher-Child Conflict in School: Direct and Moderation Effects by Preschool Organization
Skalicka, Vera; Belsky, Jay; Stenseng, Frode; Wichstrøm, Lars (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015)The hypothesis was tested that the new open-group Norwegian day-care centers would more than traditionally organized centers negatively affect (a) current and (b) future teacher–child relationships, and (c) the developmental ... -
Reciprocal Relations Between Conflicted Student-teacher Relationship and Children’s Behavior Problems: Within-person Analyses from Norway and the USA
Husby, Silje M.; Skalicka, Vera; Li, Zhi; Belsky, Jay; Wichstrøm, Lars (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Current evidence suggests that conflicted student-teacher relationships may increase behavior problems in children and vice-versa, but this may be due to confounding. We therefore analyzed their relation applying a ... -
Reciprocal Relations Between Student-Teacher Relationship and Children's Behavioral Problems: Moderation by Child-Care Group Size
Skalicka, Vera; Belsky, Jay; Stenseng, Frode; Wichstrøm, Lars (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015)In this Norwegian study, bidirectional relations between children's behavior problems and child–teacher conflict and closeness were examined, and the possibility of moderation of these associations by child-care group size ... -
Selection for special education services: the role of gender and socio-economic status
Kvande, Marianne N.; Belsky, Jay; Wichstrøm, Lars (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)Children from some demographic groups disproportionately receive special education (SE) services. Due to methodological shortcoming in existing work, it remains unclear whether this is due to real differences in academic ...