Clinical Child and Family Psychology Review最新文献

Children's screen use is an increasingly prominent global public health concern. However, existing guidance has largely focused on immediate caregivers, with limited attention paid to grandparents and other forms of intergenerational co-parenting (ICP). We conducted this scoping review to examine current knowledge about ICP and children's screen use with four research questions: (1) How have ICP and children's screen use been measured in existing studies?; (2) How does ICP affect children's screen use?; (3) Are there any identifiable patterns of ICP that seem to be related to children's screen use?; and (4) Within an ICP context, what factors have been found to influence children's screen use? We searched five databases for articles published in English and Chinese between 2000-2025 and included 17 relevant studies. Nine were conducted in Western countries and eight in non-Western contexts such as China and Brazil. Ten were published in the past three years. We found that these studies had several methodological limitations, including inconsistencies in conceptualisation, a lack of methodological diversity, and limited use of multiple informants. Findings on the association between ICP and children's screen use were mixed, although most studies suggested that ICP was linked to longer children's screen use time. Different ICP patterns related to children's screen use were also identified. Finally, five categories of influencing factors emerged: (i) children's characteristics, (ii) parent's characteristics, (iii) grandparent characteristics, (iv) media-related characteristics, and (v) family environment characteristics. Future research should prioritise this understudied area to better inform guidance for healthy screen use among children.

Preterm birth remains a global health challenge with significant implications for neonatal outcomes and parental mental health. This paper explores the complex psychological experiences and intrapersonal processes of parents after preterm birth, highlighting their heightened risk for mental health difficulties such as postpartum depression, anxiety, and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Existing mental health interventions are medicalised, primarily focusing on infant care. As a result, there is currently a lack of emotionally-focused interventions aimed at supporting parents after preterm birth. The current conceptual review proposes a compassion-focused framework to address the unique challenges faced by these parents. The paper aims to: (1) examine common experiences of parents of preterm-born infants, (2) explore the complex psychological processes that underpin these experiences, (3) present theoretical models that can be applied to understand parent's psychological responses, (4) critically review existing interventions aimed at supporting parent mental health following preterm birth, (5) introduce a compassion-focused approach as a novel framework for support, (6) review existing compassion-based interventions aimed at perinatal populations, and (7) outline directions for future research. By integrating a compassion-focused approach, this paper aims to provide actionable insights to support parents' mental health following preterm birth.Clinical Trial Number not applicable.

This meta-analysis integrated the findings on the efficacy of acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) for transitional-age youth (TAY; youth aged 15 to 25) on psychopathology (i.e., internalizing, externalizing and other psychological problems), ACT related processes (i.e., psychological flexibility and self-compassion), well-being (i.e., general and social well-being) and coping (i.e., emotional and cognitive coping). Additionally, we used meta-regression analyses to examine whether effect sizes varied based on the type of (sub) outcome, timing of assessment, various intervention characteristics, type of control group and several sample characteristics. We executed a three-level meta-analytic model in R. Based on 65 studies (n = 5283), we found a moderate effect (Hedges's g = 0.72) of ACT compared to the control conditions on psychopathology, ACT related processes, well-being and coping. The quality of the evidence was very low due to a relatively high risk of bias in the selected studies, considerable heterogeneity in effect sizes and a risk of publication bias. Regarding the meta-regression analyses, we found that ACT was more effective than waitlist and TAU conditions, but equally effective compared to CBT, other treatments (e.g., Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy) and other control conditions (e.g., educational intervention). Our results suggest that ACT is an effective intervention for reducing psychopathology and increasing ACT related processes, well-being and coping in TAY with diverse types and severity of psychological problems. We recommend future research to conduct more high quality research, including larges samples, active control conditions, longer follow-up periods and measures of treatment integrity, in more diverse populations of TAY.