Trouble focusing when upset may signal anxiety and depression symptoms in youth

How a child focuses when upset is far more revealing about their mental health than how they focus when calm, according to FIU psychologists. In a new study published in Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment, psychology Ph.D. candidate Krystyna Keller set out to validate the use of a self-report survey originally designed for adults to evaluate children and adolescents.

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