Changes in affective and cognitive distortion symptoms of depression are reciprocally related during cognitive behavior therapy.

We tested the predictions from Beck's cognitive theory that change in cognitive distortions precedes and predicts change in affective symptoms of depression, and his secondary prediction that change in affective symptoms precedes and predicts change in cognitive distortions during the course of cognitive behavior therapy (CBT; Beck, 1963). We used bivariate latent difference score modeling to examine change in affective and cognitive distortion symptoms of depression over time in a sample of 1402 outpatients who received naturalistic CBT in a private practice setting. Patients completed the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) at each therapy session to monitor their progress in treatment.

Uniting the unit: Trivariate latent difference score modeling of the parent-child triad.

Previous research on child psychological functioning has emphasized the role of maternal psychopathology. In the literature on paternal psychopathology's effect on children, they are studied independently of mothers. The interaction between paternal and maternal psychopathology likely affects the child.

Papa was a rollin' stone: how father's psychological distress impacts child's internalizing and externalizing symptoms.

While parental psychological distress is a commonly examined risk factor in the development and maintenance of child's emotional and behavioral problems, there is an incomplete understanding of the unique contribution of the father. The current study examines whether paternal psychological distress (i.e.