Editors' Introduction to the Special Issue: New Findings on Family Factors in Juvenile Delinquency Prevention.

Juvenile delinquency is a serious societal problem with detrimental physical and mental health effects for both victims and offenders. To prevent onset of delinquent behavior or keep it from escalating in frequency and seriousness, effective prevention is imperative. Since the family entails the primary context in which juvenile development takes place, families have a pivotal role in the prevention of juvenile delinquency.

Neutral Adducts of Molybdenum Hexafluoride: Structure and Bonding in MoF(NCH) and MoF(NCH).

The first Lewis acid base adducts of MoF and an organic base have been synthesized, i. e., MoF(NCH) and MoF(NCH).

The effectiveness of social network interventions for psychiatric patients: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Strengthening social networks is an important goal in mental health treatment. This study aimed to determine the effectiveness of social network interventions for psychiatric patients. A systematic review and meta-analysis was conducted comparing these interventions with control groups on social and mental health-related outcomes in psychiatric patients.

A Three-level Meta-analysis on the Alliance-Outcome Association in Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy.

Previous meta-analyses have found small to moderate associations between child-therapist alliance and treatment outcomes. However, these meta-analyses have not taken into account changes in alliance (i.e.

Childhood adversity and vagal regulation: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Childhood adversity (CA) is associated with increased risk for physical and mental health problems, with alterations in vagal regulation (an aspect of autonomic functioning indexed by vagally-mediated heart rate variability [vmHRV]) implicated as a mechanism. Three-level meta-analyses were conducted to synthesize research on the relationship between CA and 1) baseline vagal activity, and 2) vagal reactivity to challenges including stress tests, emotion-eliciting tasks and cognitive tasks. No significant overall association was found between CA and vagal activity (r = -.