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 INTRODUCTION Although families face many barriers to obtaining and maintaining a healthy weight status for children, there remains a lack of psychometrically sound tools to assess perceived barriers. The Barriers to Child Weight Management (BCWM) scale quantitatively assesses parents' perceptions of barriers to engaging in positive weight-related behaviors but has not been validated within a clinical sample. The present study sought to validate the BCWM scale among parents of children presenting to a tertiary pediatric weight management clinic. METHOD Participants included 258 parents of children aged 6-18 years presenting to a tertiary care behavioral weight management program. Parents completed the BCWM prior to the initial clinic visit. Confirmatory factor analysis was conducted to test the previously identified 4-factor structure within a clinical sample. RESULTS Overall model fit was good with the addition of 2 theoretically appropriate model respecifications, χ2(144) = 278.60, p less then .001, comparative fit index = .90, root mean square error of approximation = .05, standardized root mean square residual = .06. DISCUSSION The BCWM is a promising tool to assess parental perceptions of barriers to healthy weight-related behaviors among youth presenting for clinical weight management intervention. Incorporation of this measure into pediatric weight-management appointments may aid in quickly identifying points of intervention. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2020 APA, all rights reserved).INTRODUCTION There is a significant need to understand the factors that contribute to parents' consumer preferences for behavioral health services in pediatric primary care; however, no validated measure of such preferences exists. We developed the BIPS (Behavioral Information Preferences Scale), a measure of parents' preferences for delivery of behavioral guidance in pediatric primary care and assessed its psychometric properties. METHOD An initial item pool consisted of 3 sections Behavior topics, intervention approach, and delivery methods. In addition to the BIPS, parents of young children (N = 396) completed measures of child behavior problems and parenting self-efficacy. We conducted principle component analyses and examined correlations of the resulting factors. RESULTS The behavior topics section resulted in a two-factor solution (conduct/emotions and healthy habits), as did the intervention approach section (behavior change and psychoeducation), whereas the delivery methods yielded three factors (usual care, auxiliary care, and media resources). Patterns of association with parent reported child behavior problems and parenting self-efficacy were indicative of construct validity for the behavior topics and media resources sections. DISCUSSION The BIPS holds potential for informing the design and dissemination of primary care parenting interventions. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2020 APA, all rights reserved).The article presents a parable relating to soldier's combat experiences in Afghanistan. The parable itself derives from the children's story The Three Little Pigs and the Big Bad Wolf. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2020 APA, all rights reserved).Emotion dysregulation is a core feature of bipolar spectrum psychopathology and may confer risk for poor outcomes or progression along the bipolar spectrum. However, previous research on bipolar psychopathology has primarily concentrated on characterizing distinct mood episodes and failed to characterize microlevel dynamics of the experience of emotion. This is the first study to our knowledge to comprehensively examine the extent to which bipolar spectrum psychopathology, as measured by the Hypomanic Personality Scale (HPS), is associated with altered dynamics of positive (PA) and negative affect (NA) across multiple timescales. Young adults (n = 233) oversampled for high HPS scores (>1.5 SD) completed self-report questionnaires and 14 days of experience sampling questionnaires assessing high- and low-arousal NA and PA. Four emotion dynamics (reactivity, variability, instability, inertia) were computed from each participant's time series. As predicted, HPS scores were positively associated with variability and instability of high-arousal NA and PA both within and between days (over and above mean levels of emotions, depression, and neuroticism). Further, HPS scores were associated with large fluctuations in low- but not high-arousal NA and moderated stress reactivity. Specifically, high scorers on the HPS were more likely to report feeling like their emotions were out of control (but not high-intensity NA) when experiencing stress. Contrary to expectation, HPS scores were unassociated with inertia of high-arousal PA. Findings indicated that microlevel emotion dynamics are disrupted across multiple timescales in those high in bipolar spectrum psychopathology.  https://www.selleckchem.com/products/LBH-589.html  Examining emotion dynamics should enhance understanding of risk for bipolar disorders and facilitate development of mood-monitoring interventions. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2020 APA, all rights reserved).Individuals are often reluctant to seek help from others. Nostalgia is a highly social emotion that bolsters perceptions of connectedness with others. In 6 studies, we investigated whether nostalgia reduces individuals' general reluctance to reach out to others for help by virtue of its capacity to strengthen social connectedness (i.e., a sense of acceptance and support). In a preliminary study, we measured nostalgia, 6 comparator emotions, and help seeking. Nostalgia predicted help seeking, independently of the comparator emotions. In Experiments 1 through 4, we induced nostalgia (vs. control) and subsequently measured self-reported help seeking (Experiments 1 through 2), help-seeking behavior (Experiments 3 through 4), and social connectedness (Experiments 2 and 4). Nostalgia increased self-reported help seeking (Experiments 1 and 2) and help-seeking behavior (Experiments 3 and 4), and these effects were mediated by social connectedness (Experiments 2 and 4). In Experiment 5, we manipulated the social content of nostalgic reflections and measured help-seeking behavior.  https://www.selleckchem.com/products/LBH-589.html  Nostalgia pertaining to social (but not to nonsocial) past events increased help seeking. In all, nostalgia is a resource that facilitates help seeking by fostering social connectedness. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2020 APA, all rights reserved).