Luna C. Centifanti is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Psychology at the University of Durham, UK and a Fellow of the Wolfson Research Institute for Health and Wellbeing. Dr. Centifanti is a member of the executive board of the Society for the Scientific Study of Psychopathy, and has been recognized for her longitudinal research with the Neville Butler Memorial prize in 2010. Her current research focuses on the developmental and psychophysiological correlates of aggression, decision-making, and callous-unemotional traits in both forensic and community samples of adolescents and young adults.David M. Williams is a Professor of Developmental Psychology at the University of Kent, UK. His current research focuses on the neuro-cognitive underpinnings of, and relations among, developmental disorders. He is an Associate Editor at the journal Research in Autism Spectrum Disorder and, in 2010, he was presented with the International Society of Autism Research's Young Investigator Award for his research into metacognition in autism.

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• List of Contributors ixSection I Developmental Psychopathology: An up‐to‐date Historical and Methodological Overview 1Part 1 Methods for Studying Developmental Psychopathology 31 Developmental Trajectories of Psychopathology: An Overview of Approaches and Applications 5Nathalie M. G. Fontaine and Isaac T. Petersen2 Family‐based Quasi‐experimental Designs for Studying Environmental Risk Factors 29Henrik Larsson and Brian M. D’Onofrio3 Using Mobile Technologies to Advance the Study of Psychopathology among Children and Adolescents 45Madeleine J. George, Michael A. Russell, and Candice L. Odgers4 Opening Minds: The Arts and Developmental Psychopathology 61Nicola ShaughnessySection II Cognitive, Neurobiological, and Genetic Influences 87Part 1 Cognition/ Socioemotional Factors 895 Profiles of Executive Control in Autism Spectrum Disorder, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, and Tourette’s Syndrome: Performance‐Based versus Real‐World Measures 91Cynthia S. Peng and Gregory L. Wallace6 Domain‐specific and Domain‐general Approaches to Developmental Disorders: The Example of Specific Language Impairment 139Nicola Botting and Chloë Marshall7 Empathy Problems in Youth with Disruptive Behavior Disorders, with and without Callous Unemotional Traits 161Jarla Pijper, Minet de Wied, Stephanie van Goozen, and Wim H. J. MeeusPart 2 Developmental Neurobiology 1798 Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience 181Stefanie Hoehl9 Early Neurocognitive Markers of Developmental Psychopathology 197Emily J.H. Jones and Mark H. Johnson10 Sleep and Anxiety 215Alice Jones Bartoli and Alice M. GregoryPart 3 Genetics 23311 The Genetic Basis of Psychological Traits in Infancy: Implications for Understanding the Causes of Developmental Psychopathology 235Kostas A. Papageorgiou and Angelica Ronald12 Generalist Genes and Developmental Psychopathology 259Yulia Kovas and Maria Grazia Tosto13 Comorbidity 273David M. WilliamsSection III Environmental Influences 287Part 1 Family/Peer Issues 28914 Parenting Influences on Development and Psychopathology 291David J. Hawes15 Peer Processes and Child Psychopathology: A Focus on Externalizing Behaviors 311Luna C. Muñoz Centifanti, Scott Risser, and Bethany Little16 Environmental Influences: The Special Case of Gender 335Hedwig EisenbarthPart 2 Adverse Circumstances – Upbringing 34317 Development under Adverse Circumstances as a Risk for Psychopathology: An Intergenerational Study of Children from Disadvantaged High‐Risk Backgrounds 345Dale M. Stack, Lisa A. Serbin, Célia Matte‐Gagné, Danielle Kingdon, Kelly Doiron, and Alex E. Schwartzman18 Family Context and Psychopathology: The Mediating Role of Children’s Emotion Regulation 365Amanda Sheffield Morris, Benjamin J. Houltberg, Michael M. Criss, and Cara D. BoslerPart 3 Adverse Events and Cultural Influences 39119 Disasters and the Development of Psychopathology in Youth: An Ecological Perspective 393Carl F. Weems and Brandon G. Scott20 Cultural Perspectives and Influences on Developmental Psychopathology: Lessons about Risk, Disorder, and Wellbeing from the Study of the Indigenous Peoples of North America 411Jacob A. Burack, Ashley Reynolds, Oriane Landry, Gillian Klassen, Natalie Russo, and Stephanie A. FrybergSection IV DSM‐5 and the Future of Developmental Psychopathology Research 431Part 1 Psychiatric and Diagnostic Impact 43321 Overview of Key Changes in the DSM‐5 and Clinical Implications for Child and Adolescent Mental Health Practice 435Valsamma Eapen and Rudi Cřncec ̌22 Autistic Traits in the Development of Non‐Autistic Psychopathology 455William Mandy23 A Brief History of the Diagnostic Classification of Childhood Externalizing Disorders 475Paul J. Frick and Laura C. ThorntonPart 2 Legal, Societal, and Policy Impact 49724 How can Developmental Psychopathology Influence Social and Legal Policy? Adolescence, Mental Health, and Decision Making 499Kathryn L. Modecki and Bep Norma UinkIndex 519