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Attempts to develop child\u2010appropriate tools to assess childhood suspiciousness and its correlation with developmental psychopathology are underdeveloped but crucial.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Aims<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>This study examines the prevalence and structure of childhood mistrust and its correlations with internalising and externalising problems in non\u2010clinical and clinical samples using a newly validated Italian Social Mistrust Scale (SMS).<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Children aged 8\u201314 years old from a non\u2010clinical (n=242) and a clinical sample with anxiety and\/or mood disorder (n=44) were recruited. All children completed the SMS and a standardised battery of tests measuring schizotypal traits, anxiety, depression and internalising\/externalising problems.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The total Mistrust Score was positively skewed, with 50% of children scoring\u22643 points and 15% scoring\u22657 points. Factor analyses revealed a three\u2010factor model (ie, General Mistrust, Home Mistrust and School Mistrust) replicating the original English SMS. As expected, childhood mistrust was positively correlated with schizotypal traits, anxiety and depression in the non\u2010clinical sample (r=0.49, 0.42 and 0.54, respectively) and in the clinical sample (r=0.75, 0.51 and 0.85, respectively). Finally, the SMS showed an overall moderate internal reliability (\u03b1) in the non\u2010clinical sample (\u03b1=0.74), and a good internal reliability in the clinical sample (\u03b1=0.83).<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Consistent with previous studies, childhood mistrust\u2014as measured by the newly translated Italian SMS\u2014exists on a continuum of severity and is associated with higher levels of childhood psychopathology. Exploring social mistrust and suspiciousness in childhood can support clinicians and researchers, and could help develop preventive interventions during early development, particularly for children at risk of specific emotional and behavioural challenges.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1136\/gpsych-2024-101975","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2025,8,13]],"date-time":"2025-08-13T07:30:14Z","timestamp":1755070214000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1136\/crossmarkpolicy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Validation of the Social Mistrust Scale in non\u2010clinical and clinical samples of children aged 8\u201314 years living in Italy: convergence with anxiety and depression"],"prefix":"10.1002","volume":"38","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-0468-8642","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Valerio","family":"Zaccaria","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Human Neuroscience University of Rome La Sapienza Rome Italy"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Ignazio","family":"Ardizzone","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Human Neuroscience University of Rome La Sapienza Rome Italy"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Susanna","family":"Maggi","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Human Neuroscience University of Rome La Sapienza Rome Italy"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Federica","family":"Forte","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"6th district, Azienda Sanitaria Locale Roma 2 Rome Italy"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Emiliano","family":"Luchetti","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"6th district, Azienda Sanitaria Locale Roma 2 Rome Italy"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Elvira","family":"Piazza","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"6th district, Azienda Sanitaria Locale Roma 2 Rome Italy"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Chiara","family":"Rogora","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"6th district, Azienda Sanitaria Locale Roma 2 Rome Italy"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Francesco","family":"Pisani","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Human Neuroscience University of Rome La Sapienza Rome Italy"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Keri Ka\u2010Yee","family":"Wong","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Psychology and Human Development University College London London UK"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"311","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2025,8,12]]},"reference":[{"key":"e_1_2_18_2_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1176\/appi.books.9780890425787"},{"key":"e_1_2_18_3_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1017\/S0033291723001708"},{"key":"e_1_2_18_4_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1093\/schbul\/sby180"},{"key":"e_1_2_18_5_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1192\/bjp.bp.113.135467"},{"key":"e_1_2_18_6_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1017\/S0033291711002960"},{"key":"e_1_2_18_7_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1007\/s40473\u2010018\u20100144\u2010y"},{"key":"e_1_2_18_8_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1037\/0021\u2010843X.114.1.170"},{"key":"e_1_2_18_9_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1037\/a0034793"},{"key":"e_1_2_18_10_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1093\/schbul\/sbp107"},{"key":"e_1_2_18_11_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1093\/schbul\/sbae172"},{"key":"e_1_2_18_12_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.schres.2011.06.019"},{"key":"e_1_2_18_13_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.schres.2005.11.024"},{"key":"e_1_2_18_14_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1192\/bjp.bp.108.053124"},{"key":"e_1_2_18_15_1","unstructured":"WongKK.Paranoia and social mistrust in UK and Hong Kong children.2015. 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