Social Cognition and Adjustment in Children at Risk for Psychopathology.

Downey, Geraldine; Walker, Elaine

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ERIC Number: EJ399528

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Publication Date: 1989

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Social Cognition and Adjustment in Children at Risk for Psychopathology.

Downey, Geraldine; Walker, Elaine

Developmental Psychology, v25 n5 p835-45 Sep 1989

Tested 2 models of the effect of social cognition on the link between child adjustment and the 2 family risk factors of maltreatment and parental psychopathology. In 83 subjects of 7-14 years, maltreatment predicted aggression and peer rejection, but parental psychopathology did not. Adjustment of subjects with a disturbed parent depended on maltreatment status. (RJC)

Descriptors: Adolescents, Aggression, Child Abuse, Models, Parent Child Relationship, Preadolescents, Psychopathology, Rejection (Psychology), Social Adjustment, Social Cognition

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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