Social, Academic, and Behavioral Competence of Depressed Children: Relationship to Diagnostic Status and Family Interaction Style.

Hamilton, Elizabeth Burney; And Others

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ERIC Number: EJ546724

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1997

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Social, Academic, and Behavioral Competence of Depressed Children: Relationship to Diagnostic Status and Family Interaction Style.

Hamilton, Elizabeth Burney; And Others

Journal of Youth and Adolescence, v26 n1 p77-87 Feb 1997

The social adjustment and academic performance of 15 children hospitalized for depression were compared to 14 children with schizophrenia and 20 normal children, ages 7 to 14. Analyses reveal an association between children's adaptive functioning and both diagnostic status and family transactional processes. (SLD)

Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adjustment (to Environment), Behavior Patterns, Children, Clinical Diagnosis, Competence, Depression (Psychology), Family Characteristics, Family Influence, Interaction, Patients

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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Note: Research supported in part by a dissertation grant from the American Psychological Association.