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Persistence of Sleep Problems in Children with Anxiety and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorders
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Hansen, Berit Hjelde; Skirbekk, Benedicte; Oerbeck, Beate; Wentzel-Larsen, Tore; Kristensen, Hanne – Child Psychiatry and Human Development, 2013
This study examines the persistence of sleep problems over 18 months in 76 referred children with anxiety disorders and/or attention deficit hyperactivity disorders (ADHD) and 31 nonreferred controls, and explores predictors of sleep problems at follow-up (T2) in the referred children. Diagnoses were assessed at initial assessment (T1) using the…
Descriptors: Persistence, Educational Attainment, Anxiety Disorders, Anxiety
The Prevalence and Incremental Validity of Identity Problem Symptoms in a High School Sample
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Berman, Steven L.; Weems, Carl F.; Petkus, Veronica F. – Child Psychiatry and Human Development, 2009
This paper examines the expression, prevalence, and incremental validity of identity problem symptoms in adolescence. A sample of high school students (N = 140) aged 15-18 completed measures of identity problem symptoms, identity status, and psychological symptom severity. Findings suggested that 14.3% would meet DSM IV criteria for identity…
Descriptors: Incidence, Severity (of Disability), Identification (Psychology), Symptoms (Individual Disorders)
Personality Symptoms and Self-Esteem as Correlates of Psychopathology in Child Psychiatric Patients: Evaluating Multiple Informant Data
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De Pauw, Sarah S. W.; Mervielde, Ivan; De Clercq, Barbara J.; De Fruyt, Filip; Tremmery, Sabine; Deboutte, Dirk – Child Psychiatry and Human Development, 2009
Research on adulthood posits personality and self-esteem as important predictors of psychopathology. In childhood, however, the study of these relationships is complicated by the lack of consensus on how to combine data from multiple informants of child behavior. This study evaluates the relationships among personality symptoms, self-esteem and…
Descriptors: Attention Deficit Disorders, Psychopathology, Child Behavior, Personality
Verbal Abilities as Predictors of Retention among Adolescents in a Therapeutic Community
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Wilson, Jeffrey J.; Levin, Frances R.; Donovan, Stephen J.; Nunes, Edward V. – Child Psychiatry and Human Development, 2006
The relationship between verbal skills and retention among adolescents in substance abuse treatment is understudied. In order to assess verbal predictors of retention, twenty-eight 16-19 year old adolescents in a therapeutic community for substance abuse were evaluated between 30 and 90 days after admission. These adolescents were then followed…
Descriptors: Verbal Ability, Predictor Variables, Retention (Psychology), Adolescents