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J A Atlas

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PubMed1992

Correlations of Beck Depression Inventory and Reynolds Adolescent Depression Scale.

The scores of 15 adolescents who had a primary diagnosis of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, 21 of Conduct Disorder, and 23 control subjects on the Beck and Reynolds depression scales were correlated .58 over-all, .73 for the Posttraumatic group, .48 for the Conduct Disordered group, but .37 for controls. The Reynolds scale did not identify depression in these adolescents as effectively as did the Beck scale.

Adolescent↗
PubMed1991

Symptom correlates among adolescents showing Posttraumatic Stress Disorder versus Conduct Disorder.

21 adolescents with a primary diagnosis of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, 24 Conduct Disordered, and 23 control adolescents were compared on measures of depression, anxiety, behavior problems, and fears. Analyses showed that posttraumatic adolescents showed associated symptoms of depression and state-anxiety, Conduct Disordered adolescents showed depressive trends, and both groups were evaluated by their teachers as showing significant behavior problems.

Adolescent↗
PubMed1990

Play in assessment and intervention in the childhood psychoses.

Diagnostic and therapeutic uses of play in the childhood psychoses are described. A play procedure suitable for consultative use with children is outlined, and research relating to identification of subgroups of childhood psychoses is reviewed. Case vignettes are employed to illustrate differential therapeutic uses of play with subgroups.

Autistic Disorder↗
PubMed1989

Birth seasonality in developmentally disabled children.

26 children with diagnoses of autism and 22 children with diagnoses of childhood schizophrenia or a variant thereof were compared on the variable of winter birth. Analyses showed that autistic children had a higher proportion of winter births than schizophrenic children. These findings are related to other research linking winter birth to negative-syndrome adult schizophrenia.

Adolescent↗
PubMed1988

Symbolization levels in communicative behaviors of children showing pervasive developmental disorders.

A total of 48 children with severe pervasive developmental disturbance were observed in their communicative behaviors across modalities of language, gesture, play, and drawing. As predicted, levels of symbolization in gesture, play, and drawing were significantly intercorrelated and most strongly correlated with the criterion variable of expressive language. Children who were echolalic showed levels of symbolization intermediate between those of mute children and those with nonecholalic language. The correlation between the expressive language measure and a standardized measure of receptive language for 22 testable children also was significant. The results are discussed in the context of earlier studies of symbol production in verbal samples of disturbed and nonhandicapped children.

Adolescent↗
PubMed1987

Patterns of symbolic expression in subgroups of the childhood psychoses.

Differential patterns of symbolic expression, through the modalities of language, gesture, play, and drawing, were investigated in 48 psychotic children: 26 with chart diagnoses of autism and 22 with chart diagnoses of schizophrenia. As predicted, autistic children tended to show an absence of symbol use, while schizophrenic children demonstrated complex or differentiated symbol use. A multiple discriminant analysis supported the hypothesized emergence of a "transitional" group of children, defined on the basis of echolalic language, who showed stereotypic or undifferentiated symbol use.

Autistic Disorder↗
PubMed1986

Responses of emotionally disturbed children to PPVT-R items of human versus nonhuman content: extension of Shipe, Cromwell, and Dunn.

A group of 22 children with diagnoses indicating one of the severe developmental disorders were tested for differential response patterns on the PPVT-R, in an extension of earlier research carried out by Shipe, Cromwell, and Dunn in 1966. Data supported the prediction of the children's greater difficulty with PPVT-R items featuring human content than with those featuring nonhuman content. In addition, children's relative success rates on human-content items correlated positively with a measure of differentiation of the children's drawings. The results suggest that the asociality of certain disturbed children may selectively lower intellectual efficiency and lead to underestimation of their intellectual potential.

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