Do high-threat life events really provoke the onset of psychiatric disorders in children?

Article Abstract:

This article investigates the relationship between stressful life events and the development of psychopathology in children. Findings indicate that there is a modest correlation between child-reported stressful events and the onset of child-reported psychiatric symptoms.

United Kingdom, Finland, Statistical Data Included, Stress in children, Life change events, Child psychiatry, Childhood stress (Psychology)

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Phenotypic assessment in the Virginia Twin Study of adolescent behavioral development

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A sequential longitudinal study of behavioral development and psychopathology was conducted in a sample of twins aged 8 through 16 years. A high degree of correlation was found between separation anxiety disorder (SAD) and overanxious disorder (OAD) , between major depressive disorder (MDD) and OAD and between conduct disorder (CD) and oppositional defiant disorder (ODD). Girls reported more symptoms of MDD, SAD and OAD while boys reported more symptoms of CD and ODD.

Developmental disabilities, Twins

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Social, emotional, and behavioural differences

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A sample of 20 girls and 21 boys aged nine and 11 years and living in Greek residential care units participated in a study which compared the social, emotional and school adjustment of children in long-term residential group care to that of children of the same sex and age from two-parent families. The children's behavior was observed at school and in the institutions while interviews and questionnaires were answered by teachers, caregivers and the children. The group care children showed more overall disturbance and less harmonious relationships with peers compared to those raised in families.

Social aspects, Children, Residential care facilities, Behavior disorders in children, Orphans, Group homes for children, Children's group homes

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