A Factor Analysis of Some Child Psychiatric Clinic Data

Collins, Lois; Maxwell, A. E.; Cameron, Kenneth

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“…Baldwin (1948) reported that highly active pre-school cliildren later showed non-conformity and rebelliousness. Collins et al (1962) in a factoranalytic study of the records of children aged eight to ten who had attended the Maudsley children's department with symptoms not due to epilepsy, mental deficiency or psychosis, isolated factors of rebelliousness and anxiety in botli boys and girls, which may well be comparable. Follow-up studies from child guidance populations (Morris et al, 1956;Michael etal., 1957;O'Neil and Robins, 1958) have shown significant differences in outcome as regards mental health and criminality between the inhibited and acting-out groups of child guidance attenders, the latter faring much worse.…”

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The Prevalence and Patterns of Psychological Disturbance in Children of Primary Age

Ryle

Pond

Hamilton

1965

Child Psychology Psychiatry

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HAMILTON:(: VERY little evidence is available as to the prevalence of psychological disturbance in the child population of Britain. Estimates based upon children in psychiatric treatment are clearly quite unreliable in this field, as recognition of problems by parent and school is uncertain and referral rates are affected by public and medical attitudes and by the facilities available. The most valuable recent figures are those given by Douglas and Mulligan (1961) and by Brandon (1960). The former report upon a representative national sample of children, assessing disturbance from material gathered by health visitors and school teachers; their findings emphasize how small a proportion of children showing evidence of psychiatric disturbance are under psychiatric care. Brandon, in a study of a sample of families in the Newcastle 1000 Families Survey, found evidence of behaviour disturbance in one child in five by the age of 11.The aim of the present paper is to describe the prevalence and patterns of emotional disorder in a sample of children unselected on psychiatric grounds. The sample we arc reporting is smaller and less representative than those studied by the above authors, but unlike these studies, ours has been designed from the outset to collect social and psychiatric data. It was our aim to measure prevalence rates in this sample by a method which was independent of consultation habits, yet which employed clinically familiar concepts and terms. In this way the relationship between "illness" and consultation could be examined, and the patterns of disturbance found in this p.sychiatrically unselected population could be compared with the patterns encountered in children under psyctiiatric care. SUBJECTSThe children, 79 boys and 80 girls, were selected by virtue of their age (born 1949 to 1955) and by the fact that they, and at least one of their parents, were registered on the National Health Service list of one of the authors (A.R.). All families meeting these criteria were included, except those known to be in Social Class 1 and 2 and nine families where adequate co-operation was not obtained. Families with older children were visited first, and the survey took three years; the children's ages at the time of interview ranged from 5 to 12 years, but most were over 6 years (Table 1), The background, social class (predominantly 3 and 4), income level, neuroticism, and marital patterns of the parents of these children have been in earlier papers (Ryle and Hamilton, 1962;Hamilton et al., 1962; Pond et al,, 1963). Caution is essential in generalizing from any circumscribed sample but there seems no reason to believe that this sample was weighted with psychiatrically disturbed families. In theory one might predict that a psychiatrically orientated general practitioner might attract or retain psychiatrically ill patients; in practice, however, the available objective criteria do not suggest that this has influenced the composition of this sample. The parents* scores on the Cornell Medical Index (Brodman et al.,...

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The Prevalence and Patterns of Psychological Disturbance in Children of Primary Age

Ryle

Pond

Hamilton

1965

Child Psychology Psychiatry

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“…It is possible to economize on the number of traits to be assessed by including only one or two representatives of any cluster of highly correlated traits and as many representatives of independent factors as possible. Jenkins (1946Jenkins ( -1966 (cluster analysis) 500 Child guidance cases (about 9-15 yr) Collins, Maxwell and Cameron (1962) (factor analysis) Table 1 shows the results of three researches on problem behaviour in children. Jenkins (1946Jenkins ( , 1966 used cluster analysis and Collier, Maxwell and Cameron (1962) factor analysis on Child Guidance cases, while Phillips (1968) factor analysed items of "problem" bebaviour sbown among normal children.…”

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“…Table 1 shows the results of three researches on problem behaviour in children. Jenkins (1946Jenkins ( , 1966 used cluster analysis and Collier, Maxwell and Cameron (1962) factor analysis on Child Guidance cases, while Phillips (1968) factor analysed items of "problem" bebaviour sbown among normal children. Factors or clusters wbicb appear similar bave been arranged in horizontal rows in the table.…”

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The Reliability of Rating Scales for Assessing the Behaviour of Disturbed Children in a Residential Unit

Cunningham

1971

Child Psychology Psychiatry

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“…The terms are somewhat unfortunate in that there is no good reason to suppose that neurosis is much more closely related to personality than to antisocial behavior (Kanner, 1957). Nevertheless, although the terms may be somewhat misleading, the distinction between neurotic disorders and antisocial disorders has appeared in nearly all symptom cluster or factor analytic studies (Peterson, 1961;Collins et at., 1962;Eysenck and Rachman, 1965), and it has been argued that if symptoms tend to correlate or "go together" they should be classified together, [p. 164] In the present paper we will test the hypothesis that the magnitude of Factor I and II scores will vary systematically as a function of degree of emotional disturbanee. After having demonstrated the validity of the instruments, we will examine with what degree of efficiency the factor scores select disturbed children in a normal Day Care population and in selected reference groups of disturbed children.…”

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A Two‐factor Model of Emotional Disturbance in the Young Child: Validity and Screening Efficiency*

Kohn

Rosman

1973

Child Psychology Psychiatry

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A Factor Analysis of Some Child Psychiatric Clinic Data

Abstract: The Underwood Report (12) drew attention to the need for some system of classification in child psychiatry. This paper presents the results of a statistical study which was undertaken as relevant to that general enquiry.

Cited by 27 publications

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The Prevalence and Patterns of Psychological Disturbance in Children of Primary Age

The Prevalence and Patterns of Psychological Disturbance in Children of Primary Age

The Reliability of Rating Scales for Assessing the Behaviour of Disturbed Children in a Residential Unit

A Two‐factor Model of Emotional Disturbance in the Young Child: Validity and Screening Efficiency*

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