The social and academic competence of children vulnerable to schizophrenia and other behavior pathologies.

Abstract

This report presents the rationale behind and the initial findings from a research project investigating the competence of children vulnerable to psychopathology. Four target groups were studied: (a) children with schizophrenic mothers, (b) children with internalizing mothers, (c) externalizing children, and (d) internalizing children. Each target child (N -120) was placed in an experimental triad with a matched and randomly selected control. Judgments of social and intellectual competence were made by peers and teachers in 113 classrooms in 37 elementary schools. Results are presented for each sex separately at the triad and target group levels. Overall, externalize rs were judged least competent followed in order of incrasing competence by children of schizophrenic mothers, internalizcrs, children of internalizing mothers, and controls highest of all.

Dificultades interpersonales en la adolescencia : ¿Factor de riesgo de fobia social?

“…Respecto a la relación con variables de personalidad, los adolescentes introvertidos e inestables emocionales informan mayores dificultades interpersonales, del mismo modo que en otras investigaciones con adolescentes americanos (Rolf, 1972), británicos (Furnham, 1984;Furnham y Gunter, 1983), canadienses (Young y Bradley, 1998), y españoles (Gismero, 2000, Silva y Martorrell, 1987.…”

“…La investigación revela que los adolescentes con dificultades interpersonales se perciben menos asertivos (Beidel, Turner y Morris, 1995;Clark, et al, 1994;Crozier, 1995;García-López, Olivares, Hidalgo, Beidel y Turner, 2001), se valoran con menos capacidad para relacionarse con el otro sexo (Clark eí al., 1994;Inglés et al, 2000;La Greca y López, 1998), experimentan más miedo a hablar en público (Essau et al, 1999;Inglés eí al., 1999Inglés eí al., , 2000Martínez, Méndez, Hidalgo e Inglés, 1999), informan menos aceptación y apoyo de su grupo de compañeros (Inderbitzen et al, 1997;Walters e Inderbitzen, 1998), y presentan relaciones más conflictivas con los padres (Openshaw eí al., 1992). Por otro lado, también se ha hallado con muestras adolescentes que las dificultades interpersonales correlacionan positivamente con introversión y neuroticismo (Furnham, 1984;Furnham y Gunter, 1983;Gismero, 2000;Rolf, 1972;Silva y Martorell, 1987;Young y Bradley, 1998). Por tanto, se plantean las hipótesis de que los adolescentes con fobia social generalizada, miedo a hablar en público, introvertidos, inestables emocionales, presentan mayores dificultades interpersonales que los adolescentes sin fobia social generalizada, sin miedo a hablar en público, extravertidos, estables emocionales.…”

Parental Assessment of the Social and Emotional Adaptation of Children at High Risk for Schizophrenia

“…Index children have been depicted as abrasive, disagreeable, delinquent, undisciplined, impatient, disruptive, and behavior problems. These children are not as disruptive, however, as children being treated for externalizing problems (Rolf, 1972; Rolf (1976) and Watt et al . (1979) found index males to be more aggressive while index females were more withdrawn.…”

Children of depressed and schizophrenic mothers

“…The children.of schizophrenic mothers have been the most thoroughly studied because of the hope that the predisposition to schizophrenia could be elucidated (Beisser, et al [5], Marcus [6], Rolf [7], Raigins, et al [8]. Research usually has involved comparing high risk…”