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This study examined the reliability of the Teasing Questionnaire-Revised (TQ-R) and the relations between recalled childhood teasing and current psychological distress. Three hundred and three undergraduate college students were administered the TQ-R, Beck Depression Inventory-II, Brief Fear of Negative Evaluation Scale, Social Phobia and Anxiety Inventory, and UCLA Loneliness Scale. A sub-sample was administered the TQ-R two weeks later. Test-retest reliability of the TQ-R ranged from moderate to strong for the TQ-R scores. Internal consistency for the TQ-R scores ranged from acceptable to good. Intercorrelations among factors were moderate suggesting that the factors measure related but distinct teasing domains. The TQ-R Total Score and Appearance, Performance, and Social factors were related to later psychopathology with correlations of a moderate effect size. Implications of these findings and areas for future research are discussed.
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Anxiety/diagnosis , Anxiety/etiology , Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic/psychology , Surveys and Questionnaires , Adolescent , Adult , Child , Depression/diagnosis , Depression/etiology , Female , Humans , Loneliness , Male , Middle Aged , Severity of Illness IndexABSTRACT
This study examined the psychometric properties of a measure of chronic disease-related parental stress, the Pediatric Inventory for Parents (PIP), in a sample of 22 children with short stature. Additionally, we investigated relations among disease-related parental stress, parental state anxiety, and children's behavioral and psychological maladjustment. Results demonstrated acceptable internal consistency and convergent validity for the PIP. Significant and positive relations of medium to large effect sizes between parenting stress and internalizing and externalizing maladjustment were found. Recommendations for use of the PIP in clinical settings and future research directions are discussed.
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Body Height , Child Behavior , Growth , Parents/psychology , Stress, Psychological/etiology , Adolescent , Child , Female , Humans , Male , Psychometrics , Surveys and QuestionnairesABSTRACT
This study compared the psychological adjustment between children with short stature and youth with type 1 diabetes mellitus (DM1). The Child Behavior Checklist, Children's Depression Inventory, Social Anxiety Scale for Children--Revised, and Asher Loneliness Scale were administered to 58 children (26 with short stature and 32 with DM1) and a parent during a regularly scheduled clinical appointment for endocrinology care. Results show that the parents of children with short stature rated their children as having more social, thought, and attention problems, and exhibiting greater delinquent behavior, as compared to parental ratings of children with DM1. No diagnostic group differences in child or parent-rated internalizing symptoms were found. Implications of these findings for personnel working with children with short stature are discussed.
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Adaptation, Psychological , Body Height , Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1/psychology , Growth Disorders/psychology , Adolescent , Analysis of Variance , Anxiety/etiology , Child , Child Behavior , Depression/etiology , Female , Humans , Interpersonal Relations , Loneliness , Male , Multivariate Analysis , Parents , PerceptionABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE: To examine the relation between victimization by peers and child and parent reports of social-psychological adjustment. STUDY DESIGN: The Social Experience Questionnaire, Children's Depression Inventory, Social Anxiety Scale for Children-Revised, and Asher Loneliness Scale were administered to 93 children diagnosed with various endocrine disorders. The child's parent/guardian completed the Child Behavior Checklist. RESULTS: For the entire sample, peer victimization was positively related to child-reported depression, social anxiety, loneliness, and parent-reported externalizing symptoms. Those children with endocrine disorders without observable features had a stronger relation between peer victimization and depression and internalizing and externalizing behavior problems than did those who had endocrine disorders with observable physical features. CONCLUSIONS: Recognition of the magnitude of the problem and means of evaluating for peer victimization is important for clinicians who see children with chronic diseases.
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Crime Victims/psychology , Endocrine System Diseases/psychology , Peer Group , Psychosocial Deprivation , Social Adjustment , Adolescent , Anxiety/etiology , Child , Depression/etiology , Depression/psychology , Female , Humans , Loneliness/psychology , Male , Surveys and QuestionnairesABSTRACT
This study investigated the frequency and psychosocial correlates of peer victimization in a sample of youths with diabetes. The Social Experience Questionnaire, Children's Depression Inventory, Social Anxiety Scale for Children-Revised, and Asher Loneliness Scale were administered to 32 children diagnosed with type 1 diabetes and 32 control children without a medical diagnosis who were matched for age and gender. Results indicated that children with diabetes reported higher rates of relational victimization and lower levels of prosocial peer support than youths without diabetes. In addition, relational victimization was positively associated with depression, social anxiety, and loneliness for diabetic children. Implications of these findings for clinicians working with this population are discussed.
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Crime Victims/psychology , Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1/psychology , Loneliness , Peer Group , Psychosocial Deprivation , Adolescent , Case-Control Studies , Child , Female , Humans , Male , Surveys and QuestionnairesABSTRACT
The present study investigated 2-wk. test-retest reliability of the Duke Religion Index, a 5-item self-report questionnaire that assesses organizational, nonorganizational, and intrinsic religiosity. The sample consisted of 20 undergraduate college students (11 women) whose mean age was 24.7 yr. (SD=5.0 yr.). Findings supported the 2-wk. test-retest reliability of the Duke Religion Index with an intraclass correlation coefficient of .91.
