RESUMO
144 5- to 13-yr.-old children of substance abusers, enrolled in an expressive arts therapy program, were tested for depression on the Children's Depression Inventory and for anxiety on the Revised Children's Manifest Anxiety Scale prior to treatment. Total scores for anxiety were significantly higher for girls than for boys; however, total depression scores did not differ between boys and girls. Analysis of subscale scores on each of the tests indicated several sex differences. Age was positively correlated with certain symptoms of depression for boys but not for girls. Conversely, age was negatively correlated with certain symptoms of anxiety for boys but not for girls. When compared to known norms for these assessments, girls scored significantly higher on total Depression but not differently than normals on total Anxiety. Boys, however, scored significantly lower on total Anxiety but did not score differently than normals on total Depression. We interpreted these findings as indicating that young children of substance abusers may be at risk for certain symptoms of anxiety and depression following their parents' addiction. Also, these symptoms may be manifest differently by boys and girls of various ages.
Assuntos
Alcoolismo/psicologia , Ansiedade/psicologia , Filho de Pais com Deficiência/psicologia , Depressão/psicologia , Desenvolvimento da Personalidade , Transtornos Relacionados ao Uso de Substâncias/psicologia , Adolescente , Fatores Etários , Ansiedade/diagnóstico , Ansiedade/terapia , Arteterapia , Criança , Pré-Escolar , Depressão/diagnóstico , Depressão/terapia , Feminino , Humanos , Masculino , Escala de Ansiedade Manifesta/estatística & dados numéricos , Psicometria , Fatores SexuaisRESUMO
In families that included a chemically addicted father, the nonsubstance abusing mother was assessed using the Brief Symptom Inventory and her children were assessed for depression using the Children's Depression Inventory. The nonsubstance-abusing mothers were psychologically distressed and their distress correlated (positively for girls and negatively for boys) with their children's depression.
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Filho de Pais com Deficiência/psicologia , Depressão/psicologia , Pai/psicologia , Mães/psicologia , Transtornos Relacionados ao Uso de Substâncias/psicologia , Adulto , Arteterapia , Criança , Pré-Escolar , Depressão/diagnóstico , Feminino , Humanos , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Determinação da PersonalidadeRESUMO
We evaluated drawing disability in 37 patients with right hemispheric stroke and in eight controls with no brain disease. Blinded evaluations included measures of overall recognizability and hemineglect. By mapping the CT lesions of patients, we found that damage to parieto-occipital cortex in poor drawers correlated with poor performance on a line bisection task whereas frontal, subcortical damage in poor drawers did not. We propose that drawing disability may be produced by visual-spatial dysfunction in patients with posterior lesions and by a disturbance of integrated motor function in those with frontal, subcortical damage.
