Sidney L Werkman
Biographic Data
| ID | 4976271 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Sidney L Werkman |
| GIVEN NAMES | Sidney L |
| FAMILY NAME | Werkman |
| SIGNATURE | WERKMAN S L |
| AFFILIATIONS | George Washington University Hospital |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1959 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1990 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Psychometric Characteristics of the Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support
Psychometric Characteristics of the Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support
The initial study describing the development of the Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support (MSPSS) indicated that it was a psychometrically sound instrument (Zimet, Dahlem, Zimet, & Farley, 1988). The current study attempted to extend the initial findings by demonstrating the internal reliability, factorial validity, and subscale validity of the MSPSS using three different subject groups: (a) 265 pregnant women, (b) 74 adolescents liv…
Coming Home: Adjustment of Americans to the United States after Living Abroad
Value confrontations between psychotherapists and adolescent patients
Book reviewed in this article: Drug use, dissent, and changes in social behaviors and career directions among adolescents during the past decade have spawned a new mode of expression of adolescent emotional problems, often difficult for the psychotherapist to fit into his concepts of the traditional working alliance and goals of treatment. This paper explores differences in values and styles of life between therapists and their patients that can …
Personality and Interest Patterns in Obese Adolescent Girls
Eighty-eight obese adolescent girls at a medically oriented camp for overweight girls were compared with 42 normal-weight girls at an ordinary summer camp on a number of personality and interest measures (MMPI, Strong, Semantic Differential, and Sentence Completion). Statistically significant differences were found on all measures used. The obese girls showed unusual narcissism, difficulty in impulse control, considerable social anxiety, behavior…
The psychiatric diagnostic interview with children
The first and major portion of the diagnostic interview with children should consist of free play and fantasy. Semi-projective techniques are introduced next and the interview ends with direct questioning and future planning. Throughout, the examiner should be assessing relationship and content in rigorous manner as they refer to the presenting problems of the child. Details of the organization and conduct of this interview are discussed in the b…
Psychosocial Correlates of Iron Deficiency Anemia in Early Childhood
Of 144 children having iron deficiency anemia admitted in one year to the Children's Hospital of the District of Columbia, a group of 28 was selected for one year follow-up and matched with a control group of 28. Relative to children in the control group, those with iron deficiency anemia had more illnesses, more feeding difficulties, and more behavioral problems. They were less often breast-fed, remained on the bottle an excessively long time, d…
Present trends in schizophrenia research: Implications for childhood schizophrenia
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Present trends in schizophrenia research: Implications for childhood schizophrenia
Psychosocial Correlates of Iron Deficiency Anemia in Early Childhood
Of 144 children having iron deficiency anemia admitted in one year to the Children's Hospital of the District of Columbia, a group of 28 was selected for one year follow-up and matched with a control group of 28. Relative to children in the control group, those with iron deficiency anemia had more illnesses, more feeding difficulties, and more behavioral problems. They were less often breast-fed, remained on the bottle an excessively long time, d…
The psychiatric diagnostic interview with children
The first and major portion of the diagnostic interview with children should consist of free play and fantasy. Semi-projective techniques are introduced next and the interview ends with direct questioning and future planning. Throughout, the examiner should be assessing relationship and content in rigorous manner as they refer to the presenting problems of the child. Details of the organization and conduct of this interview are discussed in the b…
Personality and Interest Patterns in Obese Adolescent Girls
Eighty-eight obese adolescent girls at a medically oriented camp for overweight girls were compared with 42 normal-weight girls at an ordinary summer camp on a number of personality and interest measures (MMPI, Strong, Semantic Differential, and Sentence Completion). Statistically significant differences were found on all measures used. The obese girls showed unusual narcissism, difficulty in impulse control, considerable social anxiety, behavior…
Value confrontations between psychotherapists and adolescent patients
Book reviewed in this article: Drug use, dissent, and changes in social behaviors and career directions among adolescents during the past decade have spawned a new mode of expression of adolescent emotional problems, often difficult for the psychotherapist to fit into his concepts of the traditional working alliance and goals of treatment. This paper explores differences in values and styles of life between therapists and their patients that can …
Coming Home: Adjustment of Americans to the United States after Living Abroad
Psychometric Characteristics of the Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support
Psychometric Characteristics of the Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support
The initial study describing the development of the Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support (MSPSS) indicated that it was a psychometrically sound instrument (Zimet, Dahlem, Zimet, & Farley, 1988). The current study attempted to extend the initial findings by demonstrating the internal reliability, factorial validity, and subscale validity of the MSPSS using three different subject groups: (a) 265 pregnant women, (b) 74 adolescents liv…
Psychology (7 works) · Developmental psychology (4 works) · Psychiatry (4 works) · Clinical Psychology (3 works) · Medicine (3 works) · Social Psychology (3 works) · Child and Adolescent Health (2 works) · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (2 works) · Child Nutrition and Feeding Issues (2 works) · Psychometrics (2 works)