Thought and Language Disorder among Sexually Abused Children in a Psychiatric Hospital
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 13655579 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Francine Conway (0000-0002-2386-4317, Adelphi University, corresponding author), Priyam Talreja (Adelphi University), James Mccarthy (0000-0003-2878-1921, Queens Children's Psychiatric Center), James B McCarthy (0000-0002-7233-0047, Children's Center), Fiona N Conway (0000-0003-2626-4752, Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey), Fiona Conway (Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey) |
| Year | 2013 |
| Volume | 112 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 340-352 |
| Publication date | 2013-04-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Psychological Reports (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0033-2941 • E-ISSN: 1558-691X |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2466/16.02.pr0.112.2.340-352 |
| PMID | 23833866 |
| OpenAlex | W2116894575 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 30 |
The empirical literature offers evidence that childhood sexual abuse is a predictor of psychopathology in adults. However, the literature examining the relations between thought disorder and psychotic symptoms in children is sparse. Children with a history of childhood sexual abuse are expected to demonstrate more disturbances in thought relative to their peers with no childhood sexual abuse. Using the Thought and Language Index, Thematic Apperception Test (TAT) narratives for four commonly used TAT cards obtained from 39 closed charts of hospitalized children were analyzed. Narratives were assessed on seven dimensions including weakening of goals, perseveration, looseness, peculiar word usage, peculiar sentence construction, non-logical reasoning, and distractibility. Good inter-rater reliability was obtained. Sexually abused childrenhad higher aberrant scores on card number four compared to non-abused children. Sexual abuse history was a predictive factor for non-logical reasoning, with small effect size. Implications and suggestions for future research are discussed
Child abuse · Cognition · Developmental psychology · Injury prevention · Narrative · Poison control · Psychiatry · Psychopathology · Sexual abuse · Thought disorder · Child Abuse and Trauma · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development · Clinical Psychology · Medicine · Psychology · Psychopathy, Forensic Psychiatry, Sexual Offending
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders
The international epidemiology of child sexual abuse
On the Methods and Theory of Reliability
Ten-Year Research Update Review
Childhood Adversities Increase the Risk of Psychosis
Sexual histories, attitudes, and behavior of schizophrenic and ?normal? women
| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |