Tourette Syndrome
Relation to Children's and Parents' Self-Concepts
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 13658262 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Barbara H Edell-Fisher (Hofstra University, corresponding author), Robert W Motta (0009-0001-7814-3103) |
| Year | 1990 |
| Volume | 66 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 539-539 |
| Publication date | 1990-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Psychological Reports (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0033-2941 • E-ISSN: 1558-691X |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2466/pr0.66.2.539-545 |
| PMID | 2349344 |
| OpenAlex | W4239893920 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 6 |
We investigated the self-concepts of Tourette Syndrome patients and their mothers. The subjects were 30 children with Tourette Syndrome and their mothers, and 30 children matched on age, sex, and socioeconomic status and their mothers. The results indicated that, while the children did not differ on self-concept, the mothers of the Tourette Syndrome patients had lower self-concepts than the mothers of the controls, suggesting that family members should be considered in the treatment of the Tourette Syndrome children. In addition, severity of illness was positively correlated with the children's reports of behavior disturbance and dysphoric mood, although not with over-all self-concept. These results indicate that in more severe cases of Tourette Syndrome, children may experience emotional problems requiring therapeutic intervention
Developmental psychology · Intervention (counseling · Mood · Population · Psychiatry · Self-concept · Socioeconomic status · Tourette syndrome · Tourette's syndrome · Autism Spectrum Disorder Research · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development · Clinical Psychology · Medicine · Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders · Psychology
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |