Affect maturity in a sample of children with language and attention symptomatology
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Title
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Affect maturity in a sample of children with language and attention symptomatology
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Identifier
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d_2009_2013:d42efd0fef07:10595
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identifier
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10766
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Creator
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Goudsmit, Nora,
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Contributor
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Steve B. Tuber
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Date
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2010
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Language
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English
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Publisher
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City University of New York.
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Subject
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Clinical psychology | ADHD | Affect Maturity | Affect Regulation | CBCL | Language Impairment | TAT
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Abstract
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The present study examines the phenomenological affective (or emotional) worlds of children co-diagnosed with ADHD and Language Impairment. Children (n = 64) were grouped into four diagnostic categories: "ADHD + Language Impairment," "ADHD only," "Language Impairment only," and "Non-Clinical." Children were assessed with the Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL) and the Thompson Scale of Affect Maturity on the Thematic Apperception Test (TAT) across diagnostic classifications. The results of this investigation indicate that there are important differences between diagnostic classifications on the CBCL. Children with ADHD + Language Impairment and ADHD only diagnoses demonstrated more behaviorally based symptomatology when compared the Language only and Non-Clinical groups. Additionally, children co-diagnosed with ADHD and Language Impairment had the lowest levels of affect maturity. The clinical implications of these findings are discussed. Additionally, children co-diagnosed with Language Impairment and ADHD, and the ADHD only group, exhibit a specific pattern of affect maturity when presented with aggressive and depressive content on the TAT that children with Language Impairment only did not demonstrate.
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Type
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dissertation
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Source
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2009_2013.csv
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degree
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Ph.D.
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Program
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Psychology
