Özetler/Ayrıntılar

Etiology and psychosocial functioning in children with epilepsy

Kessous, Michelle I.   Pace University ProQuest Dissertations Publishing,  2005. 3179014.

Özet

Objective. This study aims to explore the role of etiology of seizure activity and its relation to psychosocial functioning among children with epilepsy by utilizing the Syndrome scales of the Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL). Study design. By examining seizure-related variables (i.e., number of anti-epileptic medications, age of seizure onset, type of epilepsy, hemispheric focus), IQ, and seizure etiology, data was analyzed by means of frequency analysis, point-biserial correlation, and analysis of variance (ANOVA). Participants. 31 youngsters, between the ages of 4 and 17, with a diagnosis of epilepsy. Results. As compared to healthy, same-age peers in the CBCL standardization sample, children in the current sample, as a whole, demonstrated a significantly higher incidence of psychosocial difficulties and behavior problems across ten of the eleven scales examined. Within the sample, children with lower IQ scores evidenced more psychosocial difficulties. Furthermore, boys in the sample demonstrated significantly more social problems, in particular, as compared to girls. Etiology of seizure activity was not found to be associated with psychosocial functioning in the current sample. Conclusions. The current results corroborate with much of the epilepsy literature suggesting that youths in this population are significantly at risk for demonstrating psychopathology and problematic behavior. Findings reflect the pervasiveness of psychosocial difficulties that youngsters within this often stigmatized population endure. Implications for the field of Child School-Clinical Psychology include the importance of early intervention and remediation opportunities for all children and adolescence within the epilepsy population, regardless of seizure etiology.

Dizinleme (ayrıntılar)


Konu
Physiological psychology
Sınıflandırma
0989: Physiological psychology
Tanımlayıcı / anahtar kelime
Psychology; Epilepsy; Pediatric epilepsy; Psychosocial
Başlık
Etiology and psychosocial functioning in children with epilepsy
Yazar adı
Kessous, Michelle I.
Sayfa sayısı
69
Derece tarihi
2005
Okul kodu
0483
Kaynak
DAI-B 66/06, Dissertation Abstracts International
Basım yeri
Ann Arbor
Yayınlanma ülkesi
United States
ISBN
978-0-542-19332-3
Danışman
Yasik, Anastasia
Üniversite/enstitü
Pace University
Üniversite konumu
United States -- New York
Derece
Psy.D.
Yayın türü
Bilimsel İnceleme veya Tez
Dil
İngilizce
Belge türü
Dissertation/Thesis
Bilimsel inceleme/tez numarası
3179014
ProQuest belge kimliği
305386521
Telif Hakkı
Database copyright ProQuest LLC; ProQuest does not claim copyright in the individual underlying works.
Document URL
https://www.proquest.com/unauthdocview/305386521