Grandparent deaths and severe maternal reaction in the etiology of adolescent psychopathology.
J Nerv Ment Dis
; 177(11): 675-80, 1989 Nov.
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Relationships between the extent of psychopathology and the occurrence of 21 major life events during five developmental periods (prebirth, infancy, childhood, latency, and adolescence) were examined with multiple regression and X2 analyses for 114 hospitalized male and female adolescents. Psychopathology was assessed with the Global Assessment Scale (GAS) at admission to long-term residential treatment in a private psychiatric hospital. Data on deaths, physical illnesses, psychological disturbances, and socioenvironmental events experienced by patients before admission were gleaned from interviews and institutional records. Life events and GAS were scored independently. Only deaths and socioenvironmental events were significantly associated with psychopathology. Specifically, deaths of grandparents during infancy corresponded to lower functioning at admission. Additional analyses showed that severe reactions of patients' mothers to grandparent deaths had been more common among those adolescents who were most disturbed at the time they were admitted to the hospital. These findings were largely serendipitous, however, and need replication.
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Base de dados:
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Assunto principal:
Família
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Morte
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Transtornos Mentais
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Mães
Tipo de estudo:
Diagnostic_studies
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Etiology_studies
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Qualitative_research
Limite:
Adolescent
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
1989
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Article