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Perceived social support and dysfunctioning in 'clinical' and 'normal' adolescents
- Authors:
- GARNEFSKI Nadia, DOETS Thea
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Adolescence, 23(6), December 2000, pp.753-762.
- Publisher:
- Academic Press
This study examines the extent to which inpatient and non-patient samples of youngsters differ from each other with regard to prevalence and co-occurrence of emotional and behavioural problems and negative perceptions of family, school and peers. The sample comprised 12-21-year-old adolescents: psychiatric inpatients and matched "community-based" youngsters. All specific problems and combination patterns were reported significantly more often by the "inpatient" than by the "non-patient" youngsters. However, after correcting for differences in base rates, only the combination of emotional and/or behavioural problems and family problems remained significant. Concludes that co-occurrence in itself did not appear to be the distinguishing factor between the "clinical" and the "normal" sample; and a dominant role of negatively perceived family support in adolescent functioning was suggested. The implications of these finds are discussed.
Depressive symptomatology and child abuse in adolescents with behavioural problems
- Authors:
- WESTENBERG Esther A. M., GARNEFSKI Nadia
- Journal article citation:
- Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal, 20(3), June 2003, pp.197-210.
- Publisher:
- Springer
This study focused on the self-reported experience of depressive symptomatology and child abuse in a sample of adolescents with severe behavioural problems. The sample comprised 81 adolescents, from 11 to 18 years of age: 46 boys (56.8%) and 35 girls (43.2%), who at the time of the study were placed under supervision of a Family Supervision Agency or were receiving Youth After-Care and Resettlement Service. An anonymous questionnaire was used, measuring reports of experiences of child abuse (physical abuse, sexual abuse, low care), and reports of depressive symptoms, generally consistent with the criteria listed in the DSM IV for the diagnosis of a Major Depressive Episode (MDE). It was shown that a considerable proportion of the behavioural-problem adolescents reported depressive symptoms and/or had experienced child abuse. Furthermore it appeared that most of the experiences of child abuse in the group with depressive symptomatology referred to multiple forms of child abuse rather than to a single form of abuse. The results suggest that in the group of behavioural-problem adolescents a subgroup of youngsters exists that is characterised by concurrent depressive symptomatology, which can be clearly distinguished from those without concurrent depressive symptomatology, by their reports of child abuse. Implications for prevention and intervention for this subgroup of adolescents with multiple problems are discussed.