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A decade of the Social, Genetic and Developmental Psychiatry Centre at the Institute of Psychiatry
- Authors:
- McGUFFIN Peter, PLOMIN Robert
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Psychiatry, 185(10), October 2004, pp.280-282.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
The Centre’s focus is on common psychiatric disorders, covering three domains: mood disorders (especially anxiety and depression), ‘externalising’ disorders (especially disruptive behaviour including hyperactivity) and cognitive disorders (especially language disorders and mild learning disability, including autistic symptoms). The Centre concentrates on the aetiological aspects – developmental as well as genetic and environmental origins – of behavioural disorders. However, there is a strong emphasis on methods of measurement and classification and an attempt to foresee the practical, clinical and public health implications of the Centre’s findings
The relationship between behaviours exhibited by children with autism and maternal stress
- Authors:
- TOMANIK Stacey, HARRIS Gerald E., HAWKINS Jacqueline
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Intellectual and Developmental Disability, 29(1), March 2004, pp.16-26.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
The present study investigated the relationship between behaviours exhibited by children with pervasive developmental disorders, particularly autism, and maternal stress levels. Participants consisted of 60 mothers who had a child diagnosed with a pervasive developmental disorder by an independent practitioner using DSM-IV criteria. Children were between 2 and 7 years of age. Mothers completed the following self-report measures: the Parenting Stress Index (short-form), the Aberrant Behavior Checklist, AAMR Adaptive Behavior Scales and a demographic questionnaire. Two-thirds of the participants in the sample evidenced stress scores that were significantly elevated. Regression analyses revealed that child maladaptive behaviour and child adaptive behaviour accounted for a significant proportion of the variance in maternal stress. Methodological issues and considerations for future research are discussed.
Critical issues in social research: power and prejudice
- Editors:
- HOOD Suzanne, MAYALL Berry, OLIVER Sandy
- Publisher:
- Open University Press
- Publication year:
- 1999
- Pagination:
- 186p.,tables,bibliogs.
- Place of publication:
- Buckingham
Addresses questions such as: whose interests are served by research; for whom is it undertaken; what research methods are appropriate; and how can those researched find a voice in the research process. To illustrate these questions, contains papers on: children and childhood; children in developing countries; learning difficulties and research; disturbed young people; women's private past; black and minority ethnic health; frail elderly people; gay men; the targets of health promotion; and users of health services.