Clinical assessments and maternal judgments: concurrent and predictive relationships

Mothers and clinicians, both of whom play key roles in securing mental health services for children, have been found to differ in their ratings of children's adjustment. While this finding is confirmed by the present study, ratings made by social workers based on a structured interview with mot...

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Published inAmerican journal of orthopsychiatry Vol. 54; no. 2; p. 236
Main Authors Reinherz, Helen, Walker, Deborah Klein, Gordon, Alan L, Belfer, Myron, Ramsey, Linda
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States 01.04.1984
Subjects
Affective Symptoms - diagnosis
Affective Symptoms - psychology
Child
Child Behavior Disorders - diagnosis
Child Behavior Disorders - psychology
Child, Preschool
Developmental Disabilities - diagnosis
Developmental Disabilities - psychology
Female
Follow-Up Studies
Humans
Learning Disorders - diagnosis
Male
Mother-Child Relations
Psychological Tests
Risk
Social Adjustment
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Summary:Mothers and clinicians, both of whom play key roles in securing mental health services for children, have been found to differ in their ratings of children's adjustment. While this finding is confirmed by the present study, ratings made by social workers based on a structured interview with mothers prior to their children's kindergarten entry indicate a number of significant relationships with measures of children's school and behavioral adjustment four years later.
ISSN:0002-9432
DOI:10.1111/j.1939-0025.1984.tb01491.x