Social skills of preschoolers with and without craniofacial anomalies

The study compared the social skills of preschoolers with and without craniofacial anomalies (CFA). Fifty-two children completed self-perception and facial expression tasks and a social skills interview. Parents and teachers also rated the children's social skills. Children with CFA gave less f...

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Published inThe Cleft palate-craniofacial journal Vol. 30; no. 5; p. 475
Main Authors Krueckeberg, S M, Kapp-Simon, K A, Ribordy, S C
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States 01.09.1993
Subjects
Analysis of Variance
Case-Control Studies
Child, Preschool
Cleft Lip - psychology
Cleft Palate - psychology
Congenital Abnormalities - psychology
Face - abnormalities
Facial Expression
Female
Humans
Male
Mother-Child Relations
Multivariate Analysis
Peer Group
Personality Assessment
Regression Analysis
Self Concept
Skull - abnormalities
Social Adjustment
Social Behavior
Social Desirability
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Summary:The study compared the social skills of preschoolers with and without craniofacial anomalies (CFA). Fifty-two children completed self-perception and facial expression tasks and a social skills interview. Parents and teachers also rated the children's social skills. Children with CFA gave less friendly responses to hypothetical social situations and were rated as less attractive by graduate students. Girls with CFA reported above average self-perceptions. Patients and teachers rated the children with CFA as having a level of social skills equal to the children without CFA. Different factors were predictive of level of social skills for CFA and control children.
ISSN:1055-6656
DOI:10.1597/1545-1569(1993)030<0475:SSOPWA>2.3.CO;2