Social Adjustment, Academic Performance, and Creativity of Taiwanese Children with Tourette's Syndrome

The purpose was to describe the social adjustment, academic achievement, and creativity of 127 Taiwanese children with Tourette's Syndrome and a control group of 138 Taiwanese children with typical development and reports of the parents of both groups. The Tourette's Syndrome group had sig...

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Published inPsychological reports Vol. 108; no. 3; pp. 791 - 798
Main Author Wei, Mei-Hue
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Los Angeles, CA SAGE Publications 01.06.2011
Subjects
Achievement
Adaptation, Psychological
Attention Deficit and Disruptive Behavior Disorders - ethnology
Attention Deficit and Disruptive Behavior Disorders - psychology
Child
Creativity
Female
Humans
Learning Disorders - ethnology
Learning Disorders - psychology
Male
Personality Assessment
Social Adjustment
Taiwan
Tourette Syndrome - ethnology
Tourette Syndrome - psychology
Taiwan
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Summary:The purpose was to describe the social adjustment, academic achievement, and creativity of 127 Taiwanese children with Tourette's Syndrome and a control group of 138 Taiwanese children with typical development and reports of the parents of both groups. The Tourette's Syndrome group had significantly more disruptive behaviors than the controls; most parents reported their children with Tourette's Syndrome had high academic achievement although the children scored significantly lower than controls on the Elaboration subtest of Creative Thinking.
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ISSN:0033-2941
1558-691X
DOI:10.2466/04.07.10.PR0.108.3.791-798