{"title":"[Evaluation and analysis of social relationships of children in clinical practice and research: \"Social Relationship Scale for Children\"].","authors":"J Roos, U Lehmkuhl, C Berger, K Lenz","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The Social Relationship Procedure for Children (Soziales Beziehungsverfahren f¿ur Kinder, SOBEKI), a technique employing figure tasks and interviewing, is a new clinical psychology assessment instrument for use with children. With this instrument it is possible to (a) determine the significant others (social network) of 6- to 12-year-old children, (b) measure how specific functions are divided among members of a child's social networks, and (c) visualizing cohesion and hierarchical structures of the children's networks within and outside their families. In the present paper the theoretical foundations, administration and assessment of the procedure are outlined. In addition, the results of a comparison of children with psychiatric disorders and a healthy control group are presented.</p>","PeriodicalId":77468,"journal":{"name":"Zeitschrift fur Kinder- und Jugendpsychiatrie","volume":"23 4","pages":"255-66"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1995-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"19552100","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"[To what extent do school and class-specific factors contribute to aggression in schools?].","authors":"C Klicpera, B Gasteiger Klicpera, A Schabmann","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In a representative study conducted in Vienna and Lower Austria, 14-year-old students from one class each in 79 different schools (N = 1594) answered a questionnaire about their experiences at school, the main focus being on aggressive acts that occurred at school. In a parallel investigation, the students' teachers (N = 554) completed a similar questionnaire. The reports on the frequency of aggressive behavior differed widely among the classes. A comparison of classes with different levels of aggressive behavior showed that solidarity within the classroom and the relationship between teachers and students were closely associated with the frequency of aggressive behavior. In classrooms with frequent aggressive acts there was a negative attitude towards outsiders and the students were less inclined to intervene in an unfair fight. Furthermore, they were more critical of discussions with their teachers. Even after social and familial factors were controlled for, the influence of school-specific factors on the frequency of aggressive behavior at school was quite large, explaining about 25% of the variance. The consequences for counseling of schools and for teacher education are discussed.</p>","PeriodicalId":77468,"journal":{"name":"Zeitschrift fur Kinder- und Jugendpsychiatrie","volume":"23 4","pages":"243-54"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1995-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"19552099","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"[Effects of the new guardianship law for adults on treatment of adolescents on the threshold of adulthood].","authors":"M M Weber, U Rüth","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":77468,"journal":{"name":"Zeitschrift fur Kinder- und Jugendpsychiatrie","volume":"23 4","pages":"275-82"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1995-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"19552102","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"[Psychological aspects of Prader-Willi syndrome. Results of a parent survey].","authors":"K Sarimski","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Forty-six parents of children and adolescents with Prader-Willi syndrome reported on the social and emotional behavior of their children and on parenting stress. Standardized questionnaires were used, e.g. a German behavioral questionnaire for preschool children and the Child Behavior Checklist. The results showed a high frequency of problem behaviors, including stubbornness, temper tantrums, obsessions and underactivity. In comparison to age norms, 40% of the preschool children were socially immature and 20% had social adaptation problems. Among the school-age children 70% had social adaptation problems. More than 70% of the mothers reported a high level of parenting stress and are in need of psychological counseling.</p>","PeriodicalId":77468,"journal":{"name":"Zeitschrift fur Kinder- und Jugendpsychiatrie","volume":"23 4","pages":"267-74"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1995-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"19552101","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
A Schmidt, J Darius, M Brosz, N Roth, F P Meyer, S Kroker, F Wien, B Brett
{"title":"[The effect of valproic acid monotherapy on behavior and cognitive performance of children with idiopathic generalized epilepsy].","authors":"A Schmidt, J Darius, M Brosz, N Roth, F P Meyer, S Kroker, F Wien, B Brett","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Valproic acid (VPA) currently plays an important role in the treatment of several different types of epilepsy. Especially in children and adolescents, VPA is used because of a minimum of adverse effects and generally little impact on cognitive and psychomotor functions. However, reports in the literature regarding the influence of VPA on behavior and cognitive performance and on EEG parameters vary widely. We investigated the effect of VPA monotherapy on behavioral components (attention, concentration, inhibitory control), cognitive efficiency (motor reaction time, learning, retention) and evoked potentials in 19 children aged 6 to 14 years with idiopathic generalized epilepsy and compared the results with those of healthy controls matched for age. In addition, we analyzed the serum levels of VPA and some of the VPA metabolites in all of the children with epilepsy immediately before the psychophysiological assessments. Our results show marked differences between the children with epilepsy and the healthy controls in all types of behavior and cognitive performance assessed. Abnormal behavior (disturbances of attention and concentration, impulsive behavior patterns) and significant changes in evoked potentials appear to be correlated with serum levels of VPA and certain VPA metabolites.</p>","PeriodicalId":77468,"journal":{"name":"Zeitschrift fur Kinder- und Jugendpsychiatrie","volume":"23 3","pages":"161-70"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1995-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"18578588","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"[Use of hypnotherapy techniques within the scope of behavior therapy treatment of learning and behavior disorders in children--2 case reports].","authors":"A Kakar-Oel, T Forster","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Most of the children on our ward suffer from severe speech and language disorders, dyslexia, other learning disabilities and conduct disorders. We treated 10 selected children with cognitive behavior therapy combined with hypnotherapy. To demonstrate this treatment strategy we report on a 9-year-old girl and a 9-year-old boy from this group and give a short description of the hypnotic communication patterns used in conjunction with behavior therapy. The therapy combination proved to be a useful one. The children's social competence and learning motivation improved throughout the general therapeutic setting. The children's responses to relevant questionnaires confirmed these findings. Our results suggest that an increase in treatment efficacy can be achieved by using hypnotherapeutic patterns in conjunction with behavior therapy in the treatment of children with the disabilities mentioned.</p>","PeriodicalId":77468,"journal":{"name":"Zeitschrift fur Kinder- und Jugendpsychiatrie","volume":"23 3","pages":"201-8"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1995-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"18578592","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"[Critique of the German validation of the Child Behavior Checklist (Döpfner et al., 1994)].","authors":"R Sponsel","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":77468,"journal":{"name":"Zeitschrift fur Kinder- und Jugendpsychiatrie","volume":"23 3","pages":"209-11; discussion 212-6"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1995-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"18578593","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"[Follow-up of psychiatric disorders and specific developmental delay disorders in special education students].","authors":"P Amon, B Beck, R Castell, C Teicher, A Weigel","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In a prospective longitudinal study 72 children who were attending a special school for children with learning disabilities in Erlangen were examined in 1990 and again in 1992/93. At the first examination the children's mean age was 7 years 1 month and at the second 8 years 10 months. The sample contained many more boys than girls. Reported here are the findings on the course of the psychiatric disorders and the specific developmental disorders of speech and language and motor function. There was a marked decrease in the prevalence of psychiatric disorders. Of the 17 children with a psychiatric disorder at follow-up, 13 (76%) also had a disorder at the start of the study and of the 23 with a psychiatric disorder at the start 13 (57%) still had a disorder at follow-up. Children with enuresis and those with disturbances of activity or attention had the best prognosis. The special school had a positive effect on conduct. The prevalence of specific developmental disorders also decreased over the two-year period. As expected, specific speech articulation disorders had the best prognosis. All other disorders had a poor prognosis. Increases in prevalence were mainly the result of different cutoff points for a given diagnosis at different ages. The high number of specific disorders of motor function at both time points is especially noteworthy.</p>","PeriodicalId":77468,"journal":{"name":"Zeitschrift fur Kinder- und Jugendpsychiatrie","volume":"23 3","pages":"171-81"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1995-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"18578589","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"[Managing violence: cooperation between adolescent welfare and child and adolescent psychiatry as a chance for improvements].","authors":"J Martinius","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":77468,"journal":{"name":"Zeitschrift fur Kinder- und Jugendpsychiatrie","volume":"23 3","pages":"147-8"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1995-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"18578586","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}