Reasons young children are referred for psychological services

    Authors

    K. Renk

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    Abbreviated Journal Title

    Child Fam. Behav. Ther.

    Keywords

    children; psychological services; mother ratings; self ratings; mothers'; referrals; BEHAVIOR PROBLEMS; ADOLESCENTS; Psychology, Clinical; Family Studies

    Abstract

    In an effort to understand the reasons that young children might be referred for psychological services, ratings provided by mothers who had contacted a psychology clinic were compared to those provided by mothers who were college Students. Results Of this Study suggest that children who were referred for psychological services were rated as. having significantly higher levels of internalizing, externalizing, and total behavior problems as well as significantly lower levels of competence. Mothers of referred children rated themselves as having significantly lower levels of positive perceptions and higher levels of negative perceptions toward their children. These mothers also endorsed significantly lower levels of limit setting and higher levels of parenting stress. Mothers did not differ in their own characteristics. These findings suggest that interventions for young children and their families should be designed to address the emotional and behavioral functioning of the children as well as the parent-child relationship.

    Journal Title

    Child & Family Behavior Therapy

    Volume

    27

    Issue/Number

    3

    Publication Date

    1-1-2005

    Document Type

    Article

    Language

    English

    First Page

    61

    Last Page

    71

    WOS Identifier

    WOS:000233328600005

    ISSN

    0731-7107

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