Peer Difficulties in Children with Epilepsy: Association with Seizure, Neuropsychological, Academic, and Behavioral Variables
| Autor: | Debora J. Bell, Joan K. Austin, Elena Harlan Drewel |
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| Rok vydání: | 2009 |
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Adolescent Child Behavior Academic achievement Anxiety Neuropsychological Tests Peer Group Structural equation modeling Developmental psychology Executive Function Epilepsy Typically developing Memory Developmental and Educational Psychology medicine Humans Attention Interpersonal Relations Child Social Behavior Association (psychology) Research method Neuropsychology medicine.disease Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology Pediatrics Perinatology and Child Health Educational Status Female Psychology Developmental psychopathology |
| Zdroj: | Child Neuropsychology. 15:305-320 |
| ISSN: | 1744-4136 0929-7049 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/09297040802537646 |
| Popis: | A developmental psychopathology framework was used to examine variables associated with peer problems in children with epilepsy (CWE). Variables commonly associated with peer difficulties in typically developing children, such as inattentive behavior, anxious behavior, and academic achievement were investigated. Neuropsychological functioning, age at epilepsy onset, and seizure status were also examined.Participants were 173 CWE, ages 8-15. Structural equation modeling (SEM) was used to determine which variables predicted peer problems in CWE and to test hypothesized interrelations among variables.The SEM revealed that anxious behavior mediated relations between neuropsychological functioning and peer difficulties and seizure status and peer difficulties. Inattentive behavior mediated the association between neuropsychological functioning and peer difficulties. Neuropsychological functioning mediated the relation between age at epilepsy onset and inattentive behavior, anxious behavior, and academic achievement.As seen with typically developing children, inattentive and anxious behaviors are related to peer difficulties in CWE. Neuropsychological functioning, age at epilepsy onset, and seizure status are indirectly associated with peer difficulties; therefore, these variables are important to examine in CWE who are experiencing peer problems. |
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