Somatic Symptoms in Traumatized Children and Adolescents
| Autor: | Brittany B. Kugler, Tatyana V. Truax, Lauren B. Kaercher, Marlene Bloom, Eric A. Storch |
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| Rok vydání: | 2012 |
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Child abuse medicine.medical_specialty Adolescent Vomiting media_common.quotation_subject Child Behavior Anxiety Anger Personality Assessment Dizziness Neglect Stress Disorders Post-Traumatic Tremor Developmental and Educational Psychology medicine Humans Child Abuse Child Psychiatry Child Behavior Checklist Residential Treatment Child neglect Child Institutionalized media_common Psychiatric Status Rating Scales Depression Child development Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders Psychiatry and Mental health Caregivers Sexual abuse Pediatrics Perinatology and Child Health Female medicine.symptom Psychology Psychophysiology Clinical psychology |
| Zdroj: | Child Psychiatry & Human Development. 43:661-673 |
| ISSN: | 1573-3327 0009-398X |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s10578-012-0289-y |
| Popis: | Childhood exposure to trauma has been associated with increased rates of somatic symptoms (SS), which may contribute to diminished daily functioning. One hundred and sixty-one children residing at a residential treatment home who had experienced neglect and/or abuse were administered the Trauma Symptom Checklist for Children (TSCC), the Multidimensional Anxiety Scale for Children, and the Children's Depression Inventory (CDI). Primary caregivers completed the Child Behavior Checklist. Two composite measures of SS were formed to represent both child- and caregiver-rated SS. Over 95% of children endorsed at least one SS on the child-rated measure. Children who had experienced sexual abuse had higher rates of SS relative to children who had not. Child-rated SS were highly correlated with the CDI total score and the TSCC subscales of anxiety, depression, posttraumatic stress, dissociation, and anger. The TSCC anxiety subscale mediated the relationship between sexual abuse and child-rated SS. |
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