Outcome predictors in a longitudinal study of high-risk boys.
This study of "high risk" investigated a 3-year follow-up sample of boys in the University of Rochester Child and Family Study of intact families in which at least one parent had been hospitalized for a psychiatric disorder. These families and their sons were studied in order to identify predictive factors for child outcome. Best-functioning (n = 17) and worst-functioning (n = 13) groups of boys (from a total N = 94) were differentiated successfully by time 1 parent and family interaction predictors. These variables included several measures of parent deviant communication and balanced/warm family interaction, chronicity and level of parent pathology, and socioeconomic class. Parent diagnosis was not associated significantly with outcome.
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Northeastern University.
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D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D016241:Child of Impaired Parents / Q000523:psychology*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D015331:Cohort Studies; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000235:genetics / Q000523:psychology; D005190:Family / Q000523:psychology; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000235:genetics* / Q000523:psychology; D009518:New York; D010553:Personality Development; D010554:Personality Disorders / Q000235:genetics / Q000523:psychology; D012307:Risk Factors; D012392:Rorschach Test; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000235:genetics; D012565:Schizophrenic Psychology; D012569:Schizotypal Personality Disorder / Q000235:genetics / Q000523:psychology