title: Self-perceptions of adolescents with and without mood disorder: content and structure.
abstract: This study compared the self-perceptions of three groups of adolescents: one group with conduct disorder, a second group comorbid with both mood and conduct disorder, and a third group of normal controls. Results indicated that the three groups differed on several domains of self-perception, with each group reporting perceived strengths and weaknesses. Second-order principal component analyses revealed differences across groups in the structure of their self-perceptions. Finally, regression analyses indicated that self-perceptions share variance with a mixture of internalizing and externalizing symptoms. Results are discussed from a clinical-developmental perspective.
authors.affiliation: Boston University, USA.
authors.forename: D W
authors.initials: DW
authors.lastname: Evans
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Brody
authors.forename: G G
authors.initials: GG
authors.lastname: Noam
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002653:Child Behavior Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology*; D015897:Comorbidity; D003527:Cyclothymic Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology*; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology*; D019263:Dysthymic Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007389:Internal-External Control; D008297:Male; D010552:Personality Assessment; D010553:Personality Development; D012649:Self Concept; D012951:Socialization