title: [Importance of developmental perspective for the construction of a diagnostic test battery for children and adolescents (OPD-KJ)].
abstract: In the following contribution, developmental aspects are highlighted which served as a framework for developing an diagnostic instrument for child and adolescent psychiatry. In operationalizing a psychodynamic instrument for assessing children and adolescent symptomatology, a developmental perspective is critically important. Compared to adult, developmental changes occur on most dimensions measured, for example with respect to coping with the illness and dealing with stressors and conflicts. In addition, relationships with parents and peers changed over time as well as the capacity of self-reflexion and empathy. Two important conceptualizations are presented, which deal with these changes, the concept of developmental lines and the theory of developmental tasks. These conceptualizations, together with the theory of cognitive development, served as a framework for an approach, which distinguish diagnostically between infants, pre-school children, schools aged children and adolescents.
authors.affiliation: Psychologisches Institut der Universität Mainz.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Seiffge-Krenke
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000296:Adolescent Psychiatry / Q000592:standards*; D002648:Child; D002657:Child Development; D002665:Child Psychiatry / Q000592:standards*; D005858:Germany; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D010553:Personality Development; D011581:Psychological Tests / Q000592:standards*
vernacular_title: Die Bedeutung entwicklungspsychologischer Uberlegungen für die Erarbeitung eines diagnostischen Inventars für Kinder und Jugendliche (OPD-KJ).