Psychological adjustment of children with short stature: a comparison of clinic-referred children with short stature and type 1 diabetes mellitus.
This study compared the psychological adjustment between children with short stature and youth with type 1 diabetes mellitus (DM1). The Child Behavior Checklist, Children's Depression Inventory, Social Anxiety Scale for Children--Revised, and Asher Loneliness Scale were administered to 58 children (26 with short stature and 32 with DM1) and a parent during a regularly scheduled clinical appointment for endocrinology care. Results show that the parents of children with short stature rated their children as having more social, thought, and attention problems, and exhibiting greater delinquent behavior, as compared to parental ratings of children with DM1. No diagnostic group differences in child or parent-rated internalizing symptoms were found. Implications of these findings for personnel working with children with short stature are discussed.
Storch
Eric A
EA
Department of Pediatrics, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32610, USA. estorch@psychiatry.ufl.edu
Lewin
Adam B
AB
Silverstein
Janet H
JH
Baumeister
Audrey
A
Strawser
Melissa S
MS
Geffken
Gary R
GR
D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000293:Adolescent; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D001007:Anxiety / Q000209:etiology; D001827:Body Height; D002648:Child; D002652:Child Behavior; D003863:Depression / Q000209:etiology; D003922:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006130:Growth Disorders / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008132:Loneliness; D008297:Male; D015999:Multivariate Analysis; D010290:Parents; D010465:Perception