title: The social adjustment, academic performance, and creativity of Taiwanese children with Tourette's syndrome.
abstract: The purpose was to describe the social adjustment, academic achievement, and creativity of 127 Taiwanese children with Tourette's Syndrome and a control group of 138 Taiwanese children with typical development and reports of the parents of both groups. The Tourette's Syndrome group had significantly more disruptive behaviors than the controls; most parents reported their children with Tourette's Syndrome had high academic achievement although the children scored significantly lower than controls on the Elaboration subtest of Creative Thinking.
authors: National Taichung University, 140 Ming Shin Road, Taichung City, Taiwan. weimeihue@yahoo.com.tw
authors: Mei-Hue
authors: MH
authors: Wei
mesh_terms: D000124:Achievement; D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D019958:Attention Deficit and Disruptive Behavior Disorders / Q000208:ethnology / Q000523:psychology; D002648:Child; D003405:Creativity; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007859:Learning Disabilities / Q000208:ethnology / Q000523:psychology; D008297:Male; D010552:Personality Assessment; D012917:Social Adjustment; D013624:Taiwan; D005879:Tourette Syndrome / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000523:psychology*