Illogical Thinking and Thought Disorder in Maltreated Children

Autor/inn/en	Toth, Sheree L.; Stronach, Erin Pickreign; Rogosch, Fred A.; Caplan, Rochelle; Cicchetti, Dante
Titel	Illogical Thinking and Thought Disorder in Maltreated Children
Quelle	In: Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 50 (2011) 7, S.659-668 (10 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0890-8567
DOI	10.1016/j.jaac.2011.03.002
Schlagwörter	Check Lists; Child Abuse; Low Income; Child Behavior; Low Income Groups; Logical Thinking; Thinking Skills; Games; Story Telling; Cognitive Ability; Children; Correlation; Communication Problems; Observation; Psychopathology; Child Behavior Checklist + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Checkliste; Abuse of children; Abuse; Child; Children; Kindesmissbrauch; Missbrauch; Kind; Kinder; Niedriglohn; Denkfähigkeit; Game; Spiel; Spiele; Korrelation; Kommunikationsbarriere; Beobachtung; Psychopathologie
Abstract	Objective: To examine illogical thinking in children from low-income families with and without histories of child maltreatment. Method: Maltreated (n = 91) and nonmaltreated (n = 43) school-age children individually participated in a story game designed to elicit speech samples. Children were instructed to listen to two recorded stories and prompted to retell the story; they then were asked to create their own story from possible topics. Child behavior ratings on the Child Behavior Checklist were completed by research assistants following 35 hours of observation. Results: Maltreated children exhibited more illogical thinking than did nonmaltreated children, and the level of illogical thinking in maltreated children was in the clinically pathological range. The occurrence of multiple subtypes of maltreatment and the chronicity of the maltreatment also were associated with illogical thinking. Dissociation did not differ between groups, although it was related to illogical thinking. Conclusion: The ability to formulate ideas and communicate them logically is compromised in children who have been maltreated. These results extend prior research on selective attentional processes and negativity biases in maltreated children. (Contains 4 tables.) (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Elsevier. 6277 Sea Harbor Drive, Orlando, FL 32887-4800. Tel: 877-839-7126; Tel: 407-345-4020; Fax: 407-363-1354; e-mail: usjcs@elsevier.com; Web site: http://www.elsevier.com
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10