Perceived family environments of depressed and anxious children: Child's and maternal figure's perspectives

Stark, Kevin D.; Humphrey, Laura Lynn; Crook, Kim; Lewis, Kay

doi:10.1007/bf00911106

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Perceived family environments of depressed and anxious children: Child's and maternal figure's perspectives

Stark, Kevin D., Humphrey, Laura Lynn, Crook, Kim, Lewis, Kay·1990·Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology

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This study examined perceived environment among families with a depressed, depressed and anxious, anxious, or normal child from the 4th to 7th grades. Fifty-one such children were classified according to criteria from the K-SADS and a set of self-ratings of depression and anxiety. Results showed that children in all three diagnostic groups, and to a lesser extent their mothers, experienced their families as more distressed on a host of dimensions relative to controls. In addition, significant differences were found between families with a depressed and anxious child and those with an anxious child. Discriminant function analyses revealed that 68.63% of the youngsters could be classified correctly into depressed and anxious groups on the basis of their family ratings alone.

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“The Self Report Measures of Family Functioning (SRFF; [44]) is composed of 15 five-item factors measuring family functioning (e.g., cohesion, conflict, and democratic family style) with Cronbach’s alphas ranging from 0.63 to 0.91, with most in the 0.70 to 0.85 range. Analyses have yielded highly reliable and stable factors [44].”
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Authors: Stark, K. D., Humphrey, L. L., Crook, K., & Lewis, K.
Affiliations: The University of Texas at Austin (US)
Northwestern University (US)
ORCID: Humphrey, Laura Lynn
Venue: Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Published: 1990-10
Volume: 18
Issue: 5
Pages: 527-547
ISSN: 0091-0627 (ISSN-L)
1573-2835
DOI: 10.1007/bf00911106
OpenAlex: W2020048079
Cited by: 209
References: 48
Citations by year: 2026: 1 · 2024: 4 · 2023: 4 · 2022: 2 · 2021: 2 · 2020: 2 · 2019: 4 · 2018: 3 · 2017: 3 · 2016: 7 · 2015: 7 · 2014: 8 · 2013: 8 · 2012: 8
FWCI: 3.77
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: closed
Licence: www.springer.com/tdm (tdm)
Locations: Research on Child and Adolescent Psychopathology (publishedVersion)
PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics: Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Psychology and Mental Health
Keywords: childhood depression, childhood anxiety, family environment, mothers' perspectives, family distress, family functioning
MeSH terms: Adolescent, Anxiety Disorders, Child, Depressive Disorder, Female, Humans, Male, Mother-Child Relations, Personality Development, Personality Tests, Psychometrics, Risk Factors, Social Environment

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