Familial Adversities and Child Psychiatric Disorders

作者：Bernd Blanz, Martin H. Schmidt, Günter Esser · 发表于：Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry · 年份：1991 · DOI：10.1111/j.1469-7610.1991.tb01921.x · 被引用次数：108 · 研究领域：Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development、Child Abuse and Trauma、Resilience and Mental Health

The well known association between child and adolescent psychiatric disorders and chronic adversities was proved in a field sample. Children (356) were investigated at the ages of 8 and 13 years. The association between child psychiatric disorders and chronic adverse conditions in the familial environment--measured by the FAI--was analysed with respect to the variables: age, sex, psychiatric diagnoses, and course (stability) of disorder. The FAI proved to be predictive of psychiatric disorder, in particular of early onset disorder, of disorders in boys, and of conduct disorders. According to the results, the common assumption that chronic adversities cause child psychiatric disorders must be viewed cautiously.