TY - JOUR
T1 - Depressive Disorders in Maltreated Children
AU - KAUFMAN, JOAN
N1 - Funding Information:
Accepted August 31, 1990. At the time of this study, Dr. Kaufman was with the Department of Psychology, Yale University, New Haven, CT. She is now with the Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, Pittsburgh, PA. This investigation was supported by an award from the Smith Richardson Foundation. The author wishes to thank Drs. Bonnie Lead-beater, James Leckman, Peter Salovey, Albert Solnit, and Edward Zigler for their thoughtful review of earlier drafts of this manuscript. In addition, the author acknowledges Dr. James Leckman’s assistance in assigning the diagnoses for the children in the study. The author also wishes to thank the entire Camp Winterfest staff, especially Deborah Buccino, Susan Clayton, Alexandra Cooke, Todd Pittinsky, and Elizabeth Wolfe. In addition, the author wishes to extend appreciation to the clients, social workers, and administrators of the Department of Children and Youth Services who made this study possible. Request reprints to Dr. Kaufman, Western Psychiatric Institute, University of Pittsburgh, 381 1 O’Hara Street, Pittsburgh, PA 1.5213.
PY - 1991
Y1 - 1991
N2 - This study examined the prevalence of depressive disorders in a sample of 56 7− to 12-year-old maltreated children. Overall, 18% of the sample met the diagnostic criteria for major depression, and 25% met the criteria for dysthymia, with the majority of the children who met the criteria for major depression also meeting the criteria for dysthymia. Ratings of the different types of maltreatment children experienced, together with measures of the children's social supports, attributional style, and cortisol secretion were examined to determine which maltreated children were most likely to evidence a depressive disorder. A discriminant analysis conducted using a subset of these measures correctly classified 91% of the sample in terms of their diagnostic status.
AB - This study examined the prevalence of depressive disorders in a sample of 56 7− to 12-year-old maltreated children. Overall, 18% of the sample met the diagnostic criteria for major depression, and 25% met the criteria for dysthymia, with the majority of the children who met the criteria for major depression also meeting the criteria for dysthymia. Ratings of the different types of maltreatment children experienced, together with measures of the children's social supports, attributional style, and cortisol secretion were examined to determine which maltreated children were most likely to evidence a depressive disorder. A discriminant analysis conducted using a subset of these measures correctly classified 91% of the sample in terms of their diagnostic status.
KW - child maltreatment
KW - childhood depression
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U2 - 10.1097/00004583-199103000-00014
DO - 10.1097/00004583-199103000-00014
M3 - Article
C2 - 2016230
AN - SCOPUS:0025754283
SN - 0890-8567
VL - 30
SP - 257
EP - 265
JO - Journal of the American Academy of Child Psychiatry
JF - Journal of the American Academy of Child Psychiatry
IS - 2
ER -