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Gepubliceerd in: Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology 8/2010

01-11-2010

Behavioral and Socio-emotional Functioning in Children with Selective Mutism: A Comparison with Anxious and Typically Developing Children Across Multiple Informants

Auteurs: Diana Carbone, Louis A. Schmidt, Charles C. Cunningham, Angela E. McHolm, Shannon Edison, Jeff St. Pierre, Michael H. Boyle

Gepubliceerd in: Research on Child and Adolescent Psychopathology | Uitgave 8/2010

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Abstract

We examined differences among 158 children, 44 with selective mutism (SM; M = 8.2 years, SD = 3.4 years), 65 with mixed anxiety (MA; M = 8.9 years, SD = 3.2 years), and 49 community controls (M = 7.7 years, SD = 2.6 years) on primary caregiver, teacher, and child reports of behavioral and socio-emotional functioning. Children with SM were rated lower than controls on a range of social skills, but the SM and MA groups did not significantly differ on many of the social skills and anxiety measures. However, children with SM were rated higher than children with MA and controls on social anxiety. Findings suggest that SM may be conceptualized as an anxiety disorder, with primary deficits in social functioning and social anxiety. This interpretation supports a more specific classification of SM as an anxiety disorder for future diagnostic manuals than is currently described in the literature. The present findings also have implications for clinical practice, whereby social skills training merits inclusion in intervention for children with anxiety disorders as well as children with SM.
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Metagegevens
Titel
Behavioral and Socio-emotional Functioning in Children with Selective Mutism: A Comparison with Anxious and Typically Developing Children Across Multiple Informants
Auteurs
Diana Carbone
Louis A. Schmidt
Charles C. Cunningham
Angela E. McHolm
Shannon Edison
Jeff St. Pierre
Michael H. Boyle
Publicatiedatum
01-11-2010
Uitgeverij
Springer US
Gepubliceerd in
Research on Child and Adolescent Psychopathology / Uitgave 8/2010
Print ISSN: 2730-7166
Elektronisch ISSN: 2730-7174
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10802-010-9425-y

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