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Child Psychiatry & Human Development
Gepubliceerd in: Child Psychiatry & Human Development 1/2011

01-02-2011 | Original Article

Joint Attention in Parent–Child Dyads Involving Children with Selective Mutism: A Comparison Between Anxious and Typically Developing Children

Auteurs: Matilda E. Nowakowski, Susan L. Tasker, Charles E. Cunningham, Angela E. McHolm, Shannon Edison, Jeff St. Pierre, Michael H. Boyle, Louis A. Schmidt

Gepubliceerd in: Child Psychiatry & Human Development | Uitgave 1/2011

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Abstract

Although joint attention processes are known to play an important role in adaptive social behavior in typical development, we know little about these processes in clinical child populations. We compared early school age children with selective mutism (SM; n = 19) versus mixed anxiety (MA; n = 18) and community controls (CC; n = 26) on joint attention measures coded from direct observations with their parent during an unstructured free play task and two structured tasks. As predicted, the SM dyads established significantly fewer episodes of joint attention through parental initiation acts than the MA and CC dyads during the structured tasks. Findings suggest that children with SM may withdraw from their parents during stressful situations, thus missing out on opportunities for learning other coping skills. We discuss the implications of the present findings for understanding the maintenance and treatment of SM.
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Metagegevens
Titel
Joint Attention in Parent–Child Dyads Involving Children with Selective Mutism: A Comparison Between Anxious and Typically Developing Children
Auteurs
Matilda E. Nowakowski
Susan L. Tasker
Charles E. Cunningham
Angela E. McHolm
Shannon Edison
Jeff St. Pierre
Michael H. Boyle
Louis A. Schmidt
Publicatiedatum
01-02-2011
Uitgeverij
Springer US
Gepubliceerd in
Child Psychiatry & Human Development / Uitgave 1/2011
Print ISSN: 0009-398X
Elektronisch ISSN: 1573-3327
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10578-010-0208-z

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