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Peer evaluations of the behavior of 75 children of schizophrenic mothers, 57 children of depressed mothers, and 153 controls were collected using the Pupil Evaluation Inventory. The children, both boys and girls, were in grades 2 through 9. Both male and female children of schizophrenics were viewed more deviantly than controls on Aggression and Unhappiness-Withdrawal factors. Only the female children of schizophrenics were viewed as less likable than controls. In general, children of schizophrenics did not differ from children of depressives. The exception was the older daughters of schizophrenics, who were rated as more deviant than members of both the remaining groups.
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This research was supported by grant MH 21145 from the National Institute of Mental Health and by funds from the William T. Grant Foundation.
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Weintraub, S., Prinz, R.J. & Neale, J.M. Peer evaluations of the competence of children vulnerable to psychopathology. J Abnorm Child Psychol 6, 461–473 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00926056
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