Abstract
Seventy-six families of children with school phobia were evaluated with the Family Assessment Measure. Mothers and fathers, as separate groups, rated clinically significant dysfunction in the parent-child relationship in the areas of role performance and values and norms. There were no significant differences between intact and single-parent families on ratings of family dysfunction. There was significantly less family dysfunction as rated by mothers and by children if the child had a diagnosis of pure anxiety disorder compared to families of school phobic children in other diagnostic categories.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 24-30 |
Number of pages | 7 |
Journal | Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry |
Volume | 29 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 1990 |
Keywords
- family functioning
- school phobia
- single-parent families