Suchergebnisse

Emotional/behavioral problems of 238 deaf Dutch children ages
4-18 years were studied. Parental reports indicated that 41% had
emotional/behavioral problems, a rate nearly 2.6 times higher than the
16% reported by parents of a Dutch normative sample. Mental health
problems seemed most prevalent in families with poor parent-child
communication. Deaf children ages 12-18 showed more problems with anxiety
and depression and more social problems than those ages 4-11. Deaf
children with relatively low intelligence showed more social problems,
thought problems, and attention problems than those with relatively high
intelligence. The authors stress the need to get information on deaf
children's mental health functioning not just from parents but from other
informants such as teachers and the children themselves. An expansion
assessment of deaf children, and of special services and treatments
for deaf children and adolescents with emotional/behavioral problems,
is recommended.