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Peer Relationship Problems in Children with Tourette's Disorder or Diabetes Mellitus

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 July 1998

Harry N. Bawden ,
Aidan Stokes ,
Carol S. Camfield ,
Peter R. Camfield  and
Sonia Salisbury
Harry N. Bawden
Affiliation:
IWK Children's Hospital and Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada
Aidan Stokes
Affiliation:
IWK Children's Hospital and Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada
Carol S. Camfield
Affiliation:
IWK Children's Hospital and Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada
Peter R. Camfield
Affiliation:
IWK Children's Hospital and Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada
Sonia Salisbury
Affiliation:
IWK Children's Hospital and Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada
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Abstract

Peer relationships, social skills, self-esteem, parental psychopathology, and family functioning of children with Tourette's disorder and a chronic disease control group of children with diabetes mellitus were compared. Children with Tourette's disorder had poorer peer relationships than their classmates and were more likely to have extreme scores reflecting increased risk for peer relationship problems than children with diabetes mellitus, but did not report self-esteem problems or social skills deficits. Measures of peer relationships were not related to severity or duration of tics. Children with Tourette's disorder and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder were at increased risk for poor peer relationships. The psychosocial problems of children with Tourette's disorder do not appear to be the generic result of having a chronic disease.

Keywords

DiabetesTourette's disorderintelligencepeer relationships
Type
Research Article
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The Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines , Volume 39 , Issue 5 , July 1998 , pp. 663 - 668
Copyright
© 1998 Association for Child Psychology and Psychiatry

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