PREVALENCE OF MENTAL DISORDER IN MILITARY CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS - FINDINGS FROM A 2-STAGE COMMUNITY SURVEY
PREVALENCE OF MENTAL DISORDER IN MILITARY CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS - FINDINGS FROM A 2-STAGE COMMUNITY SURVEY
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DOI：
10.1097/00004583-199511000-00019
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发表时间：
1995-11-01
影响因子：
13.3
通讯作者：
LIU, S
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作者：
JENSEN, PS;WATANABE, HK;LIU, S
目的：由于以前的报告表明，军人家庭的儿童有更大的风险，精神病理学，本研究探讨了精神病理学水平的流行病学社区样本的军人儿童都生活在军事岗位上。方法：标准化的精神病理学评定量表和结构化诊断访谈（儿童诊断访谈时间表[DISC]，版本2.1）被用于多方法，多阶段调查; 294名6至17岁的军人儿童及其父母参加了这项研究。结果如下：父母和儿童管理的结构化DSM-III-R DISC访谈表明，儿童的精神病理学水平与其他正常样本的研究水平一致。此外，父母和孩子对孩子的症状自评量表评分均处于国家标准，父母对自己症状的评分也是如此。结论：总体结果并不支持这样的概念，即精神病理学水平大大增加了军人子女。对军人家庭的进一步研究应该解决军衔和社会经济地位的影响，住房，以及生活压力对父母和孩子的影响，以避免对部分或全部军人社区得出错误的结论。
Objective: Because previous reports have suggested that children of military families are at greater risk for psychopathology, this study examines the levels of psychopathology in an epidemiological community sample of military children all living on a military post. Method: Standardized psychopathology rating scales and a structured diagnostic interview (the Diagnostic interview Schedule for Children [DISC], version 2.1) were used in a multimethod, multistage survey; 294 six- to seventeen-year-old military children and their parents participated in the study. Results: Parent- and child-administered structured DSM-III-R DISC interviews indicated that children's levels of psychopathology were at levels consistent with studies of other normal samples. In addition, parents' and children's symptom checklist ratings of children were at national norms, as were parents' ratings of their own symptoms. Conclusions: Overall results do not support the notion that levels of psychopathology are greatly increased in military children. Further studies of military families should address the effects of rank and socioeconomic status, housing, and the current impact of life stressors on the parents as well as the children, in order to avoid drawing erroneous conclusions about parts or all of the military community.