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Children's understanding of their emotionally disturbed peers: A replication
Author(s) -
Hoffman Edward,
Marsden Gerald,
Kalter Neil
Publication year - 1977
Publication title -
journal of clinical psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.124
H-Index - 119
eISSN - 1097-4679
pISSN - 0021-9762
DOI - 10.1002/1097-4679(197710)33:4<949::aid-jclp2270330406>3.0.co;2-6
Subject(s) - psychology , disturbance (geology) , perception , replication (statistics) , developmental psychology , cognitive psychology , paleontology , statistics , mathematics , neuroscience , biology
Despite increasing recognition of the early importance of peer relations, virtually no systematic information exists on the way in which normal children view their emotionally disturbed peers. This paper reports a replication of recent findings on children's use of the concept of emotional disturbance. S s were 40 fourth and sixth graders. Five vignettes that described one normal and four emotionally disturbed boys were read to individual S s, who were interviewed about their understanding of the central figures (CFs). Interviews were coded to a 5‐point scale of degree of perceived emotional disturbance. Earlier findings were replicated to a remarkable degree. S s differentiated among the CFs in a manner congruent with clinician judges' ratings. Grade differences indicate the differential attention to and valuing of specific behaviors, rather than global differences in perception of emotional disturbance.