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Psychosocial adjustment of adult women with Turner syndrome
Author(s) -
McCauley Elizabeth,
Sybert Virginia P.,
Ehrhardt Anke A.
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
clinical genetics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.543
H-Index - 102
eISSN - 1399-0004
pISSN - 0009-9163
DOI - 10.1111/j.1399-0004.1986.tb01256.x
Subject(s) - psychosocial , psychology , clinical psychology , rating scale , social functioning , turner syndrome , psychiatry , depression (economics) , developmental psychology , medicine , pediatrics , distress , economics , macroeconomics
This paper presents results from a detailed assessment of the psycho‐social adaptation of a group of adult women with Turner syndrome. Thirty subjects, 21 to 48 years of age, participated in an evaluation of social and psychiatric status. The evaluation included a semi‐structured interview designed to assess current social functioning and past psychiatric and social history. Subjects completed two self‐report questionnaires as well: the Tennessee Self‐Concept Scale and the Carroll Rating Scale for Depression. The results reveal a significant subgroup of subjects reporting major psychiatric difficulties and endorsing a considerably impaired sense of self‐esteem. These women presented as very dissatisfied with themselves and their lives. These findings are not consistent with previous reports in which women with Turner syndrome have been described as having an unusually high tolerance for stress and being emotionally inert.