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The Relationship between Cognitive Functions and Behavioral Deviance in Children At Risk for Psychopathology
Author(s) -
Bergman Andrea J.,
Walker Elaine
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
journal of child psychology and psychiatry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.652
H-Index - 211
eISSN - 1469-7610
pISSN - 0021-9630
DOI - 10.1111/j.1469-7610.1995.tb01824.x
Subject(s) - psychology , psychopathology , cognition , deviance (statistics) , moderation , schizophrenia (object oriented programming) , psychosis , clinical psychology , developmental psychology , developmental psychopathology , psychiatry , social psychology , statistics , mathematics
— Previous studies have generally found that children at risk for psychopathology (i.e. children characterized by risk factors such as parental psychopathology and maltreatment) display more deviant behavior and cognitive dysfunctions than children not at risk. The present study examined the relationship between behavioral deviance and cognition in children characterized by a variety of risk factors (parental schizophrenia, parental psychiatric disorders other than schizophrenia, parental maltreatment). The results indicated that the effects of parental schizophrenia could be distinguished from the more generalized effects of maltreatment and that cognitive deficits were associated with schizoid behavior in children at risk for schizophrenia. These findings suggest that cognitive ability may serve as a moderator of vulnerability to maladjustment in children at risk for schizophrenia.