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Assessing Behavior and Social Competence of Severely Emotionally Disturbed Youth Admitted to Psychiatric Residential Treatment
Author(s) -
Groot Jodi Morstein
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
journal of child and adolescent psychiatric nursing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.331
H-Index - 35
eISSN - 1744-6171
pISSN - 1073-6077
DOI - 10.1111/j.1744-6171.2009.00184.x
Subject(s) - social competence , competence (human resources) , psychology , clinical psychology , psychiatry , social skills , medicine , social change , social psychology , economics , economic growth
PROBLEM: Youth admitted to psychiatric residential treatment centers demonstrate behavioral problems and social competence deficits. Little systematic inquiry has quantified these issues or their impact on therapeutic care. METHOD: Secondary data from Child Behavioral Checklists and Relationship Questionnaires were collected through retrospective chart reviews and were statistically analyzed. FINDINGS: Seventy‐one percent of the 113 subjects met clinical behavioral problem levels. Youth who were older than 15 years at admission lagged significantly behind 12th‐grade norms in social competence, having scores congruent with 8th‐grade students. CONCLUSION: Youth in this study had significant behavioral problems, and deficits in social competence were identified among older youth.