Behavioral and emotional adjustment, family functioning, academic performance, and social relationships in children with selective mutism

Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines

Volumn 45, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1363-1372

  Cunningham, Charles E ^a,b,c   McHolm, Angela ^a   Boyle, Michael H ^b   Patel, Sejal ^b  

^a MCMASTER CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c HAMILTON HEALTH SCIENCES   (Canada)

Author keywords

Academic performance; Anxiety; Peer victimization; Selective mutism

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; ASSERTIVENESS; ATTENTION; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOPERATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EMOTION; FAMILY; FEMALE; FRIEND; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATHEMATICS; MOOD DISORDER; MOTHER; MUTISM; OBSESSION; PARENT; PSYCHOSOMATIC DISORDER; RATING SCALE; READING; RECREATION; SAMPLING; SKILL; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL DISABILITY; SOCIAL INTERACTION; TEACHER; VICTIM;

ACHIEVEMENT; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ANXIETY; CHILD; CONDUCT DISORDER; CRIME VICTIMS; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MUTISM; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTING; PEER GROUP; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 7444253990     PISSN: 00219630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7610.2004.00327.x     Document Type: Article

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