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Oomen, Renske (2014)

Psychosociale vaardigheden bij jeugdigen met een angststoornis en/of een depressie.

Master thesis | Education and Child Studies (MSc)

Psychosocial functioning is important for the overall development of juveniles. When juveniles have psychosocial skill deficits this can lead to problems in school, peer relations and leisure activities. This study has examined if juveniles with an anxiety disorder and/or depression have psychosocial skill deficits and what role age and gender have on this. This study has a cross-sectional descriptive research design. Parents were asked to fill out the Social Emotional Questionnaire (SEV) and the Questionnaire Psychosocial Skills (VPV) about their child. The sample consisted of 584 Dutch juveniles in the age of 4 to 18 (M =11.73, sd = 3.55), with 41% of them being girls and 59% boys. The findings show that juveniles with an anxiety disorder and/or depression have more psychosocial skill deficits in contrast to juveniles without these disorders. The interactive skills are the most impaired. Findings also show that there are no significant differences in psychosocial functioning...Show morePsychosocial functioning is important for the overall development of juveniles. When juveniles have psychosocial skill deficits this can lead to problems in school, peer relations and leisure activities. This study has examined if juveniles with an anxiety disorder and/or depression have psychosocial skill deficits and what role age and gender have on this. This study has a cross-sectional descriptive research design. Parents were asked to fill out the Social Emotional Questionnaire (SEV) and the Questionnaire Psychosocial Skills (VPV) about their child. The sample consisted of 584 Dutch juveniles in the age of 4 to 18 (M =11.73, sd = 3.55), with 41% of them being girls and 59% boys. The findings show that juveniles with an anxiety disorder and/or depression have more psychosocial skill deficits in contrast to juveniles without these disorders. The interactive skills are the most impaired. Findings also show that there are no significant differences in psychosocial functioning between children with either an anxiety disorder, a depression, or children that have both an anxiety disorder and a depression. There is no effect on psychosocial skills, as a result of age and gender. The findings of this study suggest that an early detection of psychosocial skill deficits in juveniles is of great importance to prevent anxiety disorders and/or a depression. It’s also important to detect and target psychosocial skill deficits in juveniles with an anxiety disorder and/or depression because this can define the course of their disorder and prevent relapses.Show less

angststoornis

depressie

angst

psychosociale vaardigheden

Author

Oomen, Renske

Faculty

Faculty of Social & Behavioural Sciences

Specialisation

Clinical child and adolescent studies

Supervisors

Scholte, Evert

ECTS Credits

20

Language

nl