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[Factor structure of psychopathologic symptoms in the pre-school age]
Insights
This study identified a chronic pre-school psychosyndrome in high-risk children using factor analysis. The findings reveal a distinct pattern of psychic and physical peculiarities in early childhood development.
Area of Science:
- Developmental Psychology
- Child Psychiatry
- Pediatric Neurology
Context:
- Investigates early childhood development in creche settings.
- Focuses on high-risk children identified at birth.
- Utilizes neuropsychiatric and clinical follow-up examinations.
Purpose:
- To detect psychosyndromes in creche-aged children.
- To determine if factor-analyzed psychosyndromes include vegetative symptoms.
- To validate a multivariate method for identifying early childhood syndromes.
Summary:
- Factor analysis of 49 psychic and physical peculiarities in 294 high-risk children (aged 2.0-2.3 years) revealed a chronic pre-school psychosyndrome.
- This syndrome's structure aligns with previously described patterns.
- The study confirms the presence of vegetative symptoms within this identified psychosyndrome.
Impact:
- First detection of a pre-school chronic psychosyndrome using a multivariate approach.
- Provides insights into symptom variability in children with developmental challenges.
- Offers potential for early identification and intervention strategies in pediatric populations.
Abstract:
The authors present a factor analysis of 49 psychic and physical peculiarities found in 294 children in creches, most of them high-risk children; these were perinatologically classified at the time of birth, and an examination was performed by neuropsychiatrists and a follow-up clinical and psychological examination made, at the age of 2.0-2.3 years. The following two problems were of interest: 1. Can psychosyndromes be detected in creche children and, if so; 2. Does the psychosyndrome obtained through factor analysis contain vegetative symptoms? Results - The peculiarities can be grouped as follows: (table; see text) This is the first time that the existence of a pre-school chronic psychosyndrome has been detected using a multivariate method. Its basic structure is as described by Göllnitz. A discussion follows of its position within the symptom variability in damaged and disturbed children, and of rough brain localization analogies.