Subtypes of incarcerated delinquents constructed via cluster analysis
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Cluster analysis with the MMPI and Jesness Inventory has been used to identify five subtypes of incarcerated juvenile delinquents with homogeneous personality traits. The subtypes are an insecure group, an unsocialized group, a group exhibiting difficulties only with adults, an emotionally stable group, and a group with multiple elevations. Cluster analysis shows that these groups vary with regard to suicidality, substance abuse, explosiveness, delusions, hallucinations, and past sexual abuse. A discriminant function analysis supports the generalizability of this classification to an independent sample.
Publication Name: Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines
Subject: Psychology and mental health
ISSN: 0021-9630
Year: 1996
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Assessing medication effects in the MTA study using neuropsychological outcomes
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The effects of medication on neuropsychological outcomes were examined by using a subsample of the Multimodal Treatment Study of Children with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (MTA) and traditional and novel methods to measure participants' performance. Results revealed significant effects of medication across all neuropsychological outcome measures and stimulant medication slowed reaction time (RT) and reduced RT variability on the ex-Gaussian outcome measures.
Publication Name: Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry
Subject: Psychology and mental health
ISSN: 0021-9630
Year: 2006
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Individual differences in cognitive planning on the Tower of Hanoi task: neuropsychological maturity or measurement error?
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This article investigates the relationship between performance on a game of strategy and neuropsychological development in children. Findings indicate that children's performance on the game did not improve when played a month after the first trial which suggests that it is not a reliable indicator of brain maturation in healthy children.
Publication Name: Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines
Subject: Psychology and mental health
ISSN: 0021-9630
Year: 2001
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