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Story stem narratives of clinical and normal kindergarten children: associations with symptoms and strengths

Stadelmann, S; von Klitzing, K; von Wyl, A; Perren, S (2008). Story stem narratives of clinical and normal kindergarten children: associations with symptoms and strengths. In: 20th Biennial ISSBD Meeting, Würzburg, 13 July 2008 - 17 July 2008.

Abstract

Assessing the child’s inner world of representations about family life and modes of social interaction has enriched through the development of the story stem technique. In our longitudinal study we aim to investigate whether story stem responses are associated with children’s symptoms/strengths at kindergarten age and whether story stem responses are predictors of changes in children’s symptoms/strengths between 5 and 6. Five-year-old children from a clinically enriched sample completed eight story stems of the MacArthur
Story Stem Battery (N=187). A multi-informant approach (parent, teacher, child) was employed to assess children’s symptoms/strengths at 5 and 6. Children were interviewed using a standardized puppet interview. Parents and teachers completed questionnaires. Results showed that a large number of negative parental representations at 5 predicted an increase in conduct problems one year later, whereas a large number of positive parental representations at 5 predicted an increase in prosocial behaviour one year later. In terms of emotional symptoms and hyperactivity/inattention, symptoms at 5 were the only predictor for symptoms one year later. When comparing children with clinically relevant levels of behavioural/emotional symptoms and non-clinical children we found that the association between positive narrative characteristics and positive behavioural competences was prominent in children with clinically relevant behavioural/emotional symptoms. Our findings support the clinical approach that it is important to address the representational level in diagnostic and psychotherapy with young children and suggest that narrative assessments may help to identify resources on which psychotherapeutic approaches can build.

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Other titles:Children's narrative representations and child adjustment in clinical and community samples
Item Type:Conference or Workshop Item (Paper), refereed, original work
Communities & Collections:06 Faculty of Arts > Jacobs Center for Productive Youth Development
Dewey Decimal Classification:370 Education
Language:English
Event End Date:17 July 2008
Deposited On:16 Dec 2008 08:09
Last Modified:29 Jul 2020 16:32
Additional Information:Same conference paper: 18th World Congress of the International Association for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Allied Professions (IACAPAP); Istanbul, 30 April - 3 May 2008
OA Status:Closed
Official URL:http://www.issbd2008.com/
Related URLs:http://www.issbd2008.com/congress/ISSBD2008_Abstracts.pdf
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