Assessment of Psychopathic Personality Deviation in Slum Children: A Pilot Study
Journal Title: International Journal of Interdisciplinary and Multidisciplinary Studies (IJIMS) - Year 2014, Vol 1, Issue 4
Abstract
The prevalence of psychopathic problems in children has been studied by many researchers and they have well documented the link of home environment to the psychopathology of the children. This pilot study was designed to identify the psychopathic nature of the slum children. The sample of the study included three mothers who have children with age 5-12 and five children with age range 5-12 (3 girls and 2 boys) child Symptom inventory -4 parent check list was used as the tool of the study and data was analyzed according to the norms of the inventory. It was observed that Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, Oppositional defiant disorder, specific phobia, obsessions separation anxiety disorder were more prevalence disorders with moderate and low severity level. But it is requires to administrate the child symptom inventory -4 teacher check list and analyze the result to draw a clear picture of the symptoms and their level of severity of prevalence psychopathic disorders in slum children.
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Wijithatissa Karandagolle
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