Citation

Vostanis P, Nicholls J, Harrington R. J. Child Psychol. Psychiatry 1994; 35(2): 365-376.

Affiliation

Queen Elizabeth Psychiatric Hospital, Birmingham, U.K.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1994, John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

8188805

Abstract

Maternal expressed emotion (EE) scales were rated for children aged 6-11 with conduct disorders, emotional disorders and a group of non-referred children matched for sex and age (N = 30 in each of the three groups). Maternal warmth distinguished significantly between the three groups (CD < ED < Controls), while criticism distinguished the group of conduct disordered children. Maternal criticism was positively associated with child behaviour ratings even within the non-referred group. These observational ratings of warmth and criticism were found to be much more strongly associated with child behaviour than maternal ratings of their family environment.

Language: en