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Allen, A. R., & Pidano, A. E. (2017). Childhood Schizophrenia and Autism: An Empirical Study of Perceived Social Support. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 26(6), 1664-1670.
Theoretical Basis
A strong relationship has been established between social support and psychotic symptoms. However, there is not study that has analyzed the level of social support received by children with schizophrenia. Children who have low levels of social support have been found to be at a greater risk of increased internalizing and externalizing problems.
Hypothesis
Youth with childhood and adolescent schizophrenia would have less social support than children with autism spectrum disorder.
Children with the least amount of social support would report the lowest level of functioning
Independent Variables
Diagnosis and level of perceived functioning
Dependent Variables
Perceived social support
Control Groups
Children with Autism
Data Analysis & Statistical Methods
Tests used were the t-test and ANOVA. There was a significant interaction between the level of diagnosis and perceived functioning F(6, 13) = 3.51, p = .03, partial ?2 = .62. While the researchers were expecting children with schizophrenia to not perceive having more social support this was not the case.
Discussion Summary
The researchers wanted to measure the amount of social support that is received by children with schizophrenia in comparison to children with autism. The hypothesis of the study was disproven as it was established that children with schizophrenia did receive more social support. Their other hypothesis was also disproven as the results indicate that children with the least amount of social support did not report the lowest level of functioning. The researchers believe this is because there are rare cases of childhood schizophrenia and this makes the community willing to assist. With more advocacy for autism, community members would assume that these children are well taken care and they have all the support they need.
Recommendations for Future Research
Future researchers should make use of child friendly self-report measures for exploring social support in children with...…in any way they can. The reports received were reported by parents and this is based on their perception of support received. This might be biased because a parent could think that they are receiving too much support while in the real sense the support received is limited. The study did not make use of any child participants in the study, which was a limitation since the children could have offered their perspective too. The lack of this perspective renders the study slightly biased towards the parents.
Limitations of the study are the reasons why the researchers have made a recommendation that future studies make use of child reporting too. The researchers have also recommended that there should be an inclusion of other mental disorders. This will reveal if children with other mental disorders do receive more or less social support when compared to children with schizophrenia. The mental status of parents should also be collected, which will disclose if their mental status will impact their perceived social support…
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