TY  - JOUR
A1  - Melfsen, Siebke
A1  - Jans, Thomas
A1  - Romanos, Marcel
A1  - Walitza, Susanne
T1  - Family relationships in selective mutism — a comparison group study of children and adolescents
JF  - Children
N2  - Selective mutism (SM) mostly develops early in childhood and this has led to interest into whether there could be differences in relationships in families with SM compared to a control group without SM. Currently, there are merely few empirical studies examining family relationships in SM. A sample of 28 children and adolescents with SM was compared to 33 controls without SM. The groups were investigated using self-report questionnaires (Selective Mutism Questionnaire, Child-Parent Relationship Test—Child Version) for the assessment of SM and family relationships. Children with SM did not report a significantly different relationship to their mothers compared with the control group without SM. However, the scores in respect to the relationship to their fathers were significantly lower in cohesion, identification and autonomy compared with children without SM. Relationships in families with SM should be considered more in therapy.
KW  - selective mutism
KW  - family relations
KW  - parents
KW  - schoolchildren
Y1  - 2022
U6  - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-290386
SN  - 2227-9067
VL  - 9
IS  - 11
ER  -