Emotional functioning and self-perceived severity of youth with pectus excavatum

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dc.contributor.authorGill, Jennie K.
dc.contributor.supervisorMartin, Joan M.
dc.date.accessioned2010-01-12T17:08:56Z
dc.date.available2010-01-12T17:08:56Z
dc.date.copyright2006en
dc.date.issued2010-01-12T17:08:56Z
dc.degree.departmentDepartment of Educational Psychology and Leadership Studies
dc.degree.levelMaster of Arts M.A.en
dc.description.abstractCurrently, there is little research on self-perception and the psychological impact of concealable deformities such as pectus excavatum (PE). The current study addresses this gap by comparing self-perceived severity, actual physical severity, and depressive symptoms in youth with PE. Substantiating parents' and physicians' concerns, participants' scores on the Youth Self-Report depression subscales were significantly higher than non-clinical normative samples, indicating more depressive symptoms. Analyses of self-perceived severity, the Haller Index (HI; a medical measure of PE severity), and depressive symptoms substantiated the importance of subjective self-perception. There were no significant correlations between the HI of physical severity and depressive affect; however, youths' perceptions of severity correlated strongly and predicted depressive affect. The results suggest that youth with PE may be at risk for depressive disorders, and that self-perception, not actual physical severity, is the better predictor of the psychosocial impact of the deformity.en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1828/2071
dc.languageEnglisheng
dc.language.isoenen
dc.rightsAvailable to the World Wide Weben
dc.subjecthuman abnormalitiesen
dc.subjectpsychological aspectsen
dc.subjectchest surgeryen
dc.subject.lcshUVic Subject Index::Humanities and Social Sciences::Education::Educational psychologyen
dc.titleEmotional functioning and self-perceived severity of youth with pectus excavatumen
dc.typeThesisen

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