Intuitive and empirical prototypes in childhood psychopathology.

Intuitive and Empirical Prototypes in Childhood Psychopathology

Autonomic reactivity and psychopathology in middle childhood.

BACKGROUND Better indicators are needed for identifying children with early signs of developmental psychopathology. AIMS To identify measures of autonomic nervous system reactivity that discriminate children with internalising and externalising behavioural symptoms. METHOD A cross-sectional study of 122 children aged 6--7 years examined sympathetic and parasympathetic reactivity to standard...

Childhood Psychopathology Meausrement Schedule: Development and Standardization*

Development and standardization of an instrument Childhood Psychopathology Measurement Schedule (CPMS) to assess psychopathology in children is reported. CPMS is standardized on Indian population and is applicable to children of both sexes in the age range of 4-14 years. It measures overall psychopathology in the form of a total scores and also the type of psychopathology in the form of eight f...

Childhood emotional abuse and eating psychopathology.

The potential role of childhood emotional abuse (CEA) in the etiology and maintenance of eating psychopathology is reviewed. While childhood sexual and physical abuse have been hypothesized as risk factors in multifactorial models of eating disorders, a role for CEA has only recently been considered. Initial findings demonstrate a phenomenological link between CEA and eating psychopathology, an...

Metaphorical Reasoning and Real Prototypes Empirical Studies of Metaphors and Prototypes of Forest

Whereas rational and formal reasoning should be devoid of contradictions, people must often handle conflicting perspectives in everyday contexts. The present article is based on empirical studies of conflicting prototypes of forest in Sweden and Canada. Conflicting prototypes of forest correspond to different values and actions in real environments. The empirical data demonstrate how metaphoric...