Department of Psychology, Miami University, 90 North Patterson Avenue, Oxford, OH 45056, USA; Division of Behavioral Medicine and Clinical Psychology, Cincinnati Children׳s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, USA.
Psychiatry Res. 2014 Jun 30;217(1-2):72-8. doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2014.02.007. Epub 2014 Feb 14.
Although research demonstrates sluggish cognitive tempo (SCT) symptoms to be statistically distinct from other child psychopathologies (including attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder [ADHD], anxiety, depression, and oppositionality) and associated with social impairment, all studies conducted to date have been cross-sectional. Thus, while extant research demonstrates an association between SCT and social functioning, it is entirely unknown whether or not SCT longitudinally predicts increases in social impairment. This study provides an initial examination of the prospective association between SCT symptoms and children׳s peer functioning. Teachers of 176 children in 1st-6th grades (ages 6-13; 47% boys) provided ratings of children׳s psychopathology (i.e., SCT, ADHD, anxious/depressive, and oppositional/conduct problems) and peer functioning (i.e., popularity, negative social preference, peer impairment), and peer functioning was assessed again 6 months later. Multilevel modeling analyses indicated that, above and beyond child demographics, other psychopathologies, and baseline peer functioning, SCT symptoms were significantly associated with poorer peer functioning at the 6-month follow-up. In addition, 75% of children with high levels of SCT were rated as functionally impaired in the peer domain, in contrast to only 8% of children with low SCT. Further research is needed with larger samples to examine SCT over a longer developmental period and with other domains of adjustment.
虽然研究表明，认知动力迟缓（SCT）症状在统计学上与其他儿童精神病理学（包括注意缺陷/多动障碍[ADHD]、焦虑、抑郁和对立违抗障碍）不同，并与社交障碍有关，但迄今为止进行的所有研究都是横断面研究。因此，虽然现有研究表明 SCT 与社交功能之间存在关联，但尚不清楚 SCT 是否会随时间推移预测社交障碍的增加。本研究初步探讨了 SCT 症状与儿童同伴功能之间的前瞻性关联。1 至 6 年级（6-13 岁；47%为男孩）的 176 名儿童的教师提供了儿童精神病理学（即 SCT、ADHD、焦虑/抑郁和对立/品行问题）和同伴功能（即受欢迎程度、负面社会偏好、同伴障碍）的评定，6 个月后再次评估同伴功能。多层次模型分析表明，在儿童人口统计学、其他精神病理学和基线同伴功能之外，SCT 症状与 6 个月随访时较差的同伴功能显著相关。此外，75%的 SCT 水平较高的儿童在同伴领域被评定为功能受损，而 SCT 水平较低的儿童只有 8%。需要进一步研究，以在更长的发育时期内，在其他适应领域，用更大的样本量来检验 SCT。
