McCauley E, Ross J L, Kushner H, Cutler G
Department of Psychiatry, University of Washington/Children's Hospital and Medical Center, Seattle, USA.
J Dev Behav Pediatr. 1995 Apr;16(2):82-8.
Data on social competence, behavior, and self-esteem were gathered from a large sample of girls with Turner syndrome to determine whether psychological difficulties were associated with Turner syndrome. Subjects included 97 girls with Turner syndrome, 7 to 14 years of age, and 93 girls without Turner syndrome recruited from public schools. The two groups of girls were similar in age, verbal intelligence scores, and racial composition. The girls with Turner syndrome were found, based on both parental and self-report, to be more immature than the girls in the comparison group, with weaker social relationships, school performance, and self-esteem. A decline in self-esteem was also documented for the girls with Turner syndrome, but not the comparison group, as they moved into early adolescence. Although the findings support an increased risk for subtle behavioral problems among girls with Turner syndrome, in most cases the problems endorsed were not severe enough to suggest clinical impairment.
从一大群患有特纳综合征的女孩中收集了有关社交能力、行为和自尊的数据，以确定心理困难是否与特纳综合征有关。研究对象包括97名年龄在7至14岁之间的患有特纳综合征的女孩，以及从公立学校招募的93名没有特纳综合征的女孩。两组女孩在年龄、语言智力得分和种族构成方面相似。根据父母和自我报告发现，患有特纳综合征的女孩比对照组的女孩更不成熟，社交关系、学业成绩和自尊更弱。随着患有特纳综合征的女孩进入青春期早期，她们的自尊也出现了下降，但对照组没有。尽管研究结果支持患有特纳综合征的女孩出现轻微行为问题的风险增加，但在大多数情况下，认可的问题并不严重，不足以表明存在临床损伤。
