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Diagnostic Labeling in Juvenile Court: How Do Descriptions of Psychopathy and Conduct Disorder Influence Judges?
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Murrie, Daniel C.; Boccaccini, Marcus T.; McCoy, Wendy; Cornell, Dewey G. – Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 2007
This study examined the influence of diagnostic criteria and diagnostic labels for psychopathy or conduct disorder on judicial decisions. A national sample of judges (N = 326) rendered hypothetical dispositions based on 1 of 12 mock psychological evaluations. The evaluations varied the presence of 2 sets of diagnostic criteria (antisocial…
Descriptors: Personality Traits, Judges, Criteria, Juvenile Courts
Maternal Labeling of Gifted Children: Effects on the Sibling Relationship.
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Tuttle, Diane Hoekstra; Cornell, Dewey G. – Exceptional Children, 1993
This study examined the impact of maternal labeling of children as gifted on the sibling relationship in 144 pairs of firstborn and secondborn siblings classified as both gifted, firstborn gifted, secondborn gifted, or neither gifted. Five aspects of the sibling relationship were examined: warmth/closeness, status/power, conflict, maternal…
Descriptors: Childhood Attitudes, Classification, Gifted, Kinship
Parent Use of the Term "Gifted" Correlates with Family Environment and Child Adjustment.
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Cornell, Dewey G.; Grossberg, Ingrid N. – Journal for the Education of the Gifted, 1989
A study of use of the term "gifted" among parents of children enrolled in gifted programs found one-quarter do not use it. Families of parents using the term are more achievement-oriented but provide less freedom for expression of individual feelings and are less well-adjusted. (MSE)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Family Environment, Gifted, Intelligence Quotient
Child Adjustment and Parent Use of the Term "Gifted."
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Cornell, Dewey G. – Gifted Child Quarterly, 1989
The study of 482 parents of children in a program for the gifted found that although 90 percent of the parents thought of their children as gifted, approximately 25-30 percent refrained from using the term. Children whose parents used the term were consistently less well adjusted on both self-report and peer-report measures. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Emotional Adjustment, Gifted, Labeling (of Persons)