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Egocentric responses of normal and emotionally disturbed children in different treatment settings

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Piaget has demonstrated that socialization is accompanied by a reduction of egocentrism in development. It has also been found that the deficient socialization of the emotionally disturbed child is reflected in greater egocentric thought than in the nondisturbed child. This study was conducted to determine if performance on a Piagetian task would demonstrate differences in egocentric responses not only between disturbed and nondisturbed children, but if differences among three groups of disturbed children would be obtained as a function of treatment setting. It was found that the performance of the nondisturbed group was significantly less egocentric than that of all three groups of disturbed children. Further, the directionality of the results indicates that increasing egocentric performance is paralleled by severity of disturbance as defined by treatment setting. Implications for the interpersonal aspects of treatment programs are discussed.

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  1. Infant Developmental Laboratory, Meyer Children's Rehabilitation Institute, University of Nebraska Medical Center, 42nd Street and Dewey Avenue, 68105, Omaha, Nebraska

    Rune J. Simeonsson Ph.D. (Assistant Professor of Child Health, Department of Pediatrics, Director)

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This study was completed while the author was on a National Institute of Mental Health fellowship (1 TIMH 10561-01) at Peabody College. Gratitude is expressed to Nashville Metropolitan Schools, Tennessee Re-Education Schools, and Eastern State School and Hospital, Pennsylvania, for their cooperation.

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Simeonsson, R.J. Egocentric responses of normal and emotionally disturbed children in different treatment settings. Child Psych Hum Dev 3, 179–186 (1972). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01434944

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