To target health services aimed at the impact of maladjustment secondary to a chronic disorder, it is necessary to identify specific disorders that increase the risk of maladjustment. This thesis examines whether children with communication disorders are more likely to have emotional and behavioral problems than those who are healthy or those with other chronic disorders. It also studies whether children with communication disorders are more likely than the comparison groups to develop mental health problems or to persist in having these problems as young adults. To answer these questions, cross-sectional and cohort analyses were conducted on 2,638 children from the Ontario Child Health Survey and 11,744 children from the British National Child Development Study. / Children with communication disorders from both studies were found to have more emotional and behavioral problems than those who were healthy or those with chronic physical disorders. In neither sample, however, was there evidence to conclude that these psychological problems increase or persist in early adulthood. / The implications of these findings for public health and clinical practice are discussed.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Wisconsin - Madison, 2006. / (UnM)AAI3222972. Adviser: Diane M. Bless. Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 67-06, Section: B, page: 3098.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Indiana University, Dept. of Linguistics, 2005. / Title from PDF t.p. (viewed Nov. 10, 2008). Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 67-01, Section: A, page: 0167. Adviser: Robert F. Port.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Indiana University, Dept. of Speech and Hearing Sciences, 2007. / Title from PDF t.p. (viewed on Nov. 19, 2008). Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 68-02, Section: B, page: 0928. Adviser: Laura L. Murray.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2009. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 70-06, Section: B, page: 3473. Adviser: David Kuehn. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 145-157) Available on microfilm from Pro Quest Information and Learning.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Indiana University, Dept. of Linguistics and the Dept. of Speech and Hearing Sciences, 2006. / "Title from dissertation home page (viewed July 10, 2007)." Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 67-08, Section: A, page: 2962. Advisers: Kenneth de Jong; Diane Kewley-Port.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Indiana University, Dept. of Speech and Hearing Sciences, 2006. / "Title from dissertation home page (viewed July 11, 2007)." Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 67-08, Section: B, page: 4385. Adviser: Karen Forrest.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2006. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 67-07, Section: A, page: 2457. Adviser: Michaelene Ostrosky. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 202-212) Available on microfilm from Pro Quest Information and Learning.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2006. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 67-07, Section: A, page: 2435. Adviser: Cynthia J. Johnson. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 164-181) Available on microfilm from Pro Quest Information and Learning.

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