A neural network approach to identifying adolescent adjustment
Nair, J.; Nair, S.S.; Kashani, J.H.; Reid, J.C.; Rao, V.G.
Adolescence 36(141): 153-162
2001
ISSN/ISBN: 0001-8449 PMID: 11407631 Document Number: 538799
This study examined the relationship between the quality of adjustment in adolescents and a set of psychiatric diagnoses, personality traits, parental bonding, and social support variables. One hundred fifty adolescents were administered the Millon Adolescent Personality Inventory, the Parental Bonding Questionnaire, the Social Support Questionnaire, and the Diagnostic Interview for Children and Adolescents. A neural network approach was then utilized, and it was found that several of the variables (e.g., Major Depressive Disorder, Conduct Disorder, and Societal Conformity) had a significant role in classifying adolescents into three groups: maladjusted, nominally adjusted, and well-adjusted.