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self-concept, physical self-concept, adolescents, psychiatry, Social Sciences, Science & Technology, Life Sciences & Biomedicine, Education, Special, Rehabilitation, Education & Educational Research, Self-concept, Physical self-concept, Adolescents, Psychiatry, DESCRIPTION QUESTIONNAIRE, MOTOR COMPETENCE, BODY-IMAGE, PARTICIPATION, COORDINATION, ESTEEM, GENDER, DISORDERS, AGE, Adolescent, Body Image, Female, Hospitals, University, Humans, Length of Stay, Long-Term Care, Male, Mental Disorders, Psychiatric Department, Hospital, Psychometrics, Reference Values, Reproducibility of Results, Self Concept, Surveys and Questionnaires, 1117 Public Health and Health Services, 1303 Specialist Studies in Education, 1701 Psychology, 3904 Specialist studies in education, 4203 Health services and systems, 5201 Applied and developmental psychology

Abstract:

Self-concept is a widely examined construct in the area of psychiatric disorders. This study compared the Physical Self-Description Questionnaire (PSDQ) scores of adolescents with psychiatric disorders (N=103) with the results of a matched group of non-clinical adolescents (N=103). Self-concept and Physical self-concept were lower in the clinical than in the non-clinical group. Girls (N=59) scored lower than boys (N=44) in both groups. In the different diagnostic groups specific domains were affected in line with symptomatology, which has implications for therapy.