Language skills and interpersonal trust in adolescents with and without mental illness.

Clarke, A; Rose, TA; Meredith, PJ

Language skills and interpersonal trust in adolescents with and without mental illness.

Clarke, A Rose, TA Meredith, PJ

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Publisher:: Taylor & Francis
Publication Type:: Journal Article
Citation:: Int J Speech Lang Pathol, 2023, 25, (4), pp. 589-607
Issue Date:: 2023-08

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dc.contributor.author	Clarke, A
dc.contributor.author	Rose, TA
dc.contributor.author	Meredith, PJ
dc.date.accessioned	2024-02-05T01:27:38Z
dc.date.available	2024-02-05T01:27:38Z
dc.date.issued	2023-08
dc.identifier.citation	Int J Speech Lang Pathol, 2023, 25, (4), pp. 589-607
dc.identifier.issn	1754-9507
dc.identifier.issn	1754-9515
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/175290
dc.description.abstract	PURPOSE: The primary aim was to compare adolescents with mental illness and non-clinical adolescents on vocabulary, social problem-solving, trust in parents, attachment and mentalisation. A secondary aim was to investigate whether adolescents' language skills were associated with trust in parents. METHOD: Seventy-eight adolescents (16-18 years) participated in this cross-sectional quantitative study: a clinical sample (n = 28, M = 16.7 years, 19F) recruited from a mental health service and a non-clinical sample (n = 50, M = 17.0 years, 28F). Standardised language measures and self-report measures of trust in parents; communication quality; attachment; and mentalisation were used. Primary and secondary aims were addressed through independent samples t-tests and Pearson's correlation analyses, respectively. RESULT: Adolescents experiencing mental illness reported significantly poorer vocabulary, less trust in mother/father, greater attachment anxiety/avoidance, and poorer reflective functioning, than non-clinical adolescents. Expressive vocabulary of clinical (but not non-clinical) adolescents significantly negatively correlated with trust in mother (but not father). CONCLUSION: Results highlight a role for speech-language pathologists (SLPs) in supporting communication needs of adolescents with mental illness. SLPs should consider trust by: i) understanding adolescents with mental illness may have difficulty trusting them potentially impacting therapeutic engagement; and ii) delivering services in ways that might build trust, such as involving adolescents in treatment planning.
dc.format	Print-Electronic
dc.language	eng
dc.publisher	Taylor & Francis
dc.relation.ispartof	Int J Speech Lang Pathol
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1080/17549507.2022.2075466
dc.rights	info:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess
dc.subject	1103 Clinical Sciences, 1702 Cognitive Sciences, 2004 Linguistics
dc.subject.classification	Speech-Language Pathology & Audiology
dc.subject.classification	4201 Allied health and rehabilitation science
dc.subject.classification	4704 Linguistics
dc.subject.mesh	Female
dc.subject.mesh	Humans
dc.subject.mesh	Adolescent
dc.subject.mesh	Trust
dc.subject.mesh	Cross-Sectional Studies
dc.subject.mesh	Parents
dc.subject.mesh	Mothers
dc.subject.mesh	Communication Disorders
dc.subject.mesh	Humans
dc.subject.mesh	Communication Disorders
dc.subject.mesh	Cross-Sectional Studies
dc.subject.mesh	Parents
dc.subject.mesh	Mothers
dc.subject.mesh	Trust
dc.subject.mesh	Adolescent
dc.subject.mesh	Female
dc.subject.mesh	Female
dc.subject.mesh	Humans
dc.subject.mesh	Adolescent
dc.subject.mesh	Trust
dc.subject.mesh	Cross-Sectional Studies
dc.subject.mesh	Parents
dc.subject.mesh	Mothers
dc.subject.mesh	Communication Disorders
dc.title	Language skills and interpersonal trust in adolescents with and without mental illness.
dc.type	Journal Article
utslib.citation.volume	25
utslib.location.activity	England
utslib.for	1103 Clinical Sciences
utslib.for	1702 Cognitive Sciences
utslib.for	2004 Linguistics
pubs.organisational-group	University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Health
pubs.organisational-group	University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Health/Graduate School of Health
pubs.organisational-group	University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Health/Graduate School of Health/GSH.Speech Pathology
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dc.date.updated	2024-02-05T01:27:37Z
pubs.issue	4
pubs.publication-status	Published
pubs.volume	25
utslib.citation.issue	4

Abstract:

PURPOSE: The primary aim was to compare adolescents with mental illness and non-clinical adolescents on vocabulary, social problem-solving, trust in parents, attachment and mentalisation. A secondary aim was to investigate whether adolescents' language skills were associated with trust in parents. METHOD: Seventy-eight adolescents (16-18 years) participated in this cross-sectional quantitative study: a clinical sample (n = 28, M = 16.7 years, 19F) recruited from a mental health service and a non-clinical sample (n = 50, M = 17.0 years, 28F). Standardised language measures and self-report measures of trust in parents; communication quality; attachment; and mentalisation were used. Primary and secondary aims were addressed through independent samples t-tests and Pearson's correlation analyses, respectively. RESULT: Adolescents experiencing mental illness reported significantly poorer vocabulary, less trust in mother/father, greater attachment anxiety/avoidance, and poorer reflective functioning, than non-clinical adolescents. Expressive vocabulary of clinical (but not non-clinical) adolescents significantly negatively correlated with trust in mother (but not father). CONCLUSION: Results highlight a role for speech-language pathologists (SLPs) in supporting communication needs of adolescents with mental illness. SLPs should consider trust by: i) understanding adolescents with mental illness may have difficulty trusting them potentially impacting therapeutic engagement; and ii) delivering services in ways that might build trust, such as involving adolescents in treatment planning.

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