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Journal of Pediatric Psychology 19(4) pp. 431-441, 1994
© 1994 Society of Pediatric Psychology

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Exploring the Relationship Between Thumb-Sucking and Psychopathology1

Patrick C. Friman2, Robert Larzelere and Jack W. Finney

Father Flanagan's Boys' Home and Creighton University School of Medicine, Father Flanagan's Boys' Home, Virginia Polytechnic Institute

2All correspondence should be addressed to Patrick C. Friman, Father Flanagan's Boys' Home, Youth Care Building, Boys Town, Nebraska 68010

Studied the relationship between chronic thumb-sucking and behavior problems reflective of psychopathology. Compared scores on the Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL) and Eyberg Child Behavior Inventory (ECBl) for matched samples of thumb-sucking, referred, and nonreferred children. Mean scores for the thumb-sucking and nonreferred samples were equivalent and were significantly lower than scores for the referred sample. Comparing scores for older children (8–;14 years) and younger children (4–7 years) did not produce a significant interaction. Correlating measures of thumb-sucking severity with ECBl and CBCL scores produced only 8 (of 42) significant correlations and a mean correlation of only .09. Collectively our results provide little support for the theoretically derived notion that thumb-sucking is necessarily a symptom of psychopathology.

Key words: thumb-sucking; habit disorders; pediatric psychology; behavioral pediatrics; psychopathology.


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