A neural network approach to identifying adolescent adjustment

This study examined the relationship between the quality of adjustment in a dolescents 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 Bond ing Questionnaire, the Social Support Questionnaire, and the Diagnostic Int erview for Children and Adolescents. A neural network approach was then uti lized, and it was found that several of the variables (e.g., Major Depressi ve Disorder, Conduct Disorder, and Societal Conformity) had a significant r ole in classifying adolescents into three groups: maladjusted, nominally ad justed, and well-adjusted.