ICPS

2021 APS Virtual Convention · 2021

Psychosocial Functioning in School-Aged Boys with and without Klinefelter Syndrome

Virtual · May 2021

Posters · Personality/Emotion Psychology

  • Hannah Steinberg
    Stanford University School of Medicine
  • Samantha Sims
  • Tracy Jordan
    Stanford University School of Medicine
  • Vanessa Alschuler
    Stanford University School of Medicine
  • Jamie Sundstorm
    Stanford University School of Medicine
  • Lara Foland-Ross
    Stanford University School of Medicine
  • Judith Ross
    Nemours Children's Health System
  • Allan Reiss
    Stanford University School of Medicine

Abstract

Research shows individuals with Klinefelter Syndrome (KS) have marked physical, cognitive, and social-emotional symptoms. This study evaluated social-emotional functioning in boys with KS throughout puberty and found elevated levels of self-reported anxiety, depression, and social difficulties compared to typically developing peers.

Psychopathology