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The educational attainment of 100 school-phobic youngsters was compared to that of 100 other psychiatric patients, using the reading quotient as the main measure. Age and IQ were allowed for. RGs were, on average, higher in the school phobic group than in the other subjects, except in a small number of younger children of high IQ. Additional comparisons with another group of psychiatric patients and with the general population,using regression equations, failed to provide any evidence of poor educational attainment in school phobia. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article presents a study which aims to determine if school phobic adolescents are exceptionally dependent on their mothers. The study used the Highland Dependency Questionnaire to administer a test to mothers during the time they were accepted for admission to adolescent psychiatry in-patient unit. The results showed that school phobic adolescents were overdependent in a high mean of immaturity subscale score on personal activities and low mean sociability subscale score in traveling and communicating with mother.