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Behaviour Problems in Pre-School Children: Family and Social Factors

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

Naomi Richman
Naomi Richman*
Affiliation:
Department of Child Psychiatry, Institute of Child Health, The Hospital for Sick Children, Great Ormond Street, London WC1N 3JH
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Abstract

In a group of 99 three-year-old children with behaviour problems identified in an epidemiological survey, family and social factors were compared with those in a group of controls. Behaviour problems were significantly associated with a strained marital relationship between parents, with social stresses and with type of housing. There was a high rate of maternal depression in both problem and control groups. The interaction between a behaviour problem in a young child, maternal mental health and social factors is discussed.

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Research Article
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 131 , Issue 5 , November 1977 , pp. 523 - 527
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1977 

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