Behaviour Problems in Pre-School Children: Family and Social Factors
- 1 November 1977
- journal article
- Published by Royal College of Psychiatrists in The British Journal of Psychiatry
- Vol. 131 (5), 523-527
- https://doi.org/10.1192/bjp.131.5.523
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.Keywords
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