title: Behaviour problems in pre-school children: family and social factors.
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.
mesh_terms: D002653:Child Behavior Disorders / Q000209:etiology* / Q000235:genetics; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006798:Housing / Q000592:standards; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008393:Marriage; D009679:Nuclear Family; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors