[The mental health of single and non-single children: two years' community follow-up study].
In order to evaluate the potential impact of the "one-child per couple" family policy on child development in China, a follow-up survey of child mental health was carried out for the same cohort in communities two years after the initial survey conducted in 1984. Totally of 175 children, aged seven, 94 from the city area and 81 from the suburban-rural area of Nanjing were investigated through home visit with interview of questionnaires. The results indicated that, the single children, in contrast to the children with siblings, continuously to revealed lower total behavior problems. As for the opposing behavior trait constellations observed between the five-years old single-children and non-single children, diminished scores were found for the seven-years old children in this two-year follow-up survey.
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D002648:Child; D002652:Child Behavior; D002657:Child Development; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002681:China; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009863:Only Child / Q000523:psychology*; D013383:Suburban Population; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014505:Urban Population