The impact of living on the streets on latency children's friendships.
OBJECTIVE
This is a study to evaluate friendships in latency street boys of Porto Alegre, RGS, Brazil.


METHODS
A sample of 30 latency street boys was compared with a sample of 51 latency boys living with their low income families, using the Cornell Interview of Peers and Friends (CIPF).


RESULTS
The two groups had a significantly different CIPF global scores, and the boys of the street group had the highest mean score. Also, boys of the street had significantly lower developmental appropriateness, self-esteem and social skills scores than boys living with a family.


CONCLUSIONS
The urgent need for intervention street children, especially on boys of the street, is emphasized.
Departamento de Psiquiatria, Hospital de Clínicas, Porto Alegre da Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, RS-Brasil. lrohde@zaz.com.br
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D001938:Brazil; D002648:Child; D002657:Child Development; D005190:Family; D018453:Homeless Youth / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D008297:Male; D012923:Social Class; D013037:Spatial Behavior; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires