title: Aggressiveness and hostility in the family environment and chronic constipation in children.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To compare the emotional aspects of children with and without constipation.
  
  
  METHODS
  Some emotional aspects were studied in children with and without constipation. A nonstructured interview was performed with the mothers regarding the emotional aspects of their children. The children were asked to tell a story based on the observation of a board from the thematic children apperception test. This is a qualitative study using the technique of constant comparison.
  
  
  RESULTS
  In the interview with the mothers of constipated children.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  In the children with constipation a higher prevalence of some emotional aspects was observed.
authors.affiliation: Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, Rua Pedro de Toledo 441, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Valéria Cristina Antunes
authors.initials: VC
authors.lastname: Lisboa
authors.forename: Maria Cristina Merlim
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Felizola
authors.forename: Luiz Antônio Nogueira
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Martins
authors.forename: Soraia
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tahan
authors.forename: Ulysses Fagundes
authors.initials: UF
authors.lastname: Neto
authors.forename: Mauro Batista
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: de Morais
mesh_terms: D000374:Aggression / Q000523:psychology*; D002648:Child; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003248:Constipation / Q000523:psychology*; D005195:Family Relations; D005260:Female; D006791:Hostility; D006801:Humans; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D008297:Male; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D011584:Psychology