Aggressiveness and hostility in the family environment and chronic constipation in children.
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.
Lisboa
Valéria Cristina Antunes
VC
Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, Rua Pedro de Toledo 441, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil.
Felizola
Maria Cristina Merlim
MC
Martins
Luiz Antônio Nogueira
LA
Tahan
Soraia
S
Neto
Ulysses Fagundes
UF
de Morais
Mauro Batista
MB
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