title: Intactness of the home and behavioural problems in children.
abstract: Referral problems for children in out-patient psychiatric clinics were compared for intact homes and for broken homes in which parents were widowed, divorced, separated, unmarried or "other". All varieties of broken homes were over-represented in the clinic population compared to the general population; intact homes were under-represented. Type of home was significantly differentiated by four referral problems: anxiety and neurotic symptoms, aggression, anti-social behaviour, and problems of habit formation. The evidence suggests that the broken home should not be treated as a unitary concept.
authors.affiliation: Division of of Mental Health, Community Health Services, Philadelphia Department of Public Health, USA.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Tuckman
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Regan
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000374:Aggression / Q000523:psychology; D000554:Ambulatory Care Facilities; D000987:Antisocial Personality Disorder / Q000523:psychology; D001008:Anxiety Disorders / Q000523:psychology*; D002648:Child; D004243:Divorce; D005191:Family Characteristics; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009497:Neurotic Disorders / Q000523:psychology*; D010045:Outpatients; D012017:Referral and Consultation