title: [ Symptom Severity and the Role of Friendship in Children at a Child Guidance Center from Parents' Point of View].
abstract: By means of the Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL) it was assessed how much children who are attended to a child guidance center suffer from behavior problems and emotional distress. Furthermore, the interaction between straining and supporting influences was examined. Results show that symptom severity lies in the range of clinical significance. Children of divorced parents show more internalizing as well as externalizing problems than children of nuclear families. High social integration is correlated with lower psychic symptomatic - yet, this finding was dependent on family situation: While frequency to meet friends in children from nuclear families was correlated with lower symptomatic, this effect could not be found in children of divorced parents.
authors.affiliation: Erziehungs- und Familienberatungsstelle Sankt Augustin, Wehrfeldstrase 2, 53757 Sankt Augustin.
authors.forename: Kai
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Brüggemann
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000342:Affective Symptoms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy; D002648:Child; D002653:Child Behavior Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy; D002661:Child Guidance Clinics; D003469:Culture; D004243:Divorce / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D033062:Friends / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D007389:Internal-External Control; D008297:Male; D009679:Nuclear Family; D010290:Parents / Q000523:psychology*; D012917:Social Adjustment
keywords: CBCL; Erziehungsberatung; Gleichaltrigenbeziehung; Trennung/Scheidung; child guidance center; peer relationship; psychic symptomatic; psychische Belastung; separation/divorce