title: [Effects of family cohesion and adaptability on behavioral problems in preschool children].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate the effects of family cohesion and adaptability on behavioral problems in preschool children.
  
  
  METHODS
  The stratified cluster multistage sampling method was used to perform a questionnaire survey in the parents of 1 284 children aged 3-6 years in the urban area of Lanzhou, China. The general status questionnaire, Conners Child Behavior Checklist (Parent Symptom Question), and Family Adaptability and Cohesion Scale, Second edition, Chinese version (FACESII-CV) were used to investigate behavioral problems and family cohesion and adaptability.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The overall detection rate of behavioral problems in preschool children was 17.13%. The children with different types of family cohesion had different detection rates of behavioral problems, and those with free-type family cohesion showed the highest detection rate of behavioral problems (40.2%). The children with different types of family adaptability also had different detection rates of behavioral problems, and those with stiffness type showed the highest detection rate of behavioral problems (25.1%). The behavioral problems in preschool children were negatively correlated with family cohesion and adaptability.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  During the growth of preschool children, family cohesion and adaptability have certain effects on the mental development of preschool children.
authors.affiliation: School of Public Health, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730030, China. wangyann@lzu.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Yan-Ni
authors.initials: YN
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Hong-Li
authors.initials: HL
authors.lastname: Xue
authors.forename: Qian
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Chen
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D002648:Child; D002653:Child Behavior Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires