TY - JOUR
PY - 2017//
TI - Impact of psychosocial environment on young children's emotional and behavioral difficulties
JO - International journal of environmental research and public health
A1 - Grazuleviciene, Regina
A1 - Andrusaityte, Sandra
A1 - Petraviciene, Inga
A1 - Balseviciene, Birute
SP - e14101278
EP - e14101278
VL - 14
IS - 10
N2 - OBJECTIVE: The impact of maternal psychosocial stress on young children's mental difficulties is unclear. This study investigated the joint effects of the socioeconomic status and parent-child relationships on emotional and behavioral difficulties in preschool children.
METHODS: The case-control study included 1416 mothers and their 4-6 year-old children pairs, living in Kaunas city, Lithuania. The parent-child relationships were measured using the Parent-Child Dysfunctional Interaction subscale. Children's mental health difficulties were assessed by the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire. We used logistic regression models to indicate the strength of the associations.
RESULTS: Lower socioeconomic status women more often than higher ones reported pathological mother-child relations. Low education level was associated with statistically significant increase adjusted odds ratios for emotional symptoms and total behavioral difficulties. With reference to the group of better-educated mothers and normal mother-child relations, low education and pathological mother-child relations statistically significantly increased the risk of total difficulties in 4-6 year-old children; the adjusted odds ratios were 2.45; 95% CI 1.51-3.99.
CONCLUSIONS: Pathological mother-child relations strengthened the effect of lower education on the increased risk of emotional and behavioral difficulties in preschool-age children. Measures oriented towards health behavior and psychosocial difficulties management may decrease children's emotional and behavioral difficulties. Language: en
LA - en
SN - 1661-7827
UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph14101278
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