Children working on the streets in Brazil: predictors of mental health problems

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dc.contributor.authorMaciel, Mariana R. [UNIFESP]
dc.contributor.authorMello, Andrea F. [UNIFESP]
dc.contributor.authorFossaluza, Victor
dc.contributor.authorNobrega, Luciana P. [UNIFESP]
dc.contributor.authorCividanes, Giuliana C. [UNIFESP]
dc.contributor.authorMari, Jair J. [UNIFESP]
dc.contributor.authorMello, Marcelo F. [UNIFESP]
dc.contributor.institutionUniversidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP)
dc.contributor.institutionUniversidade de São Paulo (USP)
dc.contributor.institutionUniversidade Federal de São Carlos (UFSCar)
dc.date.accessioned2016-01-24T14:31:19Z
dc.date.available2016-01-24T14:31:19Z
dc.date.issued2013-03-01
dc.description.abstractThe objective of this study was to determine which factors predict higher risk for mental health problems in children working on the streets. We studied a sample of families that had at least one child working on the streets, from October 2008 to March 2009. the instruments applied were the parent version strengths and difficulties questionnaire (SDQ), the childhood trauma questionnaire (CTQ) for children and caregivers, the WorldSAFE core questionnaire, the global assessment of relational functioning scale (GARF), the schedule for affective disorders and schizophrenia for school-age children (K-SADS), and a socio-demographic questionnaire. 191 children between 7 and 14 years of age were analyzed; 126 (66 %) were working on the streets, and 65 were siblings who did not work on the streets. Multivariate analysis showed that mental health problems in the caregivers, violent behaviors of the caregivers toward the children, absence of a partner living in the house, and lower levels of family functioning increased the risk of mental health problems in the children. Caregivers reported severe forms of physical punishment against their children in 62 % of cases. Caregivers who had suffered sexual abuse and emotional negligence in childhood were more violent with their children. Factors that increased risk for mental health symptoms in these children were caregivers' psychopathology, physical punishment at home, single-parent structure, and poor family functioning. Work on the streets did not influence the children's mental health, when multiple risk factors were considered; family characteristics were the most significant in this sample.en
dc.description.affiliationUniversidade Federal de São Paulo, Dept Psychiat, BR-04023061 São Paulo, Brazil
dc.description.affiliationUniv São Paulo, Math & Stat Inst, São Paulo, Brazil
dc.description.affiliationUniv Fed Sao Carlos, Dept Stat, BR-13560 Sao Carlos, SP, Brazil
dc.description.affiliationUnifespUniversidade Federal de São Paulo, Dept Psychiat, BR-04023061 São Paulo, Brazil
dc.description.sourceWeb of Science
dc.description.sponsorshipConselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq)
dc.description.sponsorshipCoordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES)
dc.description.sponsorshipIDCNPq: 575114/2008-8
dc.description.sponsorshipIDCAPES: PNPD 02772/09-4
dc.format.extent165-175
dc.identifierhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00787-012-0335-0
dc.identifier.citationEuropean Child & Adolescent Psychiatry. New York: Springer, v. 22, n. 3, p. 165-175, 2013.
dc.identifier.doi10.1007/s00787-012-0335-0
dc.identifier.issn1018-8827
dc.identifier.urihttp://repositorio.unifesp.br/handle/11600/36025
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000315736200004
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherSpringer
dc.relation.ispartofEuropean Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess
dc.rights.licensehttp://www.springer.com/open+access/authors+rights?SGWID=0-176704-12-683201-0
dc.subjectChild abuseen
dc.subjectIntergenerational relationsen
dc.subjectChild developmenten
dc.subjectViolenceen
dc.subjectChild laboren
dc.subjectStreet childrenen
dc.titleChildren working on the streets in Brazil: predictors of mental health problemsen
dc.typeinfo:eu-repo/semantics/article
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