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INTACTNESS OF THE HOME AND BEHAVIOURAL PROBLEMS IN CHILDREN
Author(s) -
Tuckman Jacob,
Regan Richard A.
Publication year - 1966
Publication title -
journal of child psychology and psychiatry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.652
H-Index - 211
eISSN - 1469-7610
pISSN - 0021-9630
DOI - 10.1111/j.1469-7610.1966.tb02248.x
Subject(s) - psychology , developmental psychology
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.