https://scholars.lib.ntu.edu.tw/handle/123456789/345143
Title: | Demographic and perinatal factors for behavioral problems among children aged 4-9 in Taiwan: Regular article | Authors: | SUSAN SHUR-FEN GAU Chiu, YN CHI-YUNG SHANG Gau, SS Tsai, WC WEN-CHE TSAI Soong, WT Shang, CY |
Issue Date: | 2009 | Journal Volume: | 63 | Journal Issue: | 4 | Start page/Pages: | 569-576 | Source: | Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences | Abstract: | Aim: To investigate the effects of age, gender, prenatal/perinatal factors, and maternal psychological distress on childhood emotional/behavioral problems, and the gender difference in the patterns of comorbid emotional/behavioral problems. Methods: The sample included 1391 children aged 4-9 in Taipei using a multi-stage sampling method. Their mothers completed questionnaires including demographics, prenatal/perinatal variables, the Child Behavior Checklist, and the Chinese Health Questionnaire. The linear and non-linear mixed model was used for data analysis. Results: Boys scored higher on externalizing problems, and girls scored higher on internalizing problems. Gender also modified the comorbid patterns of emotional/behavioral problems. Aggressive behaviors decreased, but attention and thought problems increased with age. Prenatal/perinatal exposure to alcohol and coffee, vaginal bleeding, and gestational diabetes, low birthweight, and postnatal incubation and resuscitation, and maternal psychological distress predicted the risk for several childhood emotional/behavioral problems. Conclusion: Prenatal/perinatal and maternal care, and gender-specific measures are important for prevention of childhood emotional/behavioral problems. ? 2009 Japanese Society of Psychiatry and Neurology. |
URI: | http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-68149131068&partnerID=MN8TOARS http://scholars.lib.ntu.edu.tw/handle/123456789/345143 |
DOI: | 10.1111/j.1440-1819.2009.01979.x |
Appears in Collections: | 醫學系 |
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