Externalizing behavior problems in childhood: violence in focus

Made available in DSpace on 2011-05-04T12:42:06Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2009Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública Sergio Arouca. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.No presente estudo o enfoque é dado à violência ocorrida no ambiente familiar, na escola e na comunidade e a sua associação com problemas de comportamento externalizantes na infância e adolescência, fases da vida que requerem proteção, atenção e cuidado, já que constituem alicerces importantes para todo o desenvolvimento. Contudo, apesar dos avanços em importantes áreasdo conhecimento como a psicologia do desenvolvimento e a psiquiatria infantil ede conquistas sociais como as leis de proteção à população infanto-juvenil hoje existentes, ainda se constata uma situação mundial de negligência aos direitos infanto-juvenis.Objetivo: Investigar, através da técnica da análise de correspondência múltipla e análise de cluster, a relação entre comportamentos externalizantes na infância, a presença / ausência de violências vividas na família, na escola e na comunidade e gênero

Cross-Cultural adaptation of the General Functioning Scale of the Family

ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE To describe the process of cross-cultural adaptation of the General Functioning Scale of the Family, a subscale of the McMaster Family Assessment Device, for the Brazilian population. METHODS The General Functioning Scale of the Family was translated into Portuguese and administered to 500 guardians of children in the second grade of elementary school in public schools of Sao Gonçalo, Rio de Janeiro, Southeastern Brazil. The types of equivalences investigated were: conceptual and of items, semantic, operational, and measurement. The study involved discussions with experts, translations and back-translations of the instrument, and psychometric assessment. Reliability and validity studies were carried out by internal consistency testing (Cronbach’s alpha), Guttman split-half correlation model, Pearson correlation coefficient, and confirmatory factor analysis. Associations between General Functioning of the Family and variables theoretically associated with the theme (father’s or mother’s drunkenness and violence between parents) were estimated by odds ratio. RESULTS Semantic equivalence was between 90.0% and 100%. Cronbach’s alpha ranged from 0.79 to 0.81, indicating good internal consistency of the instrument. Pearson correlation coefficient ranged between 0.303 and 0.549. Statistical association was found between the general functioning of the family score and the theoretically related variables, as well as good fit quality of the confirmatory analysis model. CONCLUSIONS The results indicate the feasibility of administering the instrument to the Brazilian population, as it is easy to understand and a good measurement of the construct of interest

Socioeconomic development, family income, and psychosocial risk factors: a study of families with children in public elementary school

This article aims to evaluate the effects of Brazil's recent economic growth on the monetary income, consumption patterns, and risk exposures of families with children enrolled in the public elementary school system in São Gonçalo, Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil. The article analyzes the following information on families of 447 children that participated in two waves in a longitudinal study: social stratum, per capita family income, evolution in income over a three-year period, and psychosocial factors. The findings showed a 74.8% increase in the families' income, accompanied by an increase in the consumption of material assets and access to health services. This increase should not be interpreted as a guarantee of improved living and health conditions, since it was spent on basic products and needs that do not substantially affect the families' form of social inclusion. Psychosocial risk factors were frequent among the families, but decreased during the study period, which may either reflect the improved family situation or result from the later stage in child development

Family, school and community violence and problem behavior in childhood: results from a longitudinal study in Brazil

Submitted by Repositório Arca ([email protected]) on 2019-04-24T17:15:36Z No. of bitstreams: 1 license.txt: 1748 bytes, checksum: 8a4605be74aa9ea9d79846c1fba20a33 (MD5)Approved for entry into archive by Janaína Nascimento ([email protected]) on 2019-09-27T12:04:17Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 2 ve_Assis_Simone_etal_INI_2013.pdf: 461745 bytes, checksum: 10fde7f4f209282dab7fa4382c8f8b97 (MD5) license.txt: 1748 bytes, checksum: 8a4605be74aa9ea9d79846c1fba20a33 (MD5)Made available in DSpace on 2019-09-27T12:04:18Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 2 ve_Assis_Simone_etal_INI_2013.pdf: 461745 bytes, checksum: 10fde7f4f209282dab7fa4382c8f8b97 (MD5) license.txt: 1748 bytes, checksum: 8a4605be74aa9ea9d79846c1fba20a33 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2013Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública Sergio Arouca. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto de Pesquisa Clínica Evandro Chagas. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública Sergio Arouca. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública Sergio Arouca. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública Sergio Arouca. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.Objective - To analyze if the presence of internalizing and externalizing behavior over the years are associated to the occurrence of family and social violence among schoolchildren in a Brazilian municipality. Subjects - A sample of 295 children from public schools was followed longitudinally in three waves (2005-2008), assessing the emotional and behavioral problems (CBCL) and the presence of different forms of violence. Methods - Two linear regression models were conducted taking into account the longitudinal dependence. Results - The final model for externalizing problems identified that boys are more affected and that physical violence between grandparents, between parents and between siblings, parental verbal aggression against the child and school violence are related to an increase in symptomatology throughout the period studied. The model of internalizing behavior encountered the following variables as being significant: verbal aggression of parents towards the child, sibling physical aggression and violence at school. Conclusion - The results indicate the need for preventive proposals focusing on the family and violence at school, thereby reducing emotional and behavioral problems that seriously affect child development

Situação de crianças e adolescentes brasileiros em relação à saúde mental e à violência The situation of Brazilian children and adolescents with regard to mental health and violence

Este artigo reflete sobre as violências cometidas contra crianças e adolescentes brasileiros e suas repercussões sobre a saúde mental, propondo um debate sobre a necessidade das políticas públicas de saúde priorizarem temáticas de tamanha relevância. No país, tem-se verificado que a discussão dos temas "violência e problemas de saúde mental em crianças e adolescentes" vem ocorrendo de forma fragmentada e pouco consistente. Este trabalho traz uma seleção não sistemática de estudos epidemiológicos desenvolvidos em escolas e comunidades brasileiras sobre o assunto. A ampla variedade e a prevalência da violência familiar e comunitária e dos problemas de saúde mental são apontadas, ressaltando-se as diferenças metodológicas dos métodos de aferição e a concentração de estudos nas regiões sul e sudeste do país. A ainda escassa rede de atendimento para os problemas aqui tratados é sinalizada, assim como a falta de preocupação com a prevenção do transtorno mental e com a promoção da saúde mental.<br>This article reflects about the situation of mental health and violence against Brazilian children and adolescents, proposing a discussion about the need for public health policies including these extremely relevant issues in their priority agenda. In Brazil, the debate about this problem has occurred in a fragmented and not very consistent way. This article presents a non-systematic selection of epidemiological investigations on this subject conducted in Brazilian schools and communities. The great variety and prevalence of familiar and community violence and of mental health problems is pointed out and the methodological differences between the studies and the concentration of studies in the South and Southeastern regions of the country are emphasized. The article still highlights to the scarce service network for dealing with this kind of problem and the lack of concern with the prevention of mental disorders and promotion of mental health