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Mental Health of Preschool Children and their Mothers in a Mixed Urban/Rural Population

I. Prevalence and Ecological Factors

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Margaret J. J. Thompson ,
Jim Stevenson ,
Edmund Sonuga-Barke ,
Peter Nott ,
Zam Bhatti ,
Andy Price  and
Matthew Hudswell
Margaret J. J. Thompson
Affiliation:
Child Psychiatry Department, Southampton Health District
Jim Stevenson
Affiliation:
Behavioural Sciences Unit, Institute of Child Health, University of London
Edmund Sonuga-Barke
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of Southampton
Peter Nott
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, University of Southampton
Zam Bhatti
Affiliation:
Child Psychiatry Department, Southampton Health District
Andy Price
Affiliation:
Child Psychiatry Department, Southampton Health District
Matthew Hudswell
Affiliation:
Planning Office, Southampton Health District
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Abstract

Background

The prevalence rate of behaviour problems and maternal mental disturbance was estimated using a sample of 1047 families with a 3-year-old child from a mixed urban/rural area.

Method

Parents completed the Child Behaviour Checklist, EAS Temperament Questionnaire, Weiss–Werry–Peters Activity Scale and the GHQ–30.

Results

The rate of behaviour problems (13.2%) was similar to that obtained in studies of urban children. The rate of maternal disturbance (27.6%) was lower than in other population samples. Few differences were found in the prevalence rates in the urban and rural areas.

Conclusions

Preschool children and their parents living in non-urban areas had the same rates of problems as those in conurbations. The service needs of such families are similar regardless of locality.

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Papers
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 168 , Issue 1 , January 1996 , pp. 16 - 20
Copyright
Copyright © 1996 The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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