rome and Child-Behavior-Disorders

The aim of this study is to evaluate psychological aspects of childhood asthma and the connections between the illness and behavioral disturbances in asthmatic children.. We selected a group of 47 asthmatic children and a control group of 47 healthy children. The only criterion for inclusion was that the children be between 4 and 10 years of age; criteria for exclusion were neurological pathologies, cognitive retardation, and serious or chronic systemic disease. The collaboration of a psychologist and a comparative examination of questionnaires used in medical literature helped us prepare a calibrated questionnaire for our study.. In our study, the asthmatic children show significantly more behavioral and psychological disturbances than the children in the control group.. Within the group of asthmatic children the boys and the children whose illness has lasted less than 4 years, are at greater risk of such disturbances; stressful situations connected to the birth or previous pregnancies can be seen more often in the group of asthmatic children than in the control group; before the onset of the illness the asthmatic children had significant sleep disturbances.

Topics: Adolescent; Asthma; Child; Child Behavior Disorders; Child, Preschool; Comorbidity; Family Health; Female; Humans; Male; Mothers; Risk Factors; Rome; Severity of Illness Index; Sex Distribution; Sleep Wake Disorders; Stress, Psychological; Surveys and Questionnaires

The prevalence and predictors of cosleeping were investigated in 901 healthy school-aged children. Parent reports on the Children's Sleep Habits Questionnaire and Child Behavior Checklist were used to assess children's sleep and behavioral problems. Regular, long-lasting cosleeping was present in 5% of our sample. Cosleepers rated higher on the Children's Sleep Habits Questionnaire total score and Bedtime Resistance, Sleep Anxiety, Nightwakings, and Parasomnias subscales than solitary sleepers. No significant behavioral problems were found in cosleepers. Regression results showed that low socioeconomic status, one parent who is a shiftworker, one-parent families, one parent who coslept as a child, prolonged breastfeeding, and previous and current sleep problems significantly predicted cosleeping. The high incidence of parents reporting having coslept as a child also suggested a lifestyle choice. Thus, cosleeping seems to reflect a parent's way to cope with sleep problems, and the long persistence of this practice may be related to the lifestyle of families.

Topics: Adaptation, Psychological; Attitude; Child; Child Behavior Disorders; Cross-Sectional Studies; Family Characteristics; Female; Humans; Incidence; Life Style; Male; Parent-Child Relations; Parents; Risk Factors; Rome; Sleep Wake Disorders; Social Environment; Socioeconomic Factors; Urban Population

Topics: Adolescent; Child; Child Behavior Disorders; Child Psychiatry; Child, Preschool; Education; Family Characteristics; Female; Hospitals, Psychiatric; Humans; Infant; Male; Parent-Child Relations; Paris; Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; Psychology, Child; Psychosexual Development; Rome; Sex Factors; Teaching

Topics: Behavior Therapy; Behaviorism; Child; Child Behavior Disorders; Child Development; Child, Gifted; Child, Preschool; Education of Intellectually Disabled; Education, Special; Female; Greece; History, 19th Century; History, 20th Century; History, Ancient; Humans; Male; Reinforcement, Psychology; Rome; Social Behavior Disorders; United States