SOCIAL DETERMINANTION OF CHILD MENTAL HEALTH:
A REVIEW OF THE EPIDEMIOLOGICAL LITERATURE
Abstract
This paper reviews the scientific literature about the general
hypothesis of social determination in the field of Child Psychiatry and
Social Psychology of Development. The authors approach four clusters of
variables which have been associated with the occurrence of child mental
disorders: parental psychopathology, parental separation (or loss), social
class and quality of early family environment. The literature reviewed
shows that studies dealing with immediate family environmental factors
produced relatively more consistent and precise results than those investigations
which included only usual socio-economic and family variables.
Finally, the authors discuss the most relevant conceptual and methodological
problems of research on Child Psychiatric Epidemiology.
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disorder. Saciai Psychiatry, 19, 75-81.
Zeland Journal of Psychiatry, 17, 3-18.
Affleck, G., Allen, D., McGrade, B.J. & McQueeney, M. (1982). Home environment of
development disabled infants as a function of parent and characteristics. American
Journal of Mental Deficiency, 86, 445-452.
Almeida Filho, N.M. (1982). Estudo de prevalência de desordens mentais na infância e
uma zona urbana de Salvador, Bahia. Jornal Brasileiro de Psiquiatria, 31,
225-236.
Almeida Filho, N.M. (1985). Epidemiologia das desordens mentais da infância. Salvador:
Centro Editorial e Didático da UFBa.
Almeida Filho, N.M., Santana, V.S., Souza, A.L. & Jacobina, R.R. (1985). Relações
entre a saúde mental dos pais e a saúde mental das crianças em uma população
urbana de Salvador, Bahia. Acta Psiquiatr. Psicol. Amér. Lat, 31, 211-221.
Bastos, A.C.S. (1986). Variáveis sócio-econômicas, ambiente familiar e saúde mental
infantil em uma área urbana de Salvador, Bahia. Dissertação de Mestrado, UFBa.
Bee, H. (1979). Psicologia do desenvolvimento: Questões sociais. Rio de Janeiro: Ed.
Interamericana Ltda.
Bender, M.P. (1978). Psicologia da comunidade. Rio de Janeiro: Zahar.
Bjõrnson, S. (1974). Epidemiological investigation of mental disorders of children in
Reykjavik, Iceland. Scand. J. Psychol., 15, 244-254.
Bradley, R. & Caldwell, B.M. (1976). Early home environment and changes in Mental
Test Performance in children from 6 to 36 months. Development Psychology, 12,
93-97.
Bradley, R. & Caldwell, B.M. (1980). The relations of home environment, cognitive
competence and IQ among males and females. Child Development, 51,
1140-1148.
Broadhead, R. & Kaplan, B. (1983). The epidemiologic evidence for a relationship between
social support and health. American Journal of Epidemiology, 117.
Caldwell, B.M. (1975). Qual é o ambiente ideal de aprendizagem para a criança? Em
Witter, G.P., Patto, M.H. & Copit, M.S. (org.) (1975). Privação Cultural e Desenvolvimento.
São Paulo: Livraria Pioneira Editora.
Caplan, M.G. & Douglas, V.l. (1969). Incidence of parental loss in children with depression
mood. J. Child Psychiatr., 10, 225-232.
Clark, J.P. & Wenninger, E.P. (1962). Socio-economic class and area as correlates of
illegal behavior among juveniles. American Sociological Review, 27, 826-834.
Apud Ross, A.O. (1979). Distúrbios Psicológicos na Infância. São Paulo: McGraw-
Hill do Brasil 1.
Costa, J.F. (1976). História da psiquiatria no Brasil. Rio de Janeiro: Documentário.
Cox, A.D. & Mills (1984). Manuscrito apresentado à British Psychological Society.
Apud Rutter, M. & Quinton, D. (1984) Parental psychiatric disorders: effects on
children. Psychol. Medicine, 14, 853-880.
Dohrenwend, B.P. & Dorenwend, B.S. (1965). The problem of validity in field studies of
psychological disorder. J. Abnormal Psychology, 70, 52-69.
Durkheim. E. (1965). As regras do método sociológico. São Paulo: Nacional.
Elardo, R. (1977). A longitudinal analysis of the relation of infants, home environments
to language development at age three. Child Development, 48, 595-603.
Elardo, R., Bradley, R. & Caldwell, B.M. (1975). The relation of infants' home enironments
to mental test performance from six to thirty-six months: a longitudinal
analysis. Child development, 46, 71-76.
Erickson, M.L & Empey, L.T. (1965). Class position, peers and delinquency. Sociology
and Social Research, 49, 268-282. Apud Ross, A.O. (1979). Distúrbios psicológicos
na infância. São Paulo: McGraw-Hill do Brasil.
Gillberg, С & Schaumann, H. (1982). Social class and infantile autism. Journal of Autism
and Development Disorders, 12.
Harder, D., Kokes, R.F., Fisher, L, Cole, R.E. & Perking, P. (1982). Parent psychopathology
and child functionning among sons at risk for psychological disorder.
Monographics, 37, 25-35.
Hess, R.D. (1978). Influências de classe social e étnicas na socialização. Em Carmichael,
L. (1978). Manual de Psicologia da Criança, pp. 335-477. São Paulo:
EPU/EDUSP.
Hobbs, P. (1982). The relative timing of Psychiatric Disorder in Parents and Children.
Brit. J. Psychiatr., 140, 27-43.
Hunt, J.M. (1975). As implicações das mudanças nas concepções sobre o desenvolvimento
intelectual infantil. Em Witter, G.P., Patto, M.H. & Copit, M.S. (org.)
(1975) Privação Cultural e Desenvolvimento. São Paulo: Livraria Pioneira Editora.
Janos, CL., Weeks, D.G. & Worland, J. (1980). School behavior in adolescents children
of parents with mental disorder. The Journal of Nervous and Mental Diseases,
17, 234-240.
Kellam, S.G. & Esminger, M.E. (1980). Theory and Method in Child Psychiatry Epidemiology.
Studies of Children - Monographs in Psychosocial Epidemiology. New
York: Prodist.
Knorring, A.L. von, Bohman, M. & Sivgardsson, S. (1982). Early life experiences and
psychiatric disorders: an adopted study. Acta psychiatrica scandinavica, 65, 283-
291.
Langner, T.S., Gerstern, J.C. & Eisenberg, T.G. (1974). Approaches to measurement
and definition in the epidemiology of behavior disorders: ethnic background and
child behavior. International Journal of Health Services, 4, 483-501.
Matos, M.A. (1983). A medida do ambiente de desenvolvimento infantil. Psicologia, 9,
5-16.
Minde, K.K. СП 975). Psychological problems in Uganda school children: a controlled
evaluation. J. Child. Psychol. Psychiatr., 16, 49-59.
Parker, G. (1984). The measurement of pathogenic style and its relevance to psychiatric
disorder. Saciai Psychiatry, 19, 75-81.
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2012-07-12
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Cecflia de Sousa Bastos, A., & de Almeida Filho, N. (2012). SOCIAL DETERMINANTION OF CHILD MENTAL HEALTH:: A REVIEW OF THE EPIDEMIOLOGICAL LITERATURE. Psicologia: Teoria E Pesquisa, 4(3), 268–282. Retrieved from https://periodicos.unb.br/index.php/revistaptp/article/view/17052
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