The influence of unsupervised time on elementary school children at high risk for inattention and problem behaviors
| Autor: | Yun-Mi Kyung, Eun Jin Park, Geon Ho Bahn, Soyoung Irene Lee, Hyun Ju Hong, Jungeun Song, Hyun-Soo Kim, Kyoung-Sae Na, Yun Mi Shin, Kyunghee Ha, Myoung-Ja Oh, Heejung Yoo |
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| Rok vydání: | 2014 |
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Time Factors Poison control CBCL Child Behavior Disorders Suicide prevention Developmental psychology Risk Factors Surveys and Questionnaires Republic of Korea Injury prevention Developmental and Educational Psychology Juvenile delinquency Humans Child Child Behavior Checklist Internal-External Control Human factors and ergonomics Psychophysiologic Disorders Mental health Aggression Psychiatry and Mental health Logistic Models Pediatrics Perinatology and Child Health Juvenile Delinquency Female Psychology Social psychology |
| Zdroj: | Child Abuse & Neglect. 38:1120-1127 |
| ISSN: | 0145-2134 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.chiabu.2013.09.001 |
| Popis: | In the last few decades, changing socioeconomic and family structures have increasingly left children alone without adult supervision. Carefully prepared and limited periods of unsupervised time are not harmful for children. However, long unsupervised periods have harmful effects, particularly for those children at high risk for inattention and problem behaviors. In this study, we examined the influence of unsupervised time on behavior problems by studying a sample of elementary school children at high risk for inattention and problem behaviors. The study analyzed data from the Children's Mental Health Promotion Project, which was conducted in collaboration with education, government, and mental health professionals. The child behavior checklist (CBCL) was administered to assess problem behaviors among first- and fourth-grade children. Multivariate logistic regression analysis was used to evaluate the influence of unsupervised time on children's behavior. A total of 3,270 elementary school children (1,340 first-graders and 1,930 fourth-graders) were available for this study; 1,876 of the 3,270 children (57.4%) reportedly spent a significant amount of time unsupervised during the day. Unsupervised time that exceeded more than 2h per day increased the risk of delinquency, aggressive behaviors, and somatic complaints, as well as externalizing and internalizing problems. Carefully planned afterschool programming and care should be provided to children at high risk for inattention and problem behaviors. Also, a more comprehensive approach is needed to identify the possible mechanisms by which unsupervised time aggravates behavior problems in children predisposed for these behaviors. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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