Children working on the streets in Brazil: Predictors of mental health problems

European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 165-175

  MacIel, Mariana R ^a   Mello, Andrea F ^a   Fossaluza, Victor ^b,c   Nobrega, Luciana P ^a   Cividanes, Giuliana C ^a   Mari, Jair J ^a   Mello, Marcelo F ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO CARLOS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Child abuse; Child development; Child labor; Intergenerational relations; Street children; Violence

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CAREGIVER; CHILD; CHILD NEGLECT; CHILDHOOD TRAUMA QUESTIONNAIRE; FAMILY; FAMILY FUNCTIONING; FEMALE; GLOBAL ASSESSMENT OF RELATIONAL FUNCTIONING SCALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PREDICTION; PUNISHMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SCHEDULE FOR AFFECTIVE DISORDERS AND SCHIZOPHRENIA FOR SCHOOL AGE CHILDREN; SCHOOL CHILD; SEXUAL ABUSE; SOCIO DEMOGRAPHIC QUESTIONNAIRE; STREET; STRENGTHS AND DIFFICULTIES QUESTIONNAIRE; VIOLENCE; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORLDSAFE CORE QUESTIONNAIRE;

EID: 84877155542     PISSN: 10188827     EISSN: 1435165X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00787-012-0335-0     Document Type: Article

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