Behavioral Profile of Children with Chronic Skin Disease According to Caregivers’ Assessment

Authors

  • Márcia Cristina Caserta Gon Universidade Estadual de Londrina
  • Camila do Carmo Menezes
  • Fernanda Marques Jacovozzi
  • Robson Zazula Universidade Estadual de Londrina

Keywords:

Behavior problem, behavioral assessment, chronic skin disease, childhood.

Abstract

Studies indicate that children with chronic diseases show higher frequency or likelihood of developingof behavioral problems, such as anxiety, depression and relationship difficulties. However, there are few empirical studies on behavioral problems in children with chronic skin disease. This study aimed to investigate the caregivers' assessment of the behavioral profile of children with chronic disease. Sixty-six caregivers answered the CBCL (Child Behavior Check-list). Results about global functioning showed similar frequencies of children evaluated as having clinical and non-clinical behaviors problems. Concerning gender, boys displayed behavioral problems more often, when compared to girls. Although most caregivers evaluated the children as having high social competence, a high percentage of children were evaluated as having low social competence. This suggests that the occurrence of behavior problems could be associated with chronic skin disease.

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Author Biographies

Márcia Cristina Caserta Gon, Universidade Estadual de Londrina

Doutora em Psicobiologia pela Universidade de São Paulo. Professora Associada do Departamento de Psicologia Geral e Análise do Comportamento da Universidade Estadual de Londrina.

Camila do Carmo Menezes

Graduada em Psicologia e Mestre em Análise do Comportamento pela Universidade Estadual de Londrina.

Fernanda Marques Jacovozzi

Graduada em Psicologia e Mestre em Análise do Comportamento pela Universidade Estadual de Londrina.

Robson Zazula, Universidade Estadual de Londrina

Psicólogo e Docente da Faculdade Dom Bosco de Cornélio Procópio (PR)

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Published

2013-07-19

How to Cite

Gon, M. C. C., Menezes, C. do C., Jacovozzi, F. M., & Zazula, R. (2013). Behavioral Profile of Children with Chronic Skin Disease According to Caregivers’ Assessment. Psico, 44(2). Retrieved from https://revistaseletronicas.pucrs.br/revistapsico/article/view/11118

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Vol. 44 No. 2 (2013)

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