Abstract:

Purpose: Early-started aggressive behavior is seen as a public health problem. This study aimed at studying the factors associated with aggressive behavior in a clinical sample of pre-school children. Patients and Method: The basic application complaint was included in the study with 72 children (1 to 6 years of age) with severe aggressive behavior by parents and 72 healthy children as a control group. Demographic information, the personal and psychiatric characteristics of the parents and the mother-child relationship focused on a half-built survey was applied to the mothers. Mothers filled the Problem Behavior Control List (SDKL) and Beck Depression Inventory (BDE). Results: Parents' educational levels were lower in the patient group. The negative experiences of parents with regard to the control of anger, the mother's insufficiency feelings with regard to parentality, and interparental discussions were more frequently found in the patient group. Mother's depression and/or anxiety symptoms during pregnancy and postnatal period were more common in the patient group and BDE scores were higher. According to the logistical regression analysis, ABC hyperactivity score was found to be associated with aggression behavior, mother's sensations of parental insufficiency and father's negative experiences of anger control. The result: Aggression in pre-school children is associated with many factors. The study of the characteristics of the parents also appears to have an important role in the assessment of the facts.

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