Data from the Czech part of the European Longitudinal Study of Pregnancy and Childhood offer a unique opportunity to examine a period of changing socioeconomic structure of the country. Our aim was to analyse the association between socioeconomic status, family structure and children's psychosocial problems at the age of 7, 11, 15 and 18 years in 3,261 subjects and compare our results with findings from western settings. The Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) and its five subscales were used to assess individual problem areas (emotional symptoms, peer problems, hyperactivity, conduct problems) and prosocial behaviour. Socioeconomic status was represented by maternal education and three forms of family structure were identified: nuclear family, new partner family and single parent family. The SDQ subscale score over time was modelled as a quadratic growth curve using a linear mixed-effects model. Maternal university education was associated with a faster decline in problems over time for all five SDQ subscales. Problems in children from nuclear families were found to be significantly lower than in children from single parent families for all SDQ subscales with the exception of peer problems. Compared to nuclear families, children from new partner families scored significantly higher in hyperactivity and conduct problems subscales. The nuclear family structure and higher maternal education have been identified as protective factors for children's psychosocial problems, in agreement with findings from western settings. Adopting a longitudinal perspective was shown as essential for providing a more complex view of children's psychosocial problems over time.
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- dítě MeSH
- emoce MeSH
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- longitudinální studie MeSH
- mladiství MeSH
- poruchy chování u dětí patologie MeSH
- problémové chování MeSH
- průzkumy a dotazníky MeSH
- rodina * MeSH
- sociální chování MeSH
- socioekonomické faktory * MeSH
- společenská třída MeSH
- stupeň vzdělání MeSH
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- lidé MeSH
- mladiství MeSH
- mužské pohlaví MeSH
- ženské pohlaví MeSH
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- časopisecké články MeSH
- práce podpořená grantem MeSH
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- emoce klasifikace MeSH
- lidé MeSH
- poruchy chování u dětí klasifikace patologie rehabilitace MeSH
- speciální vzdělávání klasifikace trendy MeSH
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- lidé MeSH
- Publikační typ
- recenze MeSH
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- farmakoterapie metody MeSH
- hyperkinetická porucha MeSH
- lidé MeSH
- poruchy chování u dětí patologie terapie MeSH
- poruchy sociálního chování patologie terapie MeSH
- příznaky a symptomy patologie terapie MeSH
- psychomotorické poruchy patologie terapie MeSH
- psychoterapie metody MeSH
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- lidé MeSH
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- agrese klasifikace psychologie MeSH
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- lidé MeSH
- mladiství MeSH
- poruchy chování u dětí patologie prevence a kontrola psychologie MeSH
- průzkumy a dotazníky využití MeSH
- psychologické testy MeSH
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- mladiství MeSH
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