The impact of living on the streets on latency children's friendships

• Autor(a) principal: Rohde,Luís A.
• Data de Publicação: 1998
• Outros Autores: Ferreira,Maria Helena M., Zomer,Andréa, Forster,Letícia, Zimmermann,Heloisa
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Revista de Saúde Pública
• Texto Completo: http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-89101998000300011
• topic: Homeless youth/psychology; Family; Interpersonal relations; Menores de rua/psicologia; Família; Relações interpessoais

OBJECTIVE: This is a study to evaluate friendships in latency street boys of Porto Alegre, RGS, Brazil. METHODS: A sample of 30 latency street boys was compared with a sample of 51 latency boys living with their low income families, using the Cornell Interview of Peers and Friends (CIPF). RESULTS: The two groups had a significantly different CIPF global scores, and the boys of the street group had the highest mean score. Also, boys of the street had significantly lower developmental appropriateness, self-esteem and social skills scores than boys living with a family. CONCLUSIONS: The urgent need for intervention street children, especially on boys of the street, is emphasized.