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The impact of living on the streets on latency children's friendships
L A Rohde1, M H Ferreira, A Zomer
1Departamento de Psiquiatria, Hospital de Clínicas, Porto Alegre da Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, RS-Brasil. lrohde@zaz.com.br
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.
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