Multiple risk factors affecting childhood psychosocial dysfunction in primary school Egyptian children

Middle East Current Psychiatry

Table 6 Association between psychosocial risk factors and CPD

Psychosocial risk factors		Psychosocial dysfunction				p
		Yes (N = 70)		No (N = 298)
		No	%	No.	%
Family problems	Yes	33	62.3	20	37.7	0.001^a
Family problems	No	37	11.7	278	88.3	0.001^a
Major changes in the family	Yes	39	79.6	10	20.4	0.001^a
Major changes in the family	No	31	9.7	288	90.3	0.001^a
Parent(s) smoking status	Yes	22	51.2	21	48.8	0.001^a
Parent(s) smoking status	No	48	14.8	277	85.2	0.001^a
Academic achievement at school	Satisfactory	51	17.1	248	82.9	0.04
Academic achievement at school	Poor to very poor	19	27.5	50	72.5	0.04
Problems with teachers	Yes	25	33.3	50	66.7	0.001^a
Problems with teachers	No	45	15.4	248	84.6	0.001^a
Problems with peers	Yes	22	51.2	21	48.8	0.001^a
Problems with peers	No	48	14.8	277	85.2	0.001^a
Exposure to violence	Yes	56	22.4	194	77.6	0.02
Exposure to violence	No	14	11.9	104	88.1	0.02
Living nearby a source of pollution	Yes	16	15.5	87	84.5	0.29
Living nearby a source of pollution	No	54	20.4	211	79.6	0.29
Child live with	Single parent	15	71.4	6	28.6	0.001^a
Child live with	Both parents	55	15.9	292	84.1	0.001^a
Parent(s) death	Yes	12	63.2	7	36.8	0.001^a
Parent(s) death	No	58	16.6	291	83.4	0.001^a
Parent(s) drug abuse	Yes	4	100.0	0	0.0	0.001^a
Parent(s) drug abuse	No	66	18.6	288	81.4	0.001^a