The objective of the current study was to examine the relationships among neighborhood disadvantage, perceived neighborhood quality, family processes, and child internalizing problems within the framework of social disorganization theory. The sample consisted of 189 low-income, European American and Mexican American children and their mothers. The…

Compared the factor structure of a modified Behavior Problem Checklist for groups of Mexican-American and Anglo-American preschool children from low socioeconomic-class families. Only the Anxiety-Withdrawal dimension exhibited strong cross-cultural similarity. Results suggest that emergent classification systems should allow for cultural variation…

Literature relevant to the needs assessment of children 5 to 12 years of age is reviewed and variables demonstrated to be factors in healthy or deviant behavior are identified. Problems addressed in the review of literature range from school maladjustment through social deviancy to schizophrenia. Five categories of studies are considered: (1)…