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Out of 228 Iranian preschool Martyrs' children whose behaviour adjustment in the nursery settings was screened using the Preschool Behaviour Checklist, 12 well adjusted, zero scorers were compared with 8 poorly adjusted, high scorers. Using the parent's Behaviour Checklist, high scorers showed significantly more problems at home than zero scorers. On the Malaise Inventory, mothers of high scorers showed poorer mental health than mothers of zero scorers. Home observations showed that mother-child interaction was more aversive in high scorers than in zero scorers. More mothers of zero scorers had remarried.
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Kalantari, M., Yule, W. & Gardner, F. Protective factors and behavioral adjustment in preschool children of Iranian Martyrs. J Child Fam Stud 2, 97–108 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01350646
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