%0 Journal Article
%T Association between ChildrenĄ¯s Age, Numbers of Siblings and Mental Health
%A Shin-Ling Wu
%A Rohani Abdullah
%A Sakineh Mofrad
%J Asian Social Science
%D 2012
%I 
%R 10.5539/ass.v8n13p95
%X This study was designed to examine the association between age, numbers of siblings and childrenĄ¯s mental health. The respondents were 427 children ages between 3 to 6 years old that were selected from 29 pre-schools in Malaysia. The Child Behavior Checklist 1.5¨C5(CBCL/1.5¨C5) was used to measure the childrenĄ¯s mental health where it comprised of eight subscales. The results revealed no significant relationship between age, number of siblings and childrenĄ¯s overall mental health score. However, findings indicated significant relationship between age and the subscale of anxious/depressed, as well as number of siblings with the attention problems subscale. Research examining childrenĄ¯s mental health should include a diversity of measure to identify the risk factors of mental health in order to create effective intervention and prevention programs.
%U http://www.ccsenet.org/journal/index.php/ass/article/view/21492