AU - S. Goodarzi, Sh. AU - Derakhshanpour, F. AU - Sadr, S. AU - Yasami, M. T. TI - Comparison of Behavioral Disorders in Single Child vs. Multiple Children Families PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE TA - ijpcp JN - ijpcp VO - 9 VI - 1 IP - 1 4099 - http://ijpcp.iums.ac.ir/article-1-200-en.html 4100 - http://ijpcp.iums.ac.ir/article-1-200-en.pdf SO - ijpcp 1 AB  - AbstractObjectives: The present study was conducted to compare the prevalence of behavioral dis- orders among children in single child families vs. children in multiple children families. Method: To evaluate such disorders, through multi-stage cluster sampling, 837 children from elementary schools in Tehran were selected as the subjects of the study. 422 of these child- ren were from single and 415 children were from multiple children families. Child Symp-tom Inventory, CSI-4 was completed separately by both the parents and teachers. The find- ings of the research were analyzed by c2 and regression. Findings: The subjects from multiple children, much more than the ones from the single child families, exhibited higher prevalence of conduct disorder according to the parents’ re- ports and higher prevalence of ADHD and other behavioral disorders according to the tea- cher’s reports. Furthermore, the presence or absence of one of the parents was a significant factor intervening in the spoken difference combination of the two factors, single child fa- milies and the number of parents impacted the prevalence of related disorders. Results: This study did not confirm the popular belief that the children of single child fa-milies suffer from higher prevalence of behavioral disorders.  CP - IRAN IN - Imam Hussien Hospital, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Complex, Shahid Madani St., Tehran, Iran, I.R. LG - eng PB - ijpcp PG - 20 PT - Original Research YR - 2003