InfluÛncia da situaþÔo familiar na forma de expressÒo das neuroses. / [Influence of the family situation on the form of expression of neuroses]

ABSTRACT

In this research were investigated the conditions of the family environment and the contact with the parents in 3 different groups of children and adolescents who presented respectively conversion neurosis, other types of neurosis and behavior disorders of the aggressive type. The analysis of the results obtained indicated a positive correlation between the tendency to manifest emotional conflicts under the form of conversion symptoms and the course of childhood in a family inadequate environment, with the absence of one or both parents. This fact was not found in the two other groups.