Abstract
The study compares the psychological symptoms of children and sociality in the toxic humidifier disinfectant and norm groups. We examine how psychological symptoms are differentially related to sociality by the two groups. The participants included 130 toxic humidifier disinfectant survivors and 129 children in the norm group. We used the bivariate correlation and a multi-group Structural Equation Model (SEM) to explore group differences in the relationship between psychological symptoms and sociality. The results indicate that survivors' psychological symptoms were significantly higher than that of those in the norm group. When controlling for the influence of all other psychological symptoms on sociality, somatic complaints had a positive effect on sociality in the survivor group. Furthermore, the more attention problems faced by the survivor group, the more significantly difficult sociality was. Practical implications are discussed for child survivors exposed to toxic humidifier disinfectant.