A boson field with quartic self-coupling is discussed in the BCS approximation. For certain values of the coupling constant the transition from simple products to normal ordered products by a Bogolyubov transformation implies a spontaneous breakdown of the original symmetries in the Lagrangian. In a real scalar field a discrete symmetry can be broken; in more complex fields mass splitting also occurs. If the boson is characterized by the assignment 0 + ~, the nonvanishing vacuum expectation value of its field operator may result in tadpole diagrams, which offer an explanation of the C-violating transitions. The experimental consequences of different coupling schemes between the 0 +~ meson and other particles are discussed in detail. The role of the gizr) and QTZX matrix elements is emphasized in explaining different C-violating transitions in SU(2)-and SU (3) -symmetric ways, respectively.