scholarly journals Impact of Unhealthy Psycho Social Environment on Adolescent Mental Health Causes Emotional and Behavioural Problems

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 3009-3016
Author(s):  
Valarmathi V ◽  
Thirunavukarasu M ◽  
Kanniammal C
Keyword(s):  
Behavioral Problems ◽  
Peer Pressure ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Emotional And Behavioral Problems ◽  
Behavioural Problems ◽  
Mixed Method Research ◽  
Emotional And Behavioural Problems ◽  
Parental Relationship ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Standard Tool

Adolescence is a most crucial period in a person’s life because rapid changes occur in physical, psychological and emotional spheres. Due to the immaturity and emotional turmoil the adolescent undergoes in this period a safe, nurturing environment is essential for the adolescents to grow up in to a well adjusted person. The aim of this study to assess the influence of psychosocial stressors on emotional and behavioral problems of school adolescents. The study conducted at Govt. Higher secondary school for boys and girls at Guduvancheri  in Kanchipuram District, Chennai. A mixed method research design was used for collecting data from 8th to 12th standard students’ age between 13-17 years. The stratified random sampling technique was used to collect data from 100 samples with help of the standard tool child behaviour check list (CBCL)YSR 11-18year. The result revealed that in comparing the CBCL score between the male and female adolescents having significant difference in rule breaking behaviour p<0.003 and thought problems p<0.001. Out of 100 samples 10 Adolescents were selected who had emotional and behavioural problems and were sharing their problems and express their stressors. By this personal discussion found out  the root stressors such as  poor parental relationship (alcoholic father), insecure home environment, peer pressure, inadequate economical support and academic pressure lead them for loneliness, inferiority, hopelessness,  anxiety,  involvement of  immoral behaviors.

Emotional and Behavioral Problems in Early Adolescents and Association with Socio-demographic Risk Factors

2017 ◽  
Vol 41 (S1) ◽  
pp. S128-S128
Author(s):  
L. Dostovic Hamidovic
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Behavioral Problems ◽  
Parental Education ◽  
Early Adolescents ◽  
Emotional And Behavioral Problems ◽  
Behavioural Problems ◽  
Emotional And Behavioural Problems ◽  
Increased Risk ◽  
Demographic Risk ◽  
Demographic Risk Factors

AimThe aim is to analyse the frequency emotional and behavioural problems early adolescents and association with socio-demographic risk factors.Subject and methodsWe analysed a group of 240 early adolescents (11–15 years) from the area of Tuzla Canton, Bosnia and Herzegovina, in the general population. For the assessment of children's emotional and behavioural problems, the Strength and Difficulties Questionnaire – SDQ is used. Data were processed by descriptive statistics. For the assessment association between socio-demographic risk factors and emotional and behavioural problems in early adolescents we used Pearson correlation test.ResultsThe result show that the frequency of emotional and behavioural problems are present in 3% of cases, The results of correlation sociodemographic risk factors and emotional and behavioral problems, showed that unemployed mothers have a significant increased risk of developing behavioral disorders in early adolescents (P < 0.05). Low family economic status leads to a significantly higher frequency of emotional symptoms in early adolescents, poor attitude towards society and significantly higher overall difficulties (P < 0.05). Higher levels of parental education was significantly associated with a higher frequency of behavioral problems and illness in the family leads to a much more emotional problems (P < 0.05).ConclusionThe obtained results of this study indicate that early adolescents showed low levels of emotional and behavioral problems. There is a significant correlation between socio-demographic risk factors and emotional and behavioral problems early adolescents.Disclosure of interestThe author has not supplied his/her declaration of competing interest.

scholarly journals Emotional & Behavioural Problems among Siblings of Children with Chronic Neuromuscular Illnesses

2020 ◽  
pp. 29-37
Author(s):  
Nidhi Garg ◽  
Krishna Moorthi Adhikari
Keyword(s):  
Behavioral Problems ◽  
Assessment Tool ◽  
Small Sample Size ◽  
Tertiary Care ◽  
Small Sample ◽  
Emotional And Behavioral Problems ◽  
Behavioural Problems ◽  
P Value ◽  
Care Hospital ◽  
Significant Difference

Introduction and Objective: To determine the prevalence of emotional and behavioral problems among siblings of children with chronic neuromuscular illnesses by using validated parent completed assessment tool. Method: It is a cross-sectional study conducted in a tertiary care hospital from over a period of 34 months. Siblings of children with chronic neuromuscular illnesses were serially recruited while attending pediatric OPD and IPD. Parents were interviewed and requested to fill the Strength and Difficulty Questionnaire (SDQ) to assess and analyze emotional and behavioral problems among siblings. Results: Study included 171 siblings of children with chronic neuromuscular illnesses. Of 171 siblings, 124 (72.51%) had normal scores, 25 siblings (14.62%) were in borderline range and remaining 22 (12.87%) had abnormal values. The mean ± SD of SDQ score was 12.41 ± 3.6 with median score of 11. There was no significant difference between total SDQ scores of male vs female siblings (p value= 0.229) or between birth order of the sibling or GMFCS class of the affected child to emotional and behavioural problems. Subgroup analysis was not possible because of small sample size.

scholarly journals Psycho-demographic factors predisposing school adjustment among In-school adolescents in Osun state, Nigeria.

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 8
Author(s):  
Ernest Okpako
Keyword(s):  
School Adjustment ◽  
Demographic Factors ◽  
Peer Pressure ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Emotional Stability ◽  
T Test ◽  
Emotional Instability ◽  
Test Analysis ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
And Gender

The study examines the Psycho-demographic factors predisposing school adjustment among In-school adolescents in Osun state, Nigeria. The study adopted a descriptive design of correlational type. A Sample of three hundred In-school adolescents were selected using a multi-stage sampling technique. Data collected were analyzed using Pearson Product Moment Correlation, T-test and Multiple regression analysis. Results indicated School adjustment positively correlated with peer pressure (r= .461, p< 0.05), emotional instability (r = .665, p<0.05) while school adjustment is negatively correlated with gender (r= -.332, p<0.05). All the independent variables jointly accounted for 48.5% variance in predicting school adjustment among In-school adolescents. Two out of three predictors (emotional stability and gender) are potent predictors of school adjustment. The most potent factor was emotional stability (β = .591, t= 11.611, P<0.05), followed by gender (β = -.205, t= -4.757, P<0.05 except peer pressure (β = .062, t= 1.198, P>0.05) which is not a potent predictor of school adjustment.  This implies that, an increased influence of emotional stability will increase school adjustment by 59.1% and gender will increase school adjustment by 20.5%. Also, the T-test analysis reveal a significant difference in the school adjustment of male and female; t (298) = 6.081, p<0.05.

scholarly journals Major Factors that Affect Grade 10 Students’ Academic Achievement in Science Education at Ilu Ababora General Secondary of Oromia Regional State, Ethiopia

2014 ◽  
Vol 32 ◽  
pp. 118-134 ◽  
Author(s):  
Feyera Beyessa
Keyword(s):  
Academic Achievement ◽  
Science Education ◽  
Science Teachers ◽  
School Principals ◽  
Peer Pressure ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Teaching Science ◽  
Class Discussion ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Significant Difference

The main purpose of this study was to explore the factors that affect grade10 students‟ academic achievement in science education at Ilu Aba Bora Zone of General Secondary Schools. To attain this objective, descriptive survey research method was employed. The subjects of the study were 360 (172 male and female 155 students, 25 science teachers, 2 laboratory technicians and 6 school principals). Stratified sampling followed by simple random sampling (lottery method) technique was employed to select the sample students, purposive sampling technique was used to select the schools and availability sampling method was employed for science subject teachers, laboratory technicians and school principals. To gather the necessary data, questionnaire, and interview, observation and document analysis were used. The gathered information was analyzed using both quantitative and qualitative methods of data analysis. The result of the study showed that students were stagnantly engaged in traditional methods of teaching science education. Of major teaching science methodologies, small group (one to five) discussion (M = 4.0) method was the most dominant approach followed by gapped-lecture and whole class discussion, which are not pedagogically supported in teaching science education of the modern time. Out of laboratory sessions, with statistically no significant difference between male and female students, they favored science education negatively and poorly involved in practicing it. 85.97% of activities in science educations of grade 9 and 10 were absolutely not done in the laboratory, which hinder students‟ understanding to handle science education easily. The study also revealed that, non-proficiency in English Language becomes an obstacle for students to grasp the concepts of science education. Although the professional supports of science teachers to their students were relatively fair (M = 3.2), they have not used their maximum potential to implement science education effectively. Parental involvement, peer pressure, schools support (regular attendance, providing facilities, evaluating the effectiveness of teaching learning, giving guidance) and other stakeholders commitment to enhance students‟ science education were very near to the ground. Lastly, absence of laboratory chemicals, rooms, apparatuses, technicians and well organized laboratory manuals were negatively affected the effective implementation of science education and students‟ academic achievement as well. Thus, based on the findings of the study, recommendations were forwarded to alleviate the aforementioned problems.

A comparison of the emotional and behavioural problems of intellectual disability offenders in medium and low security

2016 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 109-115
Author(s):  
Sarah Ashworth ◽  
Paul Mooney
Keyword(s):  
Normative Data ◽  
Clinical Decision Making ◽  
Current Data ◽  
Small Sample ◽  
Behavioural Problems ◽  
Emotional And Behavioural Problems ◽  
Treatment Needs ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Over Time

Purpose There are few reliable psychometric measures of the psychopathology of offenders with intellectual disabilities (ID). However, previous research has indicated that the emotional problems scale (EPS) is useful in identifying a range of treatment needs and in predicting risk to self and others. The purpose of this paper is to compare the severity of the emotional and behavioural problems of a small sample of offenders with ID in medium and low secure services, as assessed by EPS. Additionally, the data are tentatively compared with those reported in previous research to precipitate discussion regarding the changes in clinical populations in secure care over time. Design/methodology/approach The study collected demographic and EPS data for patients with ID (n=25) on medium secure and a low secure wards. Data were collected as part of routine clinical practice, with EPS forms being completed by nursing and other multi-disciplinary staff. Findings It was found that there was no statistically significant difference in EPS scores between medium and low secure patients with ID. The authors also highlight differences between the current sample and the normative data collected by previous research. Originality/value The data regarding the psychopathology of medium and low secure patients with ID provide insight into the ever changing resourcing needs and risk profiles of this complex patient group. In addition, there is a dearth of empirical research that comments on the clinical differences observed over time in forensic populations. As the current data differ from pre-existing normative data, the potential shift in populations and also implications for the accuracy of clinical decision making based on the assessment are discussed.

scholarly journals ATTITUDE OF MALE INSERVICE AND PRESERVICE EARLYCHILDHOOD TEACHERS TOWARDS WORKING IN PRESCHOOL CENTERS IN IBADAN, NIGERIA

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 48-56
Author(s):  
Moses Amosun ◽  
Lawrence Ogunniyi ◽  
Funke Ogunbiyi
Keyword(s):  
Early Childhood ◽  
Preschool Education ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Early Childhood Educators ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Mixed Method Research ◽  
Childhood Education ◽  
Care Givers ◽  
Foreign Countries ◽  
Significant Difference

Preschool Education provides foundation for all round development, enables the child to understand various issues and fit in well into the society. Although it is the duty of both male and female early childhood educators to help children develop holistically, statistics has shown that more female care givers work in preschool centers across the country than male. Even in some foreign countries, this problem remains the same. However, researches have tried to identify the cause of this gender inequality or disparity but have only sampled the opinion of others about this without adequately considering the attitude of the male early childhood educators. Hence, this study investigated the attitude of male early childhood educators towards working in preschool centers in Ibadan. The study adopted a mixed method research approach and the design is explanatory triangulation of QUAN + QUAL type. Proportional stratified sampling technique was used to select 150 in-service and 150 pre-service male early childhood educators from the 3 local government areas selected. One instrument was used to gather the quantitative data. Interview of in-services and pre-service early childhood educators also form source of qualitative data. The study found out that the attitude of early childhood educators is not encouraging. It also found out that there is no significant difference between in-services and pre service early childhood educators in their attitude towards working in preschool. It was recommended that investment should be made into early childhood education level so as to make the salary attractive for most male educators.

A Study to assess the effectiveness of Structured teaching program on knowledge regarding behavioural problems of children among mothers in selected areas at Kollam

2021 ◽  
pp. 365-368
Author(s):  
Anet Joy ◽  
Jismi Jigu ◽  
Leema Thomas ◽  
Nithya Sara James ◽  
Sandhra Benni ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Behavioral Problems ◽  
Quantitative Research ◽  
Demographic Variables ◽  
Behavioural Problems ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Teaching Program ◽  
Teaching Programme ◽  
Number Of Children ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Structured Teaching

A study was assess to find the effectiveness of structured teaching program on knowledge regarding behavioural problems of children among mothers in selected areas at kollam .The objectives of the study were to assess the knowledge regarding behavioral problems of children among mothers, to evaluate the effectiveness of structured teaching program on knowledge regarding behavioural problems of children among mothers and to find out the association between knowledge regarding behavioural problems of children among mothers and selected demographic variables like age of mothers, living area, number of children, education of mothers, age of marriage, monthly income, occupation of mothers and types of family. A quantitative research approach was used with one group pretest posttest only design. Convenience sampling was used. Sample size was 50. The investigator assessed the knowledge of mothers using structured questionnaire regarding behavioral problems of children. After conducting the pretest, the researcher provided structured teaching programme for a period of 40 minutes on the same day. After one week Posttest was conducted using the same research tool. It is found that the calculated t value (17.35) is greater than table value. There is significant difference between pretest and posttest knowledge scores of mothers. There is no association between pretest knowledge and selected demographic variables. The finding of the study suggests that structured teaching programme is effective in increasing the knowledge of mothers regarding behavioral problems of children.

scholarly journals SENSORY-INTEGRATION THERAPY IN THE TREATMENT OF AGGRESSIVE BEHAVIOR IN CHILDREN WITH MULTIPLE DISABILITIES

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 ◽  
pp. 126-132
Author(s):  
Diyana Georgieva
Keyword(s):  
Aggressive Behavior ◽  
Behavioral Problems ◽  
Sensory Integration ◽  
Multiple Disabilities ◽  
Emotional And Behavioral Problems ◽  
Mean Values ◽  
Integrative Therapy ◽  
Sensory Integration Therapy ◽  
Positive Effects ◽  
Significant Difference

In recent years, sensory-integration therapy has emerged as one of the most popular treatments for aggressive behavior in children with different disorders. This article is devoted to an experimental study aimed at determining the effects of sensory-integration therapy on the aggressive behavior of children with multiple disabilities. Eighteen children participated in the study. The registration of the children's behavioral responses for 24 consecutive school days allowed the collection of evidence in support of the thesis in the study. The individual child’s frequency of aggressive behaviors in four domains was recording on 12 days while undergoing sensory-integrative therapy and 12 days without a treatment with sensory-integrative techniques. The following methods were used in the analysis of the results: Paired samples t-tests to test the four null hypotheses, a Shaprio-Wilk test for the assumption of normality, Cohen's d to determine the effect size attributable to the therapy, and descriptive statistics for the dependent variables. The statistical results indicated a high level of significance for the three variables: aggression towards property, physical aggression, and aggression toward self. The obtained average values for the three modules are evidence for the positive effects of the sensory-based therapy in children with emotional and behavioral problems. The fourth variable, verbal aggression did not show a statistically significant difference between the mean values before and after the sensory-based intervention.

scholarly journals Behavioral Problems among School Going Adolescents in Eastern Development Region of Nepal

2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 712-717
Author(s):  
Tara Kumari Kafle ◽  
Tika Kumari Kafle ◽  
Saidur Mashreky ◽  
Hem Sagar Rimal ◽  
Durga Sapkota ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Multivariate Analysis ◽  
Behavioral Disorders ◽  
Behavioral Problems ◽  
Behavioral Problem ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Behavioural Problems ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Development Region

Introduction: The public health relevance of mental health conditions including behavioural problems in children and adolescents has been a growing concern over the past decades. There are negligible studies found in mental health domains of adolescents in developing countries; studies with regional or national coverage are lacking in Nepal. Therefore, present study has been designed to explore the magnitude and risk factors of behavioral disorders among adolescents. Objective: The objective of this study is to examine the prevalence of behavioral disorders and its determinants among school going adolescence in Eastern Development Region of Nepal. Methodology: The study adopts analytical cross-sectional design with sample size 1500 involving 11 to 17 year school going adolescents and carried out in Eastern Development Region of Nepal during August to December 2016. Multistage probability sampling technique was used to draw the sample and validated self-report SDQ was used to estimate the behavioral problems. Ethical approval was taken from ERB of Nepal Health Research Council. Written informed consent was taken from each participant before collecting the information. Collected information were entered using Epi Data software and processed to SPSS version 16 for analysis. Both bivariate and multivariate analysis were carried out. Results: The prevalence of total (overall) behavioral problem was found among 35.0 % adolescents. While classifying, 13.3% were suffering from emotional disorder, 11.20% from conduct problem, 7.2% from hyperactivity/inattention, 4.9% from peer relationship problem and 2.1% from prosocial activities. In multivariate analysis, female adolescents, adolescents of uneducated or less educated parents (less than 10+2), residing in mountain ecological belt and adolescents without parents (dead or separated) were found positively associated with behavioral disorders. Conclusion: Total behavioral problem was found among 35.0% adolescents. adolecents of less educated parents, female sex, Mountain ecological belt and those without parents were more vulnerable to behavioral problem. Therefore, parental care seems to be very much essential to reduce the behavioural problems among children.

scholarly journals Parents’ and teachers’ perceptions of emotional and behavioural problems of school-going adolescents

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
U. Harikrishnan ◽  
Grace Lalhlupuii Sailo
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Socioeconomic Status ◽  
Linear Regression Analysis ◽  
Emotional Problems ◽  
Behavioural Problems ◽  
Emotional And Behavioural Problems ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Rural Settings ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Urban Rural

Abstract Self-reported studies alone cannot be used to deduce the significance of adolescent problems. Therefore, the current study focuses on parents’ and class teachers’ perspectives of school-going adolescents’ emotional and behavioural problems. The objectives are to apprehend the prevalence of adolescent problems, comparisons on gender, school-area; and its association with socio-demographic details. A cross-sectional questionnaire-based study was conducted among 19 schools from government-private and rural-urban schools across Kollam District, Kerala. Malayalam/English version of the Strength and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) was administered among a sample of 600 parents and 60 class teachers of school-going adolescents. Gender correlation with parents’ report found emotional problems (P<0.01), conduct problems (P<0.01), hyperactivity (P<0.001), peer problems (P<0.001) whereas in teachers’ report found relationship with emotional problems (P<0.05) and hyperactivity (P<0.001). Multivariate test results reveal that there is a statistically significant difference in emotional and behavioural problems of school-going adolescents based on school area (government-urban, government-rural, private-urban and private-rural). Multiple linear regression analysis on parents reports is significantly predicted with gender (P<0.01), urban-rural settings (P<0.001) and socioeconomic status (P<0.01). Teachers’ report has significantly been predicted with urban-rural settings (P<0.01) and socioeconomic status (P<0.001). Parents’ reports revealed a less overall prevalence of emotional and behavioural problems than teachers’ reports. Female adolescents tend to have more emotional problems and males were found to be more hyperactive. A significant difference was found with the school-area settings and significant association with socio-demographic details of adolescents. More attention is needed for the protection of adolescents’ mental health and fills mental health gaps in services.

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