Prevalence of problem behavior in a general population sample of children with learning problems
Year: 1998
Type: article
Abstract: The prevalence of problem behavior was studied in a general population sample of 44 children with learning problems aged 6 through 12 using the Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL).This sample formed part of a general population sample drawn within the context of a large-scale epidemiological study on problem behavior in children in Flanders.Children were selected on the basis of their parents' reports on learning problems.CBCL scores of children with learning problems were compared with CBCL scores of same-aged normally achieving children and a clinical sample of children consulting a mental health service.Children with learning problems manifested a wide variety of behavioral and emotional problems.Compared to normally achieving children, they scored significantly higher on Total Problems, the Internalizing and Externalizing scales and four out of eight narrowband syndromes, Anxious/Depressed, Social Problems, Attention Problems, and Aggressive Behavior.Compared to children of the clinical sample, children with learning problems received significantly lower scores only on two narrowband syndromes, Withdrawn and Thought Problems.No specific problem behavior pattern was found in children with learning problems.Poor concentration was the most widely distributed sample characteristic.This study illustrates the high correlation between learning problems and problem behavior in a nonclinical general population sample.
Source: Lirias
Language: English
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2525142017