Emotional and behavioral screening of in-school adolescents in Udupi taluk, Southern India

IF 0.4 Q4 PEDIATRICS

Journal of Indian Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health Pub Date : 2021-10-01 DOI:10.1177/0973134220210413

Snigdha Das, V. Sekaran, S. Phadnis, Gayathri Byloppilly

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Background & Objectives: Adolescence is a crucial phase in life. This study explores the emotional and behavioral problems in adolescents and factors associated with them. Methods: A total of 659 adolescents, comprising 273 females and 386 males in the age group of 14 to16 years, participated in the study. Two-stage stratified clustered sampling was used to screen the population. Strengths & Difficulty Questionnaire [SDQ] was used to assess adolescents' behavior and mental problems. Results: Emotional problems predominated among female adolescents. Total difficulty scores [36.3%] were higher among male adolescents [38.1%] versus female participants [33.7%]. Apart from the total difficulty score and hyperactivity subdomains, all the other subdomains were significantly associated with the gender of the participant. On assessing for the association between school strata and subdomains of SDQ, it was observed that conduct problems, hyperactivity, peer problems, and total difficulty scores were significantly associated at p<0.001. Conclusion: Our study findings indicate that a higher proportion of the in-school adolescents have scored in the abnormal range. It has also been observed that male adolescents had a higher rate of

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印度南部Udupi taluk地区在校青少年的情绪和行为筛查

背景与目的:青春期是人生的关键阶段。本研究探讨青少年的情绪与行为问题及其相关因素。方法:共调查14 ~ 16岁青少年659人，其中女性273人，男性386人。采用两阶段分层整群抽样对人群进行筛查。采用优势与困难问卷(SDQ)评估青少年的行为和心理问题。结果:情绪问题在女性青少年中占主导地位。男性青少年的总难度得分[36.3%][38.1%]高于女性参与者[33.7%]。除了总难度得分和多动子域外，所有其他子域都与参与者的性别显著相关。在评估学校阶层与SDQ子领域之间的关联时，观察到行为问题、多动、同伴问题和总难度得分显著相关(p<0.001)。结论:本研究结果表明，在校青少年得分处于异常范围的比例较高。还观察到，男性青少年的发病率更高

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