Abstract

ROSSO BORBA, BRUNA MAINARDI  and  MARIN, ANGELA HELENA. Impacts of Emotional Problems and Behavior Indicators on Performance at School. Rev. colomb. psicol. [online]. 2017, vol.26, n.2, pp.283-294. ISSN 0121-5469.  https://doi.org/10.15446/rcp.v26n2.59813.

This study investigates to what extent emotional and behavioral problems impact on and explain the academic per formance of adolescents. 70 students, 70 families and 21 teachers participated in the study, completing the Youth Self-Report (YSR), the Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL) and the Teacher Report Form (TRF). School performance was as sessed using the final grade in Portuguese and mathematics. The evaluation of adolescents, families and teachers shows that attention problems explain low school performance, in addition to the externalization of problems indicated by the adolescents and the isolation or depression indicated by the teachers. The article highlights the importance of attention to these variables, given their influence on adolescents' learning.

Keywords : behavior disorders; educational attainment level; adolescence.

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