Abstract

FERNANDEZ-DAZA, Martha  and  FERNANDEZ-PARRA, Antonio. BEHAVIORAL PROBLEMS, EMOTIONAL PROBLEMS AND ATTENTION IN CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS LIVING IN RESIDENTIAL CARE. Psychol. av. discip. [online]. 2017, vol.11, n.1, pp.57-70. ISSN 1900-2386.

The general objective of the study is to compare the information provided by parents, teachers and caregivers about pre-adolescents and Venezuelan adolescents institutionalized and living with their families, whose ages are between 11 and 16 years old. The sample was constituted by 111 participants institutionalized in civil associations and state protection entities, and 111 preadolescents and adolescents who conformed the control sample and belonged to public, private or subsidized schools. Emotional symptoms, attention deficit and hyperactivity, problems with peers, behavior problems and prosocial behavior were assessed. Problematic behaviors and emotional problems were measured through the Capacities and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ), with information from parents / caregivers and teachers, and care problems were assessed through the Scale for the Evaluation of Disorder Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (EDAH) with information from teachers. The conclusions of the study allow us to affirm that the participants living in the institutions present a higher level of behavior problems, emotional problems and attention than the preadolescents and adolescents who live with their families according to the reports of parents, teachers and caregivers.

Keywords : Children; behavior problems; emotional problems; attention; institutionalization; residential care.

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