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Emotional and behavioral disorders among primary school children of Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia

To know the prevalence of emotional and behavioural disordes among primary school children of Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, a preliminary study was done in two primary schools during the year 2011. This study was a cross-sectional, non­randomized descriptive type of study. Total of 112 children were selecte...

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Main Author: Muhammad Chanchal Azad
Format: Research Report
Language:English
Published: Universiti Malaysia Sabah 2012
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spelling my.ums.eprints.247382020-01-29T03:04:40Z https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/24738/ Emotional and behavioral disorders among primary school children of Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia Muhammad Chanchal Azad BF Psychology To know the prevalence of emotional and behavioural disordes among primary school children of Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, a preliminary study was done in two primary schools during the year 2011. This study was a cross-sectional, non­randomized descriptive type of study. Total of 112 children were selected from primary 1 to 6 classes who were age range between 6 to 12 years. Teachers of the respective classes filled up the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) of Bahasa Melayu version. Out of 112 children, total 12 children have abnormal score in emotional symptoms, conduct problems, hyperactivity and peer problems sub-scale (10.71 %). 2 children have borderline score (1.78%). 6 children have only abnormal emotional· symptoms (5.36%), 4 children had only abnormal conduct problems (3.57%) and 2 children had both emotional and conduct problems (1.78%). 1 children have hyperactivity score abnormal (0.89%) and 1 child had peer problem score abnormal (0.89%). None had pro-social score abnormal. Comparing private and public schools, emotional problems were more prevalent in public school (1.67 times more in public school) and conduct problems were more prevalent in private school (2 times more in private school). Comparing gender, girls had more emotional problems than boys (1.67 times more in girls) and boys had more conduct problems (2 times more in boys). Comparing age, emotional problems were more prevalent in 10 years children and conduct problems were more prevalent in 7 years children. Universiti Malaysia Sabah 2012 Research Report NonPeerReviewed text en https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/24738/1/Emotional%20an%20behavioural%20disorders%20among%20primary.pdf Muhammad Chanchal Azad (2012) Emotional and behavioral disorders among primary school children of Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia. (Unpublished)
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Emotional and behavioral disorders among primary school children of Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia
description To know the prevalence of emotional and behavioural disordes among primary school children of Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, a preliminary study was done in two primary schools during the year 2011. This study was a cross-sectional, non­randomized descriptive type of study. Total of 112 children were selected from primary 1 to 6 classes who were age range between 6 to 12 years. Teachers of the respective classes filled up the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) of Bahasa Melayu version. Out of 112 children, total 12 children have abnormal score in emotional symptoms, conduct problems, hyperactivity and peer problems sub-scale (10.71 %). 2 children have borderline score (1.78%). 6 children have only abnormal emotional· symptoms (5.36%), 4 children had only abnormal conduct problems (3.57%) and 2 children had both emotional and conduct problems (1.78%). 1 children have hyperactivity score abnormal (0.89%) and 1 child had peer problem score abnormal (0.89%). None had pro-social score abnormal. Comparing private and public schools, emotional problems were more prevalent in public school (1.67 times more in public school) and conduct problems were more prevalent in private school (2 times more in private school). Comparing gender, girls had more emotional problems than boys (1.67 times more in girls) and boys had more conduct problems (2 times more in boys). Comparing age, emotional problems were more prevalent in 10 years children and conduct problems were more prevalent in 7 years children.
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title_short Emotional and behavioral disorders among primary school children of Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia
title_full Emotional and behavioral disorders among primary school children of Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia
title_fullStr Emotional and behavioral disorders among primary school children of Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed Emotional and behavioral disorders among primary school children of Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia
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