1Asst. Professor, Dept. of Clinical Psychology, LGBRIMH, Tezpur, Assam
2Additional Professor, Dept. of Clinical Psychology, RINPAS, Kanke, Ranchi, Jharkhand
3Clinical Psychologist, Dept. of Clinical Psychology, LGBRIMH, Tezpur, Assam
*Corresponding Author e-mail: masroorjahan@yahoo.com
Online published on 6 October, 2014.
A cross-sectional study on school students was carried out to find out prevalence and pattern of behavioural problems in school going children of Tejpur City, Assam. Students were drawn from classes KG to VI from 9 English medium schools of Tezpur, Assam, India. One Thousands Five Hundren Fourteen school children assessed using Revised Behaviour Problem Checklist (Quay & Peterson, 1980) which was to be completed by the class teachers to explore the prevalence and patterns of behavioural problems in school going children. A total of 480 (30.8%) children were found having behavioural problem. Prevalence of various disorders ranged between 7.90 to 16.78%. Highest prevalence was found on Anxiety withdrawal followed by Socialized aggression, Attention problems-immaturity, Conduct disorder, Psychotic behaviour and Motor tension-excess.
Behavioural Problem, Prevalence, Epidemiology
