This paper reviews several related literatures on internalizing and externalizing problems to analyze the gender difference. The findings from the empirical literature support gender differences in internalizing and externalizing problems which indicate that males tend to externalize more and internalize less than females, conversely females tend to internalize more and externalize less than males. Further the findings indicate a co-occurrence of internalizing and externalizing problems especially in females, supporting the theoretical assumptions that females may also exhibit externalizing problems, but in a different manner than males.
Externalizing problems, Internalizing problems, Gender difference
