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Psychiatric disorder in Queensland primary schoolchildren
Author(s) -
CONNELL H. M.,
IRVINE L.,
RODNEY J.
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
journal of paediatrics and child health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.631
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1440-1754
pISSN - 1034-4810
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-1754.1982.tb02021.x
Subject(s) - medicine , rutter , metropolitan area , demography , psychiatry , pediatrics , population , prevalence , developmental psychology , environmental health , psychology , pathology , sociology
. Nine hundred and eighty‐six 10 and 11‐year‐old children were screened for psychiatric disorder using a method developed by Rutter for a same‐age English population. The prevalence rate was 14%, with rural children showing a lower rate (10%) than urban (15%), and metropolitan (18%). Comparisons between Australian and English children suggest a higher rate of disorder among the former; significantly so in the case of girls (p<.02), with a significant increase in emotional disorder among boys (p<.02), and an increase in conduct disorder among girls but not at a level of statistical significance. The results on teacher questionnaires alone showed a prevalence rate and distribution very comparable to the English study. These findings are discussed in the light of cultural differences and changing social attitudes.