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Epidemiology of Behavioral and Emotional Problems among Thai and American Children: Teacher Reports for Ages 6–11
Author(s) -
Weisz John R.,
Suwanlert Somsong,
Chaiyasit Wanchai,
Weiss Bahr,
Achenbach Thomas M.,
Trevathan Donald
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
journal of child psychology and psychiatry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.652
H-Index - 211
eISSN - 1469-7610
pISSN - 0021-9630
DOI - 10.1111/j.1469-7610.1989.tb00260.x
Subject(s) - psychology , epidemiology , developmental psychology , el niño , clinical psychology , pediatrics , medicine
As a sequel to comparisons between reports by parents, we compared behavioral/emotional problems of 6–11‐yr‐old That and American children reported by teachers. These revealed higher ratings for Thai than for American children on nearly all problems showing significant cross‐national differences. That children were rated higher on both overcontrolled and undercontrolled behavior and had more overcontrolled than undercontrolled problems ( p <0.0001). Boys were higher than girls on all 48 problems that showed significant sex differences. The findings underscore (1) the impact of culture on children's problems in the school sitting and (2) the importance of surveying teacher as well as parent perspectives.