An approach to problem behaviours in children

Lulla, Dypti; Mascarenhas, Sandra Sylvia; How, Choon How; Yeleswarapu, Sita Padmini

doi:10.11622/smedj.2019034

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“…With the gradual deepening of society and continuous contact with the environment, children’s physical and mental development problems gradually increased [ 1 , 2 , 3 ]. In the health field of China’s “Learning and Development Guide for Children Aged 3–6”, it is suggested that parents and teachers help children learn to express and adjust their emotions correctly, and give appropriate guidance so that children can express their emotions [ 4 ].…”

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Resilience Coping in Preschool Children: The Role of Emotional Ability, Age, and Gender

Chen

Hong

et al. 2021

IJERPH

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Background: In the process of children’s physical and mental development, emotional ability is an important part of their cognitive and social ability. Resilience in the face of difficulties or setbacks and other adversity will also produce differences in adaptability, thus affecting physical and mental development. Objectives: This study aimed to measure the effect of children’s emotional ability on resilience and to provide an in-depth analysis based on age and gender differences. Methodology: A total of 300 preschool children aged 3–6 years old in kindergartens of China were randomly selected as the research subjects. Through a combination of experiments and questionnaires, the emotional ability and resilience of children were measured, and differences were analyzed according to the actual situation, using age and gender. Results: Children of different ages have significant differences in the dimensions and total scores of emotional ability and resilience, but only some of the resilience dimensions have significant gender differences. Moreover, the emotional ability has a significant positive effect on resilience. Discussions: The results confirm the influence of children’s emotional ability on resilience, but the research hypothesis has not been fully verified. Limitations: This study has the limitations of a single measurement method and a more effective research tool.

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Resilience Coping in Preschool Children: The Role of Emotional Ability, Age, and Gender

Chen

Hong

et al. 2021

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“…Besides, behavioural problems may be the first presentation of an underlying developmental or medical problem and are often a cause of concern for parents or teachers. Therefore, it is important to reveal these concerns in order to refer a child with problematic behaviour (Lulla et al, 2019).…”

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Elucidating the level of developmental risk in a busy paediatric practice clinic from a middle‐income country

Yoldaş

Senkon²,

Karakaya

et al. 2022

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Background: Identifying young children with serious developmental concerns is a common challenge in paediatric settings around the world. Elucidating parental concerns about their children's development is a useful predictor of developmental status. The aim of this study is to elucidate the level of developmental risk in a busy outpatient paediatric clinic using the Parents' Evaluation of Developmental Status (PEDS) and observe the associated factors in a middle-income country.Methods: Parents attending a medical appointment for their children in a paediatric outpatient clinic were asked to complete the PEDS and a questionnaire pertaining to sociodemographic details. A total of 151 parents were eligible to participate in the study. Parents also rated the ease of completion of the test with the response options being 'difficult, a little difficult, easy, very easy'.Results: In our total sample, 9.3% (n = 14) were at high risk, 16.6% (n = 25) were at moderate risk and the remainder were at low/no risk. Being at high or moderate risk (25.8%, n = 39) was higher in male gender (p = 0.046) and older age children (p = 0.004). Hospitalization in a neonatal intensive care unit longer than 3 days, maternal employment status/housewife, long duration of screen viewing were independent risk factors significantly associated with high or moderate risk in multivariable analyses. Among the participants, 98.7% of parents reported that the PEDS was easy or very easy to complete in the clinical setting. Conclusion:In this study, in a cosmopolitan city of a middle-income country, a quarter of children were observed to be at high or moderate risk. The findings highlight the importance of elucidating the prevalence of developmental concerns among the population to enable families to access universal high-quality early childhood services.

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“…When behavioural concerns are related to an underlying medical condition, concerns warrant a review by a developmental paediatrician, psychologist, or psychiatrist for the need of therapeutic interventions including pharmacological or behavioural therapies. 26 However, when left untreated, internalizing problems often run a chronic or recurrent course and lead to substantial disability. Therefore, early detection and intervention are crucial.…”

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Relationship between non-cardiac chest pain and internalizing problems in pre-school aged children

Yoldaş

Beyazal

et al. 2020

Cardiol Young

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Objective: Non-cardiac chest pain is a common and persistent problem for children; yet, typically, there is no clear medical cause. To date, no behavioural and/or psychological factors have been studied to explain chest pain in a pre-school paediatric sample. We hypothesized that pre-school children with medically unexplained chest pain would have higher rates of behavioural problems compared to healthy controls. Methods: We assessed 41 pre-school children with non-cardiac chest pain and 68 age matched children with benign heart murmurs as the control group using the Child Behaviour Check List-1 1/2–5 to evaluate emotional and behavioural problems. Results: Internalizing problem scores comprising emotionally reactive, anxiety/depression, and somatic complaints were higher in children with non-cardiac chest pain than in the control group. Among the possible factors, the factor that is related to behaviour problem scores, in univariate analysis, was a significant and inverse correlation between maternal education and behaviour problem scores. Also, maternal employment status was associated with behavioural problems. Children with a housewife mother were more susceptible to having such behavioural problems. Based on multiple regression analyses, being in the non-cardiac chest pain group was found to be significantly related to internalizing problems in our total sample. Conclusions: These results suggest that pre-school children with non-cardiac chest pain may experience increased levels of certain behavioural comorbidities. Systematic behavioural screening could increase the detection of behavioural problems and improve care for this population. Future studies of non-cardiac chest pain in pre-school children should include larger samples and comprehensive diagnostic assessments as well as long-term follow-up evaluations.

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An approach to problem behaviours in children

Cited by 11 publications

References 8 publications

Resilience Coping in Preschool Children: The Role of Emotional Ability, Age, and Gender

Resilience Coping in Preschool Children: The Role of Emotional Ability, Age, and Gender

Elucidating the level of developmental risk in a busy paediatric practice clinic from a middle‐income country

Relationship between non-cardiac chest pain and internalizing problems in pre-school aged children

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