Relationship between mothers’/caregivers’ reported learning difficulty and internalizing symptoms (anxiety and depression) of children aged 5–17 years in Ghana

Norman, Queen Angela; Dey, Nutifafa Eugene Yaw; Ansah, Kenneth Owusu; Arthur-Holmes, Francis; Duah, Henry Ofori; Agbadi, Pascal

doi:10.1016/j.ridd.2021.104108

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“…That is, the SLD group scored significantly higher than the NSLD group in anxiety and depression, aggressive behaviours, anger, and defiant behaviour. In addition, this group obtained lower scores in self-esteem and social competence and integration but higher scores in awareness of their problems [19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26]. These results coincide with some studies that have indicated that populations of schoolchildren with specific educational support needs, specifically with SLD, tend to have greater levels of internalising [19,26] and externalising [18,23,24] emotional difficulties than their normative peers.…”

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“…However, it does not occur with the AWE variable, which presented a negative relationship with the other personal resources, being significant with respect to SOC only in the SLD group. Adolescents with SLD exhibit a stronger relationship between their awareness of their problems and lower social competence than their peers, so they have a more maladaptive pattern induced by perceiving their emotional difficulties and social problems [22][23][24][25][26][27][28]. Likewise, a high correlation was found between internalising and externalising problems among adolescents with SLD, more so than among their peers.…”

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confidence: 94%

“…Regarding externalising problems, several studies indicate the high prevalence of externalising emotional difficulties among students with SLD [20,21,26], finding up to three times the rate of occurrence among samples of adolescents with SLD [20]. Alemany [18] highlighted the presence of behavioural disorders (21%), frustration, anger (4.6%), and conflicts with the law (1.5%) among adolescents with SLD, while Zuppardo et al [23] pointed out that adolescents with SLD score significantly higher than their peers in aggressive behaviour, although it was not significant in terms of criminal behaviour.…”

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Emotional Adjustment among Adolescent Students with and without Specific Learning Disabilities

Martín-Ruiz,

González-Valenzuela,

Infante-Cañete

2023

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Adolescence is a psychologically vulnerable stage in which problems of emotional adjustment and psychological well-being can appear. The aim of this study is to analyse the relationship and comparison of emotional deficits and resources among adolescents with or without specific learning disabilities. We evaluated 80 students distributed into two groups: 40 adolescents with specific learning disabilities and 40 normative adolescents matched with the previous group in terms of age, sex, and school year. The study variables are internalising problems (anxiety and depression), externalising problems (aggression, anger control, defiant behaviour, and antisocial behaviour), and personal resources (self-esteem, social competence and integration, and awareness of problems), evaluated by means of the SENA test. The results indicate a positive relationship between externalising and internalising problems and a negative relationship between the latter and some personal resources in both groups. We also found that adolescents with specific learning disabilities displayed more internalising and externalising symptoms than their peers, greater awareness of their emotional difficulties, and lower self-esteem and social integration and competence. The findings highlight the need for preventive interventions that promote the psychological well-being and mental health of adolescents within the school setting at an early age.

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Emotional Adjustment among Adolescent Students with and without Specific Learning Disabilities

Martín-Ruiz,

González-Valenzuela,

Infante-Cañete

2023

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“…In the stated formular, the letter 'n' denotes study sample size, 'Z' denotes the population standard normal distribution of 1.96 for 95% con dence interval, 'P' is the true population proportion or prevalence of depression among teenaged girls in the study area thus, Twifo Atti-Morkwa district, and 'e' is the standard error of (5%). Since we could not nd any previous study in Twifo Atti-Morkwa district that reported prevalence of depression among teenaged girls, we used the national child depression prevalence rate of 13% in calculating our sample size [31]. Thus, substituting these values in the equation, the sample size n was calculated as n=173.…”

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Household food insecurity, family size and their interactions for depression prevalence among teenage pregnant girls in Ghana, a multi-stage cluster sampling survey.

Dominic

Yawson

Asare

et al. 2023

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Background: Household-food-insecurity, is situation where individuals and families have limited/uncertain access to nutritionally-adequate and safe foods for healthy-living. Family is basic social-unit comprising parents and children living together in household. Household-food insecurity and family-size are risk factors for depression. However, their synergistic and/or multiplicative effect on depression are not well established. This study explored household-food insecurity, family-size and their interaction on depression prevalence among teenaged pregnant girls in Twifo-Atti-Morkwa district. Methods: WHO-STEPS multi-stage clustered-random sampling-survey was used to recruit study participants. 20-electoral areas in Twifo-Atti-Morkwa district were randomly selected, and structured-questionnaire used to collect demographic-variables. Household-Food-Insecurity Access-Scale (HFIAS) and Child-Anxiety and Depression-Scale (RCADS-25) were used to collect data. Results:Diastolic blood pressure (P-value=0.014) and household-food insecurity (P-value= 0.0001) were significant for depression. Moderate-family-size AOR=1.08, 95%CI (1.17-3.71) and large-family-size AOR2.78, 95%CI (3.98-10.19) were significant for depression. Moderate-food insecurity AOR= 0.12, 95%CI (0.41-0.35) and high-food insecurity AOR= 0.27, 95%CI (0.11-0.71) were significant for depression. Interaction between moderate-food insecurity and moderate family-size AOR=1.69, 95%CI (2.79-17.51), interaction between high-food insecurity and low family-size AOR=1.24, 95%CI (1.57-11.41) and finally, interaction between high-food insecurity and large-family-size AOR=1.01, 95%CI (1.72-14.57) were significant for depression among teenaged pregnant girls. Conclusion: There is depression prevalence among populace in Twifo-Atti-Morkwa district. Teenaged pregnant girls report moderate and high depression prevalence. Household-food insecurity, and family-size are risk factors influencing depression among teenaged girls in the district. We recommend the need for population-based public health interventions in Twifo-Atti-morkwa district, targeting teenaged pregnant girls.

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“…In the stated formular, the letter ‘n’ denotes study sample size, ‘Z’ denotes the population standard normal distribution of 1.96 for 95% confidence interval, ‘P’ is the true population proportion or prevalence of depression among teenaged girls in the study area thus Twifo Atti-Morkwa district, and ’e’ is the standard error of (5%). Since we could not find any previous study in Twifo Atti-Morkwa district that reported prevalence of depression among teenaged girls, we used the national child depression prevalence rate of 13% in calculating our sample size [ 27 ]. Thu, substituting these values into the equation, the sample size n was calculated as n = 173.…”

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Household food insecurity, family size and their interactions on depression prevalence among teenage pregnant girls in Ghana, a population based cluster survey

Doglikuu,

Annan,

Asare

et al. 2023

BMC Women's Health

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Background Household food insecurity is the situation where individuals and families have limited/uncertain access to nutritionally adequate and safe foods for healthy living. Family size is the number of persons in the family. Household food insecurity and family size are risk factors for depression. However, their synergistic and/or multiplicative effect on depression is not well investigated. This study investigated/examined household food insecurity, family size and their interaction on depression prevalence among teenaged pregnant girls in Ghana. Methods Population based cluster survey was conducted among 225 teenaged pregnant girls in 20-electoral areas at Twifo-Atti-Morkwa district in the central region of Ghana. Simple random sampling was used to recruit study participants and structured questionnaire used to collect demographic variables. Household Food Insecurity Access Scale (HFIAS) and Revised Children’s Anxiety and Depression Scale (RCADS-25) were used to collect data. Multinomial logistic regression models were used to analyzed the data. Results Moderate and high depression prevalence reported among teenaged pregnant girls in Twifo-Atti-Morkwa district were 35.1(28.1–42.1) and 33.5 (26.5–40.5) respectively. Moderate family size (AOR = 1.08, 95%CI = 1.17–3.71) and large-family-size (AOR = 2.78, 95%CI = 3.98–10.19) were significant for depression. Moderate food insecurity (AOR = 0.12, 95%CI = 0.41 − 0.35) and high food insecurity (AOR = 0.27, 95%CI = 0.11–0.71) were significant for depression. Interaction between moderate food insecurity and moderate family size (AOR = 1.69, 95%CI = 2.79–17.51), interaction between high food insecurity and low family size (AOR = 1.24, 95%CI 1.57–11.41) and interaction between high food insecurity and large family size (AOR = 1.01, 95%CI = 1.72–14.57) were significant for depression among teenaged pregnant girls. Conclusion There is moderate and high depression prevalence among teenaged pregnant girls in Twifo-Atti-Morkwa district. Interaction between household food insecurity and family size are the major predictors for depression among the teenaged girls in the district. We therefore recommend that public health officers should be up with health education campaigns in the district to create awareness on the depression prevalence among teenaged girls, and urge them to come out and seek support to prevent the catastrophic effect of depression.

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Relationship between mothers’/caregivers’ reported learning difficulty and internalizing symptoms (anxiety and depression) of children aged 5–17 years in Ghana

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References 34 publications

Emotional Adjustment among Adolescent Students with and without Specific Learning Disabilities

Emotional Adjustment among Adolescent Students with and without Specific Learning Disabilities

Household food insecurity, family size and their interactions for depression prevalence among teenage pregnant girls in Ghana, a multi-stage cluster sampling survey.

Household food insecurity, family size and their interactions on depression prevalence among teenage pregnant girls in Ghana, a population based cluster survey

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