Emotional and Behavioural Symptoms in Adolescents: Age, Sex, and Psychosocial Risk
The aim of this study was to analyse the presence of emotional and behavioural difficulties in adolescents and their relationship with personal (age and sex) and contextual (level of psychosocial risk) variables. The sample consisted of 802 participants (48.6% girls, 51.4% boys) aged between 9 and 1...
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| description | The aim of this study was to analyse the presence of emotional and behavioural difficulties in adolescents and their relationship with personal (age and sex) and contextual (level of psychosocial risk) variables. The sample consisted of 802 participants (48.6% girls, 51.4% boys) aged between 9 and 16 years (M = 11.97, SD = 1.40). The Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) and the Psychosocial Risk Index were used. Significant differences were found as a function of sex, age and risk level. The presence of problems increased with age and under more adverse psychosocial conditions. The behavioural symptoms were more frequent in the boys, and the emotional symptoms and prosocial behaviours were more frequent in the girls. The regression analyses confirmed the predictive capacity of these variables. These results have implications for the understanding of mental health difficulties in adolescence, and they guide in the prevention for this population group. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-aa86c8109bab4bfb8d86cbab1656918b2025-01-21T17:47:20ZengColegio Oficial de Psicólogos de MadridPsicología Educativa: Revista de los Psicólogos de la Educación1135-755X2174-05262025-01-01311111810.5093/psed2025a211320559Emotional and Behavioural Symptoms in Adolescents: Age, Sex, and Psychosocial RiskÁlvaro Rodríguez-Mora0Pilar Fornell1Yolanda Sánchez-Sandoval2Universidad de Cádiz, Departamento de Psicología, Spain, Departamento de Psicología, Universidad de Cádiz, Spain;Universidad de Cádiz, Departamento de Psicología, Spain, Departamento de Psicología, Universidad de Cádiz, Spain;Universidad de Cádiz, Departamento de Psicología, Spain, Departamento de Psicología, Universidad de Cádiz, Spain;The aim of this study was to analyse the presence of emotional and behavioural difficulties in adolescents and their relationship with personal (age and sex) and contextual (level of psychosocial risk) variables. The sample consisted of 802 participants (48.6% girls, 51.4% boys) aged between 9 and 16 years (M = 11.97, SD = 1.40). The Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) and the Psychosocial Risk Index were used. Significant differences were found as a function of sex, age and risk level. The presence of problems increased with age and under more adverse psychosocial conditions. The behavioural symptoms were more frequent in the boys, and the emotional symptoms and prosocial behaviours were more frequent in the girls. The regression analyses confirmed the predictive capacity of these variables. These results have implications for the understanding of mental health difficulties in adolescence, and they guide in the prevention for this population group. https://journals.copmadrid.org/psed/art/psed2025a2 sdqadolescentemotional symptomsbehavioural symptomspsychosocial risk |
| spellingShingle | Álvaro Rodríguez-Mora Pilar Fornell Yolanda Sánchez-Sandoval Emotional and Behavioural Symptoms in Adolescents: Age, Sex, and Psychosocial Risk Psicología Educativa: Revista de los Psicólogos de la Educación sdq adolescent emotional symptoms behavioural symptoms psychosocial risk |
| title | Emotional and Behavioural Symptoms in Adolescents: Age, Sex, and Psychosocial Risk |
| title_full | Emotional and Behavioural Symptoms in Adolescents: Age, Sex, and Psychosocial Risk |
| title_fullStr | Emotional and Behavioural Symptoms in Adolescents: Age, Sex, and Psychosocial Risk |
| title_full_unstemmed | Emotional and Behavioural Symptoms in Adolescents: Age, Sex, and Psychosocial Risk |
| title_short | Emotional and Behavioural Symptoms in Adolescents: Age, Sex, and Psychosocial Risk |
| title_sort | emotional and behavioural symptoms in adolescents age sex and psychosocial risk |
| topic | sdq adolescent emotional symptoms behavioural symptoms psychosocial risk |
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