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P01-242 - Learning Difficulties and Behavioral Misconduct

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 April 2020

F. Rocha ,
A. Rocha  and
E. Massad
F. Rocha
Affiliation:
School of Medicine - University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
A. Rocha
Affiliation:
School of Medicine - University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
E. Massad
Affiliation:
School of Medicine - University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Abstract

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Objective

A percentage of children with learning difficulties (LD) in reading and calculating have behavioral problems (BP), too. Two LD groups - having (GA) and not-having (GB) behavioral problems according to their teachers - were studied.

Methods

Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL) was filled by the teachers of 236 LD children, 45 of them having BP complaints. Factor Analysis was employed to analyze CBCL data.

Results

Two Factors accounted for more than 70% of the total data variance on both GA (F1 and F2) and GB (F3 and F4 in Table 1) groups.

Table 1

 GAGB
 F1F2F3F4
ATE0,1694690,7337780,4986210,640568
HIP-0,050950,9467820,8129220,134896
OPO0,1377820,942060,9160170,074784
SOC-0,68666-0,079780,266948-0,77538
ANX0,8156560,3227850,5850020,537535
AFE0,7808820,2111070,1925740,8036
SHY0,9104160,1154760,3888870,753765
AGR0,2209080,8689270,8541940,171585
SOM0,793687-0,169110,566520,163216
Eigenval4,1412612,4375994,3510631,644172
Variance46,0140127,084434,35106318,26857

ATE - attention deficit; HIP - hyperactivity; OPO - opposition-defiant; SOC - sociability; ANX - anxiety; AFE -affective complaints; SHY - shyness; AGR - aggressiveness; SOM - somatic complaints.

According to the DSM-V and the above results, GA children have a CBLC profile compatible with Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD - F1) or Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), Combined Type (F2), whereas GB students are either ADHD, Predominantly Hyperactive-Impulsive Type (F3) or ADHD, Predominantly Inattentive Type (F4).

Conclusion

The results indicate that teachers tend to consider either ADHD/Hyperactive-Impulsive (F3) or ADHD/Inattentive (F4) as not having BP and to consider misbehavior associated with GAD (F1) and ADHD/Combined (F2).

Type
Child and adolescent psychiatry
Information
European Psychiatry , Volume 25 , Issue S1: 18th European Congress of Psychiatry. February 27, March 2, 2010 - Munich, Germany , 2010 , 25-E448
Copyright
Copyright © European Psychiatric Association 2010
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