SOCIO-DEMOGRAPHIC FEATURES AND EMOTIONAL-BEHAVIORAL PROBLEMS IN A GIRL'S ORPHANAGE IN TURKEY

Volume: 45 Number: 1 March 1, 2006
  • Aynur PEKCANLAR Akay
  • Süha Miral
  • Burak Baykara
  • Beyazıt Yemez
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SOCIO-DEMOGRAPHIC FEATURES AND EMOTIONAL-BEHAVIORAL PROBLEMS IN A GIRL'S ORPHANAGE IN TURKEY

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Introduction: The aim of this study is to investigate emotional and behavioral problems of the children and adolescents who live in an institutional setting and to determine the association between the emotional-behavioral problems and socio-demographic data such as their age at which they are referred to the institution and the length of the period they spend in the institution. Materials and methods: The study was conducted on 67 teenagers (13-18 years of age) who resided at “Turkish Department of Social Affairs İzmir Buca Girl's Orphanage” in 2001. The officials responsible for the groups filled in socio-demographic data forms for these teenagers and Child Behavior Check List-CBCL for the 4-18 age group. Results: There was a negative correlation between the age and CBCL scores. As the age increases, anxious-depressed (p=0.02), aggressive behaviors (p=0.01), internalizing behaviors (p=0.01) and externalizing behaviors (p=0.01) and total behavior problem (p=0.015) scores decrease. Anxious-depressed behavior rate was significantly lower in those who had further education (p=0,032). Attention problems (p=0,036) and delinquent behavior (p=0,012) scores of the children who had been successful in their education were also significantly lower. Those who had no close relatives involved in their care had more withdrawal (p=0.05). The children whose siblings resided in the institution also had more withdrawal (p=0.014). Conclusion: Age, higher education level, school achievement, familial support and siblings resided in the institution cause emotional-behavioral problems to appear less in our population.

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Aynur PEKCANLAR Akay

Süha Miral

Burak Baykara

Beyazıt Yemez

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March 1, 2006

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March 1, 2006

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Year 2006 Volume: 45 Number: 1

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1.Aynur PEKCANLAR Akay, Süha Miral, Burak Baykara, Beyazıt Yemez. BİR KIZ YETİŞTİRME YURDUNDA SOSYODEMOGRAFİK ÖZELLİKLER VE DUYGUSAL-DAVRANIŞSAL SORUNLAR. EJM [Internet]. 2006 Mar. 1;45(1):39-45. Available from: https://izlik.org/JA95LG96FM

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