Examples of using Externalizing problems in English and their translations into Portuguese
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Palabras clave: Adults; Externalizing problems; Prosociality.
Also, the more the father performs basic care,the less their child presents aggressiveness problems and externalizing problems.
This study investigated externalizing problems and prosociality among adults in different psychosocial conditions.
Through the TRF instrument, it was found that the mean of the T score of the Externalizing Problems scale was 53.02 SD 7.56.
The total score of externalizing problems was classified as"Nonclinical", as well as all the means of the individual scales of the behavioral profile.
Moreover, there is evidence that children with externalizing problems tend to develop into violent adults.
It was noticed that the more the father carries out household tasks,the less the child presents attention problems and externalizing problems.
One girl andtwo boys were in the borderline category in Externalizing Problems scale and in the Attention Problems dimension.
It was therefore noted that the family members identified more internalizing problems than the teachers,although they also reported externalizing problems.
Questions 12, 16, 17, 25, 26,29, 31, 32-35 Chart 1 are characteristic of externalizing problems, such as aggression and rule breaking.
Furthermore Effortful Control made a highly significant contribution to the variance in mothers', fathers', andteachers' ratings of child externalizing problems.
Among all mental health problems assessed, externalizing problems was the most significant outcome associated to violence against children and adolescents.
By observing the gender distribution in the sample, it was found that in males,mean scores for externalizing problems were greater than in females p.
One boy was in the borderline category in the Externalizing Problems scale, as well as in the Aggressiveness Problems and Attention Problems dimensions.
For instance, high levels of coparental conflict andlow levels of interparental cooperation predicted externalizing problems, regardless of their age range.
The study by assessed American children with externalizing problems between 32 and 45 months of age in order to examine the role of Effortful Control on externalizing problems.
According to Table 1, mothers/fathers andteachers evaluated the adolescents with a history of repetition as having higher scores in aggressive behavior and total externalizing problems.
This subsample reported more internalizing problems(F=13.40, p< .001)and less externalizing problems(F=6.63, p< .01) compared to the rated by teachers.
Children externalizing problems were most frequently reported by mothers than reported by their children; as the children internalizing problems were mentioned more by themselves than by their mothers.
Regarding the DSM-IV guidance for the scales offered by the instrument, only one child,a boy, was within the clinical range in the Externalizing Problems scale and also in the Aggressiveness Problems dimension.
As for the Externalizing Problems scale, there is equivalence between the behaviors classified as"clinical" and"normal" 41.7% of the individuals each and lower percentage for borderline behavior 16.7% Figure 1.
The assessment of children, made by the mothers through the CBCL, indicated difficulties in competence in two cases AL and AM,internalizing problems in two cases AM and AR and externalizing problems in four cases AL, AM, BI and EL.
Several studies have shown that externalizing problems lead to functional impairment, besides being one of the most important risk factors for several mental disorders during childhood and later in life.
This data was not coincident with the children self-assessment through the YSR, in which difficulties of competence in three cases AM, AR and DAN, internalizing problems in three cases AL, AR,and EL, and externalizing problems in two cases AM and EL were observed.
The occurrence of externalizing problems and of total problems was negatively associated with general performance(mean of the Portuguese and Mathematics scores), performance in Portuguese and performance in Mathematics.
High scores of attachment to the father who does not live together and/or the stepfather who lives together are found to be protective against the appearance of externalizing problems in adolescents aggressive or criminal behaviors, although the greatest benefit occurs when there is attachment to both.
Exposure to coparental conflict, generally defined as expression of anger and use of reduced assertiveness strategies to solve coparental problems, appears to be the coparenting dimension with the most robust associations with externalizing problems.
Most studies that assessed the associations between coparenting and externalizing problems showed that coparental conflict is significantly associated with increased symptoms of behavioral problems in the children.
According to Table 2, regarding mothers self-reference through ASR, difficulties were verified concerning adaptive functioning in four cases AL, AR, EL and TH, internalizing problems in four cases AL, AM,AR and EL and externalizing problems in three cases AL, AM, EL.
These findings are consistent with those obtained by Bolsoni-Silva, Loureiro, and Marturano(2016)who also concluded that externalizing problems annoy adults more and that, for teachers, such behaviors have an important impact on learning, which can cause them to be noticed more.
