Journal of FARM SCIENCES, Vol 29, No 2 (2016)

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Prevalence of behavioural problems among the students of government primary school in urban area assessed by the teachers

K. Somya, V.S. Yadav

Abstract


The study was conducted to identify prevalence of behaviour problem among the students of Government Primary School in urban area. The population of this study consisted of all the students of urban Government Primary Schools from 1st to 4th standard in Dharwad Taluka. There were 232 Government Primary Schools, among them 166 schools were in rural area. Out of which 5 schools from urban area were selected randomly, 2 male and 2 female students from 1st to 4th standard from each school were selected randomly. The sample consisted of 38 female and 40 male students aged 5-10 years. So, the sample of this study was 78 students. Class teacher of each standard assessed 2 male and 2 female students of the class by answering to Behavior Rating Questionnaire (Hart et al., 1995). The data were subjected to percentage and chi-square analyses. The results indicated that the prevalence of anxious/depressed problem was 55% and then followed by hostile/aggressive was 38%, withdrawal/solitary 32%,  conduct 31%, learning 10%, hyperkinetic 9%  and emotional/impulsive problem was 5% as assessed by the teachers.


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