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KMID : 0367320050160010117
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Journal of the Korean Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
2005 Volume.16 No. 1 p.117 ~ p.123
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GENDER DIFFERENCES IN EMOTIONAL AND BEHAVIORAL PROBLEMS OF KOREAN ADOLESCENTS
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Lee Hyun-Ji
Ha Eun-Hye
Oh Kyung-Ja
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Abstract
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Objectives: The purpose of the present study was to investigate the gender differences in behavior problems and social competences of Korean Adolescents.
Methods: K-YSR (Korean-YSR) data from 6570 Korean adolescents (2549 boys and 4021 girls) and K-CBCL (Korean-CBCL) data from 2373 parents (boys 1173 and girls 1200) between the ages of 12 to 17 were analysed.
Results: The results showed that boys reported higher mean scale scores on the Social Problems, Delinquent Behavior, whereas girls showed higher mean scale scores on the Withdrawn, Somatic Complaints, Anxious/Depressed and Aggressive Behaviors as well as Internalizing Problems and Total Behavior Problems in K-YSR. Girls also reported higher scores on the Social. as well as Total Competence Scale. Also parents reported higher mean scale scores on the Attention Problems, Delinquent Behavior in their boys, whereas reported higher mean scale scores on the Withdrawn, Somatic Complaints, Anxious/Depressed and Aggressive Behaviors as well as Internalizing Problems in their girls in K-CBCL. Parents reported no differences between boys and girls in social competence scales.
Conclusion: In both K-YSR and K-CBCL, girls consistently showed higher scores in the Internalizing Problem scales and there was no significant difference between boys and girls in the Externalizing Problem scores, but girls showed higher mean score in the Aggressive Behavior scale.
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KEYWORD
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Gender difference, Adolescent, K-CBCL, K-YSR, Behavioral problem, Emotional problem
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