The study of the Prevalence of behavior disorder and its association with parental education elementary students in the city of Karaj

Subject Areas : Journal of Educational Psychology

Mahmoud Borjali ¹ , Mahmoud Najafi ² , Gholamreza Dehshir ³

1 - Department of Psychology, Kharazmi University, Karaj, Iran
2 - 2) Department of Clinical Psychology, Semnan University, Semnan, Iran
3 - Department of Psychology, Tehran University, Tehran, Iran

Received: 2011-07-27 Accepted : 2012-01-07 Published : 2012-02-20

Keywords: Prevalence, Students, behavioral disorders, Elementary schools,

Abstract :

                The Purpose of Present research was to study Prevalence of behavior disorders in primary school students in the city of Karaj. This method is described And statistical population consisted of all the students in the academic year 2008-2009 Karaj Branch were enrolled in public schools, The 600 boys and girls from elementary schools in Karaj, were selected by multistage cluster random sampling method. Questionnaire used in CSI-4 (parent form), respectively. In the present study, Cronbach's alpha reliability coefficient using 0/92, respectively. The results of data analysis showed that the prevalence of behavioral disorders, 13/7 patients. It was also found that the prevalence is higher in boys than girls. Behavioral disorders were the most common: Hyperactivity-attention deficit (4%) and stubbornness -Defiance (3%). Between parental educations was significantly related to behavioral disorders. These results indicate that primary schools to prevent and treat medical disorders counseling services are needed.