PREVALENCE OF EMOTIONAL AND BEHAVIOURAL PROBLEMS AMONG ADOLESCENT STUDENTS

The present study was conducted to examine the prevalence of emotional and behavioral problems among adolescent students studying class tenth to graduation from the state Andhra Pradesh with specific reference to Vijayawada city. A total of 200 students were selected, between 13 and 18 years with a mean age of 16.26 (?1.87) years participated in the study to examine the prevalence of emotional and behavioural problems of students and to determine whether problems varied according to age, gender and so on. More than half the sample (69%) constituted girls. Data was obtained for administering the English and Telugu versions of Youth Self Report (YSR) developed by Achenbach. The significant influence of age, gender and number of friends on certain behavioural and emotional problems were noticed and father?s occupation has been found that no significant influence.