title: Behavior problems in children with the presenting problem of poor school performance.
abstract: Used 3 methods of assessing behavioral disturbance in 79 children presenting with poor school performance to an interdisciplinary evaluation center. Findings revealed a very high frequency of behavior problems, particularly of the internalizing type, but few differences in frequency or type of behavior problems among 4 subgroups: children with learning disabilities, mental retardation, borderline intellectual functioning, and without learning disabilities or cognitive impairment. Behavioral problems were associated with lower perceptions of self-worth and family functioning characterized as more controlling, and less supportive. Findings are discussed in terms of the need for interactional models of learning and behavior problems.
authors.affiliation: Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina 27710.
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Thompson
authors.forename: L B
authors.initials: LB
authors.lastname: Lampron
authors.forename: D F
authors.initials: DF
authors.lastname: Johnson
authors.forename: T L
authors.initials: TL
authors.lastname: Eckstein
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002653:Child Behavior Disorders / Q000523:psychology*; D005190:Family; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008607:Intellectual Disability / Q000523:psychology; D007859:Learning Disabilities / Q000523:psychology*; D008297:Male; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012017:Referral and Consultation; D012307:Risk Factors; D012649:Self Concept; D014477:Underachievement