title: Behavior, Social Competence, and Voice Disorders in Childhood and Adolescence.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This study aimed to verify the relationships among voice change complaints, indicators of competence, and behavioral problems in children and adolescents.
  
  
  METHODS
  This is a prospective study.
  
  
  METHODS
  A sample of 103 parents/guardians completed the Child Behavior Checklist for ages 6-18 years. The mean age and gender were very similar between the participants with and without voice complaints.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Regarding the competences, no differences were found between the participants with and without voice complaints. The group with voice complaints presented higher total scores and T-scores in the both anxiety/depression and somatic complaints domains and in the internalising, externalizing, and total scales. The total scores and T-scores on the internalising, externalizing, and total scales, as well as those of their domains (anxiety/depression, somatic complaints, social problems, thought problems, attention problems, rule-breaking behavior, and aggressive behavior), differed between children and adolescents with and without voice complaints.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Children and adolescents with complaints of voice disorder demonstrate a potential risk of developing emotional/behavioral problems.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Psicologia, Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, Vitória, Brazil; Departamento de Fonoaudiologia, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil; Universidade Vila Velha, Vila Velha, Brazil. Electronic address: livialima.r@ig.com.br.
authors.forename: Lívia Lima
authors.initials: LL
authors.lastname: Krohling
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Psicologia, Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, Vitória, Brazil.
authors.forename: Kely Maria
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Pereira de Paula
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Fonoaudiologia, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil; Centro de Estudos da Voz-CEV, São Paulo, Brazil.
authors.forename: Mara Suzana
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Behlau
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior; D041923:Adolescent Development; D000367:Age Factors; D000374:Aggression; D001007:Anxiety / Q000209:etiology / Q000523:psychology; D001288:Attention; D057189:Checklist; D002648:Child; D002652:Child Behavior; D002653:Child Behavior Disorders / Q000209:etiology / Q000523:psychology; D002657:Child Development; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003863:Depression / Q000209:etiology / Q000523:psychology; D004644:Emotions; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008603:Mental Health; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors; D066107:Social Skills; D013850:Thinking; D014832:Voice Disorders / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000523:psychology*; D014833:Voice Quality
keywords: Behavior problems; CBCL; Dysphonia; Social competence; Voice disorder complaint