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Journal of Pediatric Psychology 15(1) pp. 3-20, 1990
© 1990 Society of Pediatric Psychology

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Behavior Problems in Children with the Presenting Problem of Poor School Performance1

Robert J. Thompson, Jr.2, Louise B. Lampron, Debra F. Johnson and Teresa L. Eckstein

Duke University Medical Center

2 All correspondence should be sent to Robert J. Thompson, Jr., P.O. Box 3362, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina 27710

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 infrequency or type of behavior problems among 4 subgroups: children with learning disabilities, mental retardation, borderline intellectual functioning, and without learning disa bilities 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

Key words: behavior problems; poor school performance; learning disability; mental retardation.


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