A descriptive study to assess the behavioural disorders among Boys and Girls between the age of 5-10 years at Government Middle School, Sakkayanayakkanur, Dindigul

John Jenippa, A (2015) A descriptive study to assess the behavioural disorders among Boys and Girls between the age of 5-10 years at Government Middle School, Sakkayanayakkanur, Dindigul. Masters thesis, Jainee College of Nursing, Dindigul.

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Abstract

A descriptive study to assess behavioural disorders among boys and girls between the age of 5-10 years at Government Middle School, Sakkayanayakkanur, Dindigul. OBJECTIVES: To assess the level of behavioural disorders among both gender. To find out the association between the behaviourl disorders with demographic variables like age, 11 gender, parent’s occupation, monthly income, no.of siblings, birth order. To find out the liner regression of behavioural disorder among boys and girls with demographic variables like age,gender,occuparion,no.ofsiblings,birth order.HYPOTHESIS:There will be a significant association between habit disorders with demographic Variable like age, gender, parents occupation, monthly income, no. of siblings, birth order, There will be a significant association between conduct disorders with demographic variable like age, gender, parents occupation, monthly Income, no. of siblings, birth order , There will be a significant association between emotional disorder with demographic variable like age, gender, parents occupation, monthly income,no.of siblings, birth order. RESEARCH METHODS: It was a Quantitative Approach. This study aims to assess the behavioural disorders among boys and girls between the age of 5-10 years at Government Middle School, Sakkayanayakkanur, Dindigul.The design adopted was Descriptive research design Conceptual frame work based on was adopted for fish born model. Total number of 60 samples of school children aged between 5-10 years, at sakkayanayakkanur, Dindigul.The instrument consisted of two sections. First section comprises of demographic variable, like age, gender, occupation, income, no. of siblings, birth order. Second section comprises to assess the knowledge on behavioural disorders it consists of 3 items. RESULT: Regarding age, 25 (41.7%) were between the age group of less than7 yrs, 35 (58.3%) were between the age group of 7-10 years. Regarding gender, 34(56.7%) were males, and 26 (43.3%) were females. Regarding occupation, 7(11.7%) were government employees, 30 (50.0%) were self employed, 23 (38.3) were private employees. Regarding family income, 41(68.3%) were less than 5000/month, 18 (30.0%) were 5000-10,000/month, above 10,000/month. Regarding number of siblings 31 (51.7%) were with one sibling, 24 (40%) were with two siblings, 5(8.3%) were with more than two. Regarding birth order, 27(45%) were 1st child, 27(45%) were 2nd child and 6 (10.0%) were 3d child of the family.CONCLUSION: Major behavioural problems are 12 the significant deviations from socially accepted normal behavior. These problems are mainly due to failure and adjustment to external environment and presence of internal conflict. Behavioural problems always special attention. The Present study was aimed to evaluate the knowledge on behavioural disorder and to identify the prevalence of specific characteristic behavior such as inattention/ over activity, habit disorder, conduct disorder, emotional disorder among school children.

Item Type: Thesis (Masters)
Uncontrolled Keywords: Behaviourl Disorders ; Boys And Girls ; 5-10 Years ; Government Middle School ; Sakkayanayakkanur ; Dindigul.
Subjects: NURSING > Psychiatric Nursing
Depositing User: Ramakrishnan J
Date Deposited: 06 Jul 2017 05:48
Last Modified: 13 Feb 2018 02:53
URI: http://repository-tnmgrmu.ac.in/id/eprint/1114

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