Scholastic backwardness among school students: Prevalence and correlates
Journal Title: Telangana Journal of Psychiatry - Year 2018, Vol 4, Issue 1
Abstract
Introduction Scholastic achievement is a key factor for personal and professional growth Scholastic Backwardness affects child39s education achievements self esteem employment and marriage prospectsAim To estimate the prevalence and identify the comorbidities and correlates for scholastic backwardness among school children Materials and Methods We conducted a crosssectional observational study among students in the age group of 515 years in an urban school of Jaipur Rajasthan Scholastically backward students without Intellectual Disability were evaluated in detail Child Behavior Checklist was used for comorbidities Scholastically backward students were compared with scholastically superior students for evaluating the correlatesResultsA total of 637 N students were considered for initial assessment 350 boys and 287 girls 73 n children were diagnosed with Scholastic Backwardness 1146 nN The boys were 45 1285 as compared to 28 975 girls Specific Learning Disabilities were the commonest 1673 followed by anxiety disorders and childhood depression Determinants such as parental illiteracy substance use problems in father parental separationdivorce parents having psychiatric disorders low school attendance not attending tuitions presence of neurodevelopmental and psychiatric disorders and developmental delay were significantly associated with Scholastic Backwardness pConclusionScholastic backwardness is common in school going school related factors are responsible It is possible to identify high risk children using these factors and intervene earlychildren The causes are complex and multifactorial Combination of familysocial factors personal factors neurodevelopmental factors and Keywords Scholastic backwardness Children Adolescents Risk factors Social influence
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Ram Pratap Beniwal, Ankur Sachdev, Vipin Kumar, MM Bhojak, Anil Tambi
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