Comprehensive Intervention on Behavior Problem of Elementary School Children / 中国心理卫生杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective:To study the effect of comprehensive intervention on behavior problems of elementary school children.Method:By means of cluster sampling, 1482 students from two elementary schools in Lixia district of Jinan were investigated with CBCL (Child Behavior Checklist) and a self-made mental health inventory for children. One of the two schools were selected as intervention site with 738 students, 744 students of the other school as control. The comprehensive intervention lasted for two years.Result:At the baseline, the rate of behavior problems in the intervention group was 14.8% (109/738), that of the control group was 15.2% (113/744), there was no significant difference between the two groups. After two years, the rate of the intervention group was 8.8%, that of the control group was 14.1%, there was significant decrease of behavior problems in the intervention group. After 2 years, the couple relationship of parents, parent-child relationship and education style of the family with child in intervention group improved than before.Conclusions:Comprehensive intervention focusing on behavior problems can help school children and their family.