Externalizing behavior problems are profoundly prevalent in school-aged children and are connected to various challenges, including aggression, academic struggles, defiance and theft. This has...Show moreExternalizing behavior problems are profoundly prevalent in school-aged children and are connected to various challenges, including aggression, academic struggles, defiance and theft. This has considerable implications for the broader society. The present study aims to examine the relationship between social cognitive skills, verbal intelligence and performance intelligence and the externalizing behavior problems. Moreover, this research explores the potential influence of verbal and performance intelligence on the relationship between social cognitive skills and externalizing behavior. The study examines 289 children, aged between 5 and 18 years. The children were selected through a program dedicated to reduce and prevent delinquency. Among them, 255 children had a (sub)clinical score on externalizing behavior problems, while an additional 34 children were recruited as a control group. The Teacher Report Form (TRF) was used to measure the externalizing behavior problems. To measure the social cognitive skills, the ‘sociaal-cognitieve vaardigheden test’ was used. The verbal and performance intelligence were measured with the Wechsler Intelligence Scale. The initial analysis focused exclusively on children with (sub)clinical scores of externalizing behavior problems. The regression analyses show no relationship between social cognitive skills, verbal intelligence, performance intelligence and externalizing behavior. Both verbal and performance intelligence did not act as a moderator in the relationship between social cognitive skills and externalizing behavior either. The second analysis also included the control group. The regression analyses show a significant relationship between performance intelligence and externalizing behavior problems. Neither verbal intelligence or social cognitive skills had a unique contribution to externalizing behavior problems. Performance intelligence did not moderate the relationship between social cognitive skills and externalizing behavior problems. A significant moderation effect was found for verbal intelligence, suggesting that optimal assistance for children is achieved through interventions targeting both verbal skills and social cognitive skills.Show less
The importance of this research is to enlarge the understanding of the cohesion between emotional regulation and externalizing behavioural problems and insights into specific treatments and...Show moreThe importance of this research is to enlarge the understanding of the cohesion between emotional regulation and externalizing behavioural problems and insights into specific treatments and counseling which professionals could use with children who have ASD and ADHD. Objective: The objective of this research is gaining an insight into the relationship between emotional regulation and externalizing behavioural problems in children with ASD and ADHD in ages from 4 to 18 years. Method: The research subjects are children aged between 4 and 18 years with and without ASD and ADHD. They are children from special and regular education and those who receive guidance at a healthcare facility. The children’s parents have completed the Social Emotional Questionnaire (SEV) and the Emotional Intelligence Quotient (EIQ). Results: The study comprised 195 children of which 108 boys and 87 girls, of which 115 children who did not have a disorder, 33 children with ASD and 47 children with ADHD. Children with ASD and ADHD display more externalizing behavioural problems than children without a disorder and children with ADHD display more externalizing behavioural problems than children with ASD. Children with ASD and ADHD also display deficiencies in terms of regulating emotions compared to children without a disorder. The type of developmental disorder makes no difference. Conclusions: Children with ASD have typically problems in managing emotions and this is linked to age. Children with ADHD have typically problems in regulating emotions. In addition children with ADHD display externalizing behavioural problems. Children without any disorders display a good emotional regulation. For a part of these children this goes hand in hand with delinquent behaviour. This study has dealt with externalizing problem behavior as a whole. There is a possibility that there are differences between antisocial and aggressive behaviour. Future research can focus on this.Show less
Doel van huidig onderzoek is inzicht krijgen in slaapproblemen, daaruit voortkomende gedragsproblemen, zowel internaliserende en externaliserende gedragsproblemen en welke rol het geslacht hier in...Show moreDoel van huidig onderzoek is inzicht krijgen in slaapproblemen, daaruit voortkomende gedragsproblemen, zowel internaliserende en externaliserende gedragsproblemen en welke rol het geslacht hier in speelt. Aan dit onderzoek hebben 98 kinderen meegedaan in de leeftijd van negen tot en met elf jaar (M = 10.51, SD = 0.78). De gebruikte onderzoeksinstrumenten zijn een drietal vragenlijsten, de Sleep Disturbance Scale for Children, waarmee slaapproblemen in kaart zijn gebracht (Bruni, et al., 1996). De Strenghts and Difficulties Questionnaire, aan de hand hiervan zijn de gedragsproblemen, zowel algemeen, internaliserend als externaliserend in kaart gebracht (Goedhart, Treffers & Widenfelt, 2003). Tot slot een algemene vragenlijst waarmee de kindkenmerken in kaart zijn gebracht. Conclusie van huidig onderzoek is dat er samenhang tussen slaapproblemen en gedragsproblemen zijn ( r = 0.36, p = .000). Daarnaast resulteren slaapproblemen bij jongens tot meer internaliserende gedragsproblemen (r = 0.37 p = .011) en resulteren slaapproblemen bij meisjes tot meer externaliserende gedragsproblemen (r = .33 p = .015). Een aantal vragen blijft onbeantwoord, echter huidig onderzoek wijst uit dat slaapproblemen en gedragsproblemen met elkaar samenhangen en verschillende uitkomsten hebben met betrekking tot het geslacht.Show less
