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Gender Differences of Externalizing and Internalizing Behavior Problems According to the Extracurricular Education

사교육 시간에 따른 외현화 문제와 내면화 문제의 성별 차이

  • Song, Jung-Eun (Department of Psychiatry, Bundang Jesaeng Hospital) ;
  • Jon, Duk-In (Department of Psychiatry, Hallym University College of Medicine) ;
  • Soek, Jeong-Ho (Department of Psychiatry, Hallym University College of Medicine) ;
  • Hong, Na-Rei (Department of Psychiatry, Hallym University College of Medicine) ;
  • Kim, Young-Shin (Child Study Center, Yale University School of Medicine) ;
  • Hong, Hyun-Ju (Department of Psychiatry, Hallym University College of Medicine)
  • 송정은 (분당 제생병원) ;
  • 전덕인 (한림대학교 의과대학 정신과학교실) ;
  • 석정호 (한림대학교 의과대학 정신과학교실) ;
  • 홍나래 (한림대학교 의과대학 정신과학교실) ;
  • 김영신 (예일대학교 의과대학 정신과학교실) ;
  • 홍현주 (한림대학교 의과대학 정신과학교실)
  • Received : 2009.09.29
  • Accepted : 2009.11.04
  • Published : 2010.03.30
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Abstract

Objectives ： The purpose of this study was to evaluate gender differences with respect to the internalization or externalization of symptoms according to the amount of time spent engaged in extracurricular education. Methods ： The study included a community sample of 755 boys and girls (mean age, 6.6 years), collected from five elementary schools in Gunpo, South Korea. Primary caregivers completed a questionnaire which included information on demographics, the amounts of time children spent in extracurricular education and with other activities, and an adapted form of the Behavior Assessment System for Children (BASC-2). Gender differences regarding externalizing and internalizing behavior problems were examined according to extracurricular education. Results ： With respect to the boys, there was a difference in the frequency of those who had externalizing behavior problems according to their time spent in extracurricular education. In contrast, the girls exhibited no difference. With respect to those children who spent a lot of time engaged in extracurricular education, there was a gender-specific difference only with respect to externalizing behavior problems. Conclusion ： A gender-specific difference exists only in terms of externalizing behavior problems according to time spent engaged in extracurricular education.

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