Emotional Strengths and Difficulties in Italian Adolescents: Analysis of Adaptation through the SDQ
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Materia
Adaptation Adolescence Age Coping Educational psychology Emotions Gender Strengths Stress Weaknesses
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2022-05-19Referencia bibliográfica
Corvasce, C... [et al.]. Emotional Strengths and Difficulties in Italian Adolescents: Analysis of Adaptation through the SDQ. Sustainability 2022, 14, 6167. [https://doi.org/10.3390/su14106167]
Resumen
An adolescent’s knowledge of him/herself (positive aspects and weaknesses) is shaped
by interactions with external and internal factors, including the family context and the educational
environment. The assessment of this knowledge serves to construct the concept of self-esteem.
The main objective of the present study was to examine the prevalence of self-reported emotional
and behavioral symptoms in a representative sample of Italian adolescents and their relationship
with gender and age, using Goodman’s Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ). A total of
440 adolescents (49.8% female) aged 15–18 years from the southern Italy region participated. The
results show the prevalence of emotional and behavioral symptoms in the analyzed sample. Gender
differences were also found in the variables under study. In conclusion, the SDQ test is offered as an
agile, simplified, and effective tool, to be proposed to all formative agents who are concerned with
the interest and care not only of young people, but also of the future of socio-political realities.