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A presente investigação quantitativa tem como objectivo determinar se existem
diferenças entre rapazes e raparigas pré-adolescentes, quanto aos comportamentos agressivos,
de oposição, e de externalização, referidos pelos próprios jovens. Procurámos também
averiguar se existe alguma evolução destes mesmos comportamentos, dentro de cada género,
durante o período da pré-adolescência.
Para tal, administrou-se o questionário de competências sociais e de problemas de
comportamento para adolescentes dos onze aos dezoito anos (original Youth Self-Report for
ages 11-18, de Achenbach & Rescorla, 2001). Tal como o nome original indica, (“selfreport”),
este questionário é um método de auto-avaliação, sendo os jovens a relatar os seus
próprios comportamentos.
Para a concretização deste estudo, constituiu-se uma amostra total de 313 préadolescentes
(154 rapazes, e 159 raparigas) com idades compreendidas entre os 11 e os 14
anos. A recolha dos dados foi efectuada em escolas públicas dos concelhos de Oeiras, Lisboa,
Almada, Portimão e Lagos.
Os resultados encontrados vão no sentido de confirmar que existem diferenças
significativas entre géneros, relativamente aos comportamentos de externalização e de
oposição. No entanto, para a subescala comportamentos agressivos não foram encontradas
diferenças significativas entre géneros. Observámos que o aumento da idade é geralmente
acompanhado por um aumento no relato dos comportamentos estudados.
This paper is a quantitative investigation with the goal of studying the differences between boys and girls on early adolescence in aggressive, rule-breaking and externalizing behaviours analysing their in self reports. It was also a goal for this investigation the search for an increase relation between the reporting externalizing problems and age in early adolescence for both genders. We used a questionnaire for social competences and behavioural problems for adolescents between eleven and eighteen years old, originally named “Youth Self Report for ages 11-18 of Achenbach and Rescorla, 2001). As the original name shows this is a self reporting method, where the adolescents do they own behaviour evaluation. For the realization of this study we built a sample of 313 early adolescents (154 boys and 159 girls) with ages between eleven and 14 years old. Data whore recollected in public schools in Oeiras, Lisboa, Almada, Portimão e Lagos. The results had shown once more the differences between girls and boys in the externalizing and breaking behaviours. Despite those contrasts, we didn’t find any evidence to reject the equality between genders in aggressive behaviours. We also identified a positive relation between age and self reports of the analysed behaviours.
This paper is a quantitative investigation with the goal of studying the differences between boys and girls on early adolescence in aggressive, rule-breaking and externalizing behaviours analysing their in self reports. It was also a goal for this investigation the search for an increase relation between the reporting externalizing problems and age in early adolescence for both genders. We used a questionnaire for social competences and behavioural problems for adolescents between eleven and eighteen years old, originally named “Youth Self Report for ages 11-18 of Achenbach and Rescorla, 2001). As the original name shows this is a self reporting method, where the adolescents do they own behaviour evaluation. For the realization of this study we built a sample of 313 early adolescents (154 boys and 159 girls) with ages between eleven and 14 years old. Data whore recollected in public schools in Oeiras, Lisboa, Almada, Portimão e Lagos. The results had shown once more the differences between girls and boys in the externalizing and breaking behaviours. Despite those contrasts, we didn’t find any evidence to reject the equality between genders in aggressive behaviours. We also identified a positive relation between age and self reports of the analysed behaviours.
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Dissertação de Mestrado apresentada ao Instituto Superior de Psicologia Aplicada para obtenção de grau de Mestre na especialidade de Psicologia Clínica.
Keywords
Pré-adolescência Comportamentos agressivos Comportamentos de oposição Problemas de externalização Youth self-report Early adolescence Aggressive behaviours Rule-breaking behaviours Externalizing problems