OVERVIEW OF SOME INTERNALIZED AND EXTERNALIZED BEHAVIOURAL PROBLEMS IN PRIMARY SCHOOL STUDENTS WITH REGARD TO GENDER

The aim of the study was to identify differences in the representation of individual externalized and internalized behaviours with regard to the gender of the respondents. The sample of respondents in this study consists of 450 primary school students (both genders). The survey was conducted in the first semester of 2017/18. The Achenbach System of Empirically Based Assessment (ASEBA Youth Self-Report - YRS; Achenbach, 2007) was used for the purposes of this study. The instrument measures adaptive functioning and competencies and maladaptive functioning, that is, behavioural, emotional and social problems between the ages of 11 and 18. T-test and descriptive statistics methods were used in the data processing. It was observed that externalized problems were statistically significantly more prevalent in male (t=233; p