HIGHLIGHTS
- •Emotional and behavioral problems in adolescents are of great importance, especially among working adolescents.
- •There is a gap in the literature related to studies on the evaluation of mental problems of working adolescents.
- •Psychiatric nurses are responsible for protecting and improving adolescents’ mental health.
ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE
Working adolescents are at a greater risk of mental disorders than are non-working
adolescents. The present study was aimed at determining the magnitude and determinants
of emotional and behavioral problems in working adolescents.
METHODS
This cross-sectional study was conducted with 343 adolescents attending two vocational
training centers in the province of Balikesir between January 2016 and March 2016.
The data were collected with the Personal Information Form, and the Strengths and
Difficulties Questionnaire. In the analysis, descriptive statistics, the t-test, Mann Whitney U test and one way ANOVA were used.
RESULTS
In the study of the adolescents, 16.9% were determined to have abnormal emotional
and behavioral problems. Of the participating adolescents, girls, those with physical
illnesses, living in fragmented families, perceiving their economic status as good,
having fathers with primary school education and/or having mothers with high school
or higher education had significantly higher emotional and behavioral problem scores
(p < 0.05).
CONCLUSION
In this study, approximately one-fifth working Turkish adolescents had abnormal mental
status. Based on the aforementioned results, it can be suggested to develop intervention
programs for the prevention, early diagnosis and treatment of emotional and behavioral
problems in working adolescents.
KEYWORDS
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Publication history
Published online: September 20, 2017
Accepted:
September 19,
2017
Received in revised form:
July 31,
2017
Received:
February 22,
2017
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