INTERNALIZING AND EXTERNALIZING BEHAVIOR PROBLEMS IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF SOCIAL COMPETENCE IN CHILDREN

Children’s social development, regularly, is related to psychological adjustment and to the development and/or maintenance of behavioral problems (Buhs and Ladd, 2001). In fact, many behavioral professionals agree that all the difficulties a child may have in social-emotional development and the pre...

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Main Author: Lenny Liz-Rivas
Format: Book Chapter
Language:Spanish
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Summary:Children’s social development, regularly, is related to psychological adjustment and to the development and/or maintenance of behavioral problems (Buhs and Ladd, 2001). In fact, many behavioral professionals agree that all the difficulties a child may have in social-emotional development and the presence of unwanted behavior are an integral part of the diagnostic criteria for a number of disorders found in the Diagnostic and Statitical Manual of Mental Disorders-Four Edition, Text Revision (DSM-IV-TR; American Psychiatric Association, 2000). One of the major concerns of parents or primary caregivers, in childhood, is related to the manifestation of behavioral problems in children (Garaigordobil & Maganto,
DOI:10.2307/j.ctv1dp0vc5.9