ERIC Number: EJ1345264
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2022
Pages: 18
Abstractor: As Provided
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ISSN: ISSN-0306-9885
EISSN: EISSN-1469-3534
Relationships between Character Strengths, Internalising and Externalising Problems among Adolescents: A Latent Class Analysis
British Journal of Guidance & Counselling, v50 n2 p303-320 2022
The main objective of this study was to explore the associations between character strengths and internalising and externalising problems. One thousand, one hundred thirty-eight adolescents, completed the 96-item VIA Inventory of Strengths for Youth, Youth Self Report, and Brief Symptom Inventory. Using latent class analysis, we extracted six latent groups: (1) Externalising and Internalising Problems (EIP; 11.1%), (2) Internalising Problems (IP; 15.6%), (3) Externalising Problems (EP; 12.5%), (4) At-risk for Externalising Problems (R-EP; 16.1%), (5) At-risk for Internalising Problems (R-IP; 27.3%) and (6) Healthy Subjects (H-S; 17.5%). General linear models on the BSI scores showed that those in EIP reported the most severe symptoms on all the BSI scales and those in H-S had the lowest scores. We concluded that character strengths take part in the etiology of externalising and internalising disorders.
Descriptors: Personality Traits, Behavior Problems, Measures (Individuals), Scores, Correlation, Symptoms (Individual Disorders), Self Evaluation (Individuals), Adolescents, Comparative Analysis, Etiology, Mental Health, Moral Development, Psychometrics, Secondary School Students, High School Students, Student Characteristics, Anxiety, Depression (Psychology)
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Secondary Education; High Schools
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Brief Symptom Inventory
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