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Relationships between character strengths, internalising and externalising problems among adolescents: a latent class analysis.
- Source :
- British Journal of Guidance & Counselling; Apr2022, Vol. 50 Issue 2, p303-320, 18p, 5 Charts
- Publication Year :
- 2022
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Abstract
- 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. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- SOCIAL problems
STRUCTURAL equation modeling
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- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 03069885
- Volume :
- 50
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- British Journal of Guidance & Counselling
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 156443496
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/03069885.2021.1872768