Abstract:
The purpose of this research was to describe the behavioral and emotional expression of children with depressed in senior primary school student in Bangkok, 2553. A sample of 424 students from 10 schools was randomly recruited through stratified random sampling. The age range was 11-12 years. The ratio of boys to girls was 1:1. The instrument used in the study was Thai version of Childrens Depression Inventory (CDI) (Thai version) and The Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) (Thai version). Data collection was done in September 2010 March 2011. The results of this study were as follows:
1) Using the CDI score of 15 as a cut-off point, 55% of the sample was found to have clinically significant depression. 2) In the depressed group, 20.6% of the sample have SDQ in the abnormal range (mean Total difficulties score = 11.3, S.D. = 6.31). The analyze of subscales revealed; 21% of the sample have emotional symptoms in the abnormal range, 23.6% have conduct problems in the abnormal range, 17.6% have hyperactive problems in the abnormal range, 20.2% have peer problems in the abnormal range, and 17.2% have prosocial behavior in the abnormal range. 3) The comparison between depressed and none depressed group found significant differences in SDQ Total difficulties score and all subscale score. Depressed sample had significantly higher emotional and behavioral problems than none depressed sample (p=.01)