Prevalence and correlates of emotion dysregulation among children and adolescents in Lebanon: results from a National Survey.

Autor: Baroud E; Department of Psychiatry, American University of Beirut Medical Center, P.O. Box: 11-0236, Beirut, Lebanon. eb22@aub.edu.lb., Alrojolah L; Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA., Shamseddeen W; Department of Psychiatry, American University of Beirut Medical Center, P.O. Box: 11-0236, Beirut, Lebanon., Ghandour LA; Department of Epidemiology and Population Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon., Elbejjani M; Clinical Research Institute, Department of Internal Medicine, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon., Barakat M; Department of Psychiatry, American University of Beirut Medical Center, P.O. Box: 11-0236, Beirut, Lebanon., Dirani LA; Department of Psychiatry, American University of Beirut Medical Center, P.O. Box: 11-0236, Beirut, Lebanon., Maalouf FT; Department of Psychiatry, American University of Beirut Medical Center, P.O. Box: 11-0236, Beirut, Lebanon.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: BMC psychiatry [BMC Psychiatry] 2024 Oct 17; Vol. 24 (1), pp. 698. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Oct 17.
DOI: 10.1186/s12888-024-06169-1
Abstrakt: Background: Data on Emotion Dysregulation among youth in Lebanon is scarce. Given that Emotion Dysregulation is associated with psychopathology and has a negative impact on youth outcomes, there is a need to better understand the prevalence, clinical and demographic correlates of Emotion Dysregulation.
Methods: This study is a secondary analysis of the Psychopathology in Children and Adolescents in Lebanon Study which recruited 1517 youth and one parent from a nationally representative sample. Participants completed The Screen for Child Anxiety Related Emotional Disorders, Mood and Feelings Questionnaire, Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire, Peer Relations Questionnaire, Conflict Behavior Questionnaire (CBQ).Parents completed a sociodemographic questionnaire and the General Health Questionnaire (GHQ). The Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire-Dysregulation Profile was used to measure Emotion Dysregulation.
Results: The prevalence of Emotion Dysregulation was 11.26% among children aged 5 to < 8 years, 9.40% among children aged 8 to < 12 years and 6.60% among those older than 12 years. Emotion Dysregulation was associated with psychopathology across age groups and a number of correlates were identified. In the final regression models, among children aged 5 to < 8 years; Emotion Dysregulation was associated with lower odds of father employment (OR = 0.235;CI[0.078,0.704]). For those aged 8 to < 12 years old, Emotion Dysregulation was associated with acceptable school performance (OR = 2.246,CI[1.209,4.173]) as opposed to a good school performance, having a chronic physical illness (OR = 2.962; CI [1.495,5.867)], and higher parental GHQ scores (OR = 1.034;CI [1.010,10.58)] indicating worse parental mental health. Adolescents aged 12 years and older who screened positive for Emotion Dysregulation were more likely to be younger (OR = 0.688, CI[0.527,0.899]), be a bully (OR = 2.467;CI[1.036,5.875] and to have higher parental CBQ scores (OR = 1.092;CI [1.011,1.180]), indicating worse parent-child conflict. Youth who screened positive for emotion dysregulation were more likely to seek psychiatric care than their counterparts who screen negative for emotion dysregulation.
Conclusion: Age, school performance, parental mental health, parental conflict, chronic physical illness and bullying emerge as important correlates of Emotion Dysregulation. Findings add to the limited data on Emotion Dysregulation in Lebanon and the region and are a first step towards developing intervention and prevention strategies.
(© 2024. The Author(s).)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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