Comparison on Emotional and Behavioral Problems of Children in China and Germany

Objective To compare status of emotional and behavioral problems of Chinese and German children,and to study influence of sociocultured factor to children behavioural problem evaluation result.Methods Data was collected from two related research in China and Germany which applying parent-reported Achenbach's Child Behaviour Checklist(CBCL) to test.Results Chinese children scored significantly higher than German children in wince,social problem,thought problem,disciplinary offence and total problems(P0.01),while German children scored significantly higher in aggressive behavior.Cultural factor could account for variance of disciplinary offence problem,social problem and thought problem in degree of 3.7%,3.3% and 1.1% respectively,for other problems less than 1%.Prevalence rates of Chinese boys and girls in total behavioral problems were both higher than German boys and girls,Chinese boys' prevalence rate of thought problem was higher than German boys,and in other symptoms the differences were not significant(P0.05).Chinese girls' prevalence rates of wince behavior,thought problem,disciplinary offence and internalizing behavioural problem were higher than German girls(P0.01).Conclusion Chinese children have more emotional and behavioral problems than German children.Especially Chinese girls have much more internalizing behavioral problems than German girls.Cross-cultural study on related influencing factors and its function to children behavior problem should be conducted further.