Resumo

SCHOEN, Teresa Helena; MARTELETO, Márcia Regina Fumagalli  e  VITALLE, Maria Sylvia de Souza. BEHAVIORAL AND SOCIAL COMPETENCE PROBLEMS IN CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS WITH SCHOOL GAP. Constr. psicopedag. [online]. 2025, vol.35, n.37, e07.  Epub 27-Out-2025. ISSN 1415-6954.  https://doi.org/10.37388/cp2025/v35n37a07.

School gap is one of the problems that Brazilian education needs to address. Academic difficulties are associated with mental health problems. The aim of this study was to verify the presence of behavioral problems and social competence in children and adolescents with school gap, compared to their peers without age-grade differences. 706 guardians of children and adolescents aged 6 to 18 years, a community sample, completed the Child Behavior Checklist, which is an inventory to assess social competence and behavioral problems. Sixty (8.5%) students with delay were detected. These had higher scores on the scales and clusters of behavioral problems, especially the Attention Problems cluster, and lower scores on social competence. The results of this study show associations between more mental health problems and lower social competence with school failure, establishing the need for education and mental health professionals to work together to minimize this issue.

Palavras-chave : Student with age-grade gap; Problems in Basic Education; School Delay; Mental health; Emotional Behavior.

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