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Na nossa sociedade, as crianças são avaliadas desde o seu nascimento através
da sua condição física, comportamento, linguagem, cognição, aprendizagem,
competência social, humor e personalidade. As avaliações são orientadas por premissas
relativamente ao desenvolvimento das crianças e ao comportamento segundo as normas
sociais e culturais adotadas atualmente. Os pais, restantes familiares, professores,
colegas, membros da comunidade e profissionais de saúde são parte integrante do
processo de avaliação como informadores, em simultâneo com as próprias crianças.
O estudo apresentado teve por base dados recolhidos na zona norte de Portugal,
através da bateria ASEBA, com ênfase nos acordos e discrepâncias entre informadores
para o período escolar. Para efetuar esta análise foram considerados três instrumentos
para análise dos dados: Child Behavior Checklist for ages 6-18 (CBCL), Teacher Report
Form (TRF) e Youth Self-Report (YSR).
Para efetuar as análises estatísticas necessárias, foi utilizado o software IBM®
Statistical Product and Service Solutions (SPSS®) na sua vertente Statistics. Esta
ferramenta permitiu a exploração em tempo útil da enorme quantidade de dados
recolhida, e a execução de cálculos estatísticos apropriados para a detecção de padrões
capazes de responder às questões abordadas neste estudo.
Os resultados obtidos permitiram validar as hipóteses formuladas, e em simultâneo
definir linhas de orientação para a obtenção de novas conclusões através de trabalho
exploratório futuro. As correlações detetadas internamente em cada instrumento de
avaliação e entre informadores, bem como as diferenças de internalização e
externalização fornecidas pelos adolescentes, exibem as potencialidades da análise
estatística para a consolidação de hipóteses e utilização de fontes diversas de informação
para a detecção de fatores psicopatológicos.
In our society, children are evaluated since their birth through their physical condition, behaviour, language, cognition, learning capabilities, social competences, humour and personality traits. Evaluation strategies are guided by assumptions about children development and behaviour according currently accepted social and cultural norms. Parents and other relatives, teachers, colleagues, community members and healthcare professionals are an essential part of the evaluation process as informers, together with children. This study is based on gathered data about the north zone of Portugal, through the ASEBA battery, with emphasis on agreements and discrepancies between informers during school period. Three instruments were chosen in order to perform this analysis: Child Behavior Checklist for ages 6-18 (CBCL), Teacher Report Form (TRF) e Youth Self- Report (YSR). We used the IBM® Statistical Product and Service Solutions (SPSS®) software suite, more specifically its Statistics tool, to carry out the required statistical analysis. This software allowed us to explore the huge amount of available data under the established time constrains, as well as apply the appropriate statistical algorithms for pattern detection, capable of answering this study’s presented questions. Obtained results allowed us to validate the formulated hypotheses and simultaneously define guidance lines for obtaining new conclusions through future exploratory work. The strong correlations, detected both internally in each evaluation instrument and between informers, as well as the externalization and internalization differences provided by teenagers, have shown the advantages of statistical analysis to further consolidate stated hypotheses and use a considerable number of information sources in order to detect psychopathological factors
In our society, children are evaluated since their birth through their physical condition, behaviour, language, cognition, learning capabilities, social competences, humour and personality traits. Evaluation strategies are guided by assumptions about children development and behaviour according currently accepted social and cultural norms. Parents and other relatives, teachers, colleagues, community members and healthcare professionals are an essential part of the evaluation process as informers, together with children. This study is based on gathered data about the north zone of Portugal, through the ASEBA battery, with emphasis on agreements and discrepancies between informers during school period. Three instruments were chosen in order to perform this analysis: Child Behavior Checklist for ages 6-18 (CBCL), Teacher Report Form (TRF) e Youth Self- Report (YSR). We used the IBM® Statistical Product and Service Solutions (SPSS®) software suite, more specifically its Statistics tool, to carry out the required statistical analysis. This software allowed us to explore the huge amount of available data under the established time constrains, as well as apply the appropriate statistical algorithms for pattern detection, capable of answering this study’s presented questions. Obtained results allowed us to validate the formulated hypotheses and simultaneously define guidance lines for obtaining new conclusions through future exploratory work. The strong correlations, detected both internally in each evaluation instrument and between informers, as well as the externalization and internalization differences provided by teenagers, have shown the advantages of statistical analysis to further consolidate stated hypotheses and use a considerable number of information sources in order to detect psychopathological factors
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Acordo e discrepâncias entre informadores Detecção de padrões CBCL TRF YSR Agreements and discrepancies between information providers Pattern detection