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Table 3 Internalizing and externalizing problems in cases and controls according to the Youth Self-Report/YSR

From: Evaluating the effectiveness of a training program that builds teachers’ capability to identify and appropriately refer middle and high school students with mental health problems in Brazil: an exploratory study

Internalizing and externalizing problems

Cases*

Controls**

 

N = 26

N = 26

 

N

(%)

N

(%)

p***

(1) Internalizing only

4

(15.4)

12

(46.2)

0.003

(2) Externalizing only

1

(3.8)

3

(11.5)

 

(3) Both

9

(34.6)

0

(0.0)

 

(4) None

12

(46.2)

11

(42.3)

 

(1) vs. (4)

    

0.090

(2) vs. (4)

    

0.315

(3) vs. (4)

    

0.010

  1. *Cases = Students identified by teachers as possibly having mental health problems (included in hypothetical referral lists before training).
  2. **Controls = Students not included in teachers’ hypothetical referral lists, matched by age, gender and grade.
  3. ***Chi-square test.