Children's perceived reasons for disruptive behaviors in a school setting

• Main Authors: Ong, Denise Michelle O., Que, Michelle Lim, Yao, Queenie Ty
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Animo Repository 1998
• Subjects: Behavior disorders in children; Children > Psychological aspects; Perception; Parent and child; Problem children; Psychology
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/etd_bachelors/6354
• Institution: De La Salle University

This study aimed to describe disruptive behaviors of children in school, to determine whether there is a relationship between children's disruptive behaviors and 1) their perceptions of parental discipline techniques and 2) overt marital conflict between their parents. The study also aimed to find out whether the children had any other reasons for their disruptive behavior. The sample under study are from St. Stephen's High School, mainly one class of nursery students, their parents, and their homeroom teachers. A non-probability purposive sampling method was utilized by the researchers. A descriptive research design was used in the study. Data were gathered through observation with the use of a self-constructed checklist, and interview guides for teachers, students, and parents. The results from the observations and the interviews were content-analyzed. According to the results of the study, the top-listed disruptive behaviors in a school setting included 1) doing things irrelevant to assigned tasks, 2) quarreling, and 3) shouting. The results also indicated a possible relationship between children's perceived modes of parental discipline and their disruptive behavior. That is, the more authoritarian the mode of discipline, the greater the tendency for a child to act disruptively in school. However, no link between overt marital conflict between their parents and the children's disruptive behavior could be gleaned from the data.