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Competence and Behavioral Problems in 6- to 12-Year-Old Children in Flanders (Belgium) and Holland

A Cross-National Comparison

Walter Hellinckx, EdD, is a professor in the Section of Orthopedagogics, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, at the University of Leuven in Flanders. His research interests center on treatment and care of troubled children, in particular, on children in residential and foster care. At present, he is coordinating an epidemiological study on behavioral and emotional problems in children in Flanders. Address: Prof. Dr. W. Hellinckx, c/o Department of Orthopedagogics, University of Leuven, 2 Vesaliusstraat, 3000-B Leuven, BELGIUM.

Hans Grietens, MA

Hans Grietens, MA, is a clinical psychologist and researcher in the Section of Orthopedagogics, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, at the University of Leuven in Flanders. He is currently doing epidemiological research on behavioral and emotional problems in children in Flanders and has cowritten several books and articles on this topic.

Frank Verhulst, MD

Frank Verhulst, MD, is a professor at and director of the Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at Sophia's Children's Hospital/Erasmus University in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. His research interests include child psychiatric epidemiology and the assessment and diagnosis of child psychopathology. He has written a number of articles and books on child psychopathology and epidemiological research.

The Child Behavior Checklist (Achenbach, 1991) was used to obtain data on 1,120 Flemish and 1,122 Dutch children, ages 6 to 12 years. These data were analyzed in a cross-national comparison. Several small differences between nationalities were found for competence: Dutch children scored significantly higher on the Activities scale, whereas Flemish children scored significantly higher on the School scale. There were considerable similarities between the two samples for problem behavior. No differences between Flemish and Dutch children were found on total problem scores. Cross-national differences on problem items were smaller and less numerous than differences for sex, age, or socioeconomic status. Although the Flemish and the Dutch societies have very strong affinities, some unusual differences in problem behavior and competence between children of the two societies are noted. This cross-national comparison contributed to the research on standardized assessment procedures of behavioral and emotional problems in children.

Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders, Vol. 2, No. 3, 130-142 (1994)
DOI: 10.1177/106342669400200301


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