ABSTRACT

 The aim of this article was to trace out and analyze the behavioral problems at adolescents from four different social environments: institutions for children and adolescents deprived from parental care (ICADPC), segregated school in a neighbourhood with compact Roma population, school with pupils of both Bulgarian and Roma origin (mixed school) and school with predominantly Bulgarian pupils (Bulgarian school). 309 adolescents were studied. Achenbach and Edelbrock (1979, 1991) Children Behavior Check List scale was used. The results showed that the assessed girls were characterized by internalized behavioral problems, and boys were characterized with externalized behavioral problems. Most aggressive were the youngest adolescents (14-15 years old), and least aggressive were the oldest adolescents (18-19 years old). Most problems were encountered at the social environment at ICADPC, and least problematic was the environment at Bulgarian schools, except externalized problem behavior indicators for the second. Mixed school environment was not significantly more problematic than the segregated Roma environment.

KEYWORDS: Roma Community Bulgaria, segregrated schools, adolescents behavioral problems, Children Behavior Check List scale, quantitative survey

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