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Emotional & behavioural difficulties (August 2020)

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Key findings

  • Parents/carers reported that their children’s emotional problems did not increase or decrease significantly over the one-month period.
  • Parent/carers reported a reduction in their child’s restless/attentional difficulties over the one-month period.
  • Parents/carers of boys, but not girls, reported a reduction in their child’s behavioural difficulties over the one-month period.
  • Employed parents/carers, but not those who are unemployed, reported a reduction in their child’s behavioural and restless/attentional difficulties over the one-month period.
  • At a group level, the changes reported were subtle and suggest that young children’s emotional, behavioural and attentional problems were relatively stable during the one-month period.