Author(s)

Ibrahim Abdelrahim Ibrahim Humaida

Faculty of Arts & Sciences, Aljouf University, Tabarjal, Saudi Arabia.

The aim of this research was to investigate conduct disorder among pupils of primary schools in Khartoum, the capital of Sudan. School survey descriptive method was used and 384 pupils were selected from primary schools through systematic sampling technique. Age ranged from 5 to 17 years old with a mean of (9.34) years. The tools of data collection consisted of the Sutter-Eyberg Student Behavior Inventory. The statis-tical tests used to analyze the collected data involve frequency and percentage, Pearson co-efficient of correlation, mean, t-test for one sample and t-test for two independent samples. The results of this research revealed that that the prevalence of conduct disorder among pupils of primary schools in Khartoum was low. There were significant differences in conduct disorder between male and females pupils. There were no significant differences between pupils of pre-paratory classes and pupils of elementary classes. There was no significant correlation between conduct disorder and age.

Conduct Disorders; Primary Pupils; Khartoum

Humaida, I. (2012) Research on the prevalence of conduct disorders among primary school pupils in Khartoum-Sudan. Health, 4, 125-132. doi: 10.4236/health.2012.43020.