A study of family processes as predictors of behavior problems among second grade high school students in Yasuoj

The purpose of this study was to investigate the family processes (including family cohesion, family communication, family coping strategies and family problem skills as predictors of behavior problems among second grade high school students in Yasuoj. The sample included 590 second grade from high school students who were selected by cluster random sampling from among 38 male and female high schools. The students completed Achenbach Youth Self-Report Scale(YSR). The students whose scores of YSR were upper than one standard deviation above the mean were classifiedas behavior problem group and students whose scores of YSR was lower than one standard deviation from mean was classifiedas without behavior problem group. Therefore the students of the two groups completed Self-report Family Processes Scale (SFP scale). The results of discriminant showed that linear composition of family processes can predict the behavior problems among second grade high school students in Yasuoj.