Abstract:
This descriptive cross-sectional study was aimed to determine the prevalence of behavior problems and the related factors among preschool children aged 3-6 years in Bangkok metropolis. The child, parent, and social characteristics were collected from 469 parents. The research instruments were the Child Behavior Inventory, the Thai-General Health Questionnaire-28 and the questionnaire about related factors. The data was analyzed by using SPSS software for the percent, mean, standard deviation, chi-square, t-test, One- way ANOVA, Pearson correlation and regression analysis. The prevalence of behavior problems among preschool children was 17.9%. Regression analysis showed that gender, child physical health, fee per term, parent satisfaction of partner relationship, parent mental health problems and numbers of life stress events in family were the factors that predicted 13.1 % of behavior problems scores in preschool children. This result was confirmed that child and family factors especially the parent mental health factor had related with preschool behavior problems.