Comparison of Behavioral Concerns Priorities among Iranian Adolescent Boys, Parents and Teachers: Reporting the Results of a Modified Delphi.
Fatemeh Mohammadipour, Marjan Fathi, Manzar Amirkhani and 2 others
PMID 33521145WHAT IT FOUND
Iranian adolescent boys rated lack of planning and prioritization as their top concern; teachers rated controlling crisis highest; parents rated resilience highest.
Wasting time at cyberspace was a top concern for students and parents.
Key findings
01The qualitative stage grouped adolescent boys' behavioral concerns into eight main categories and 19 subcategories.
02In the final consensus ranking, students' top priority was lack of planning and prioritization skill (95%), teachers' was insufficient skill for controlling crisis (98%), and parents' was lack of resilience (97%).
03Wasting time at cyberspace was the second-ranked priority for students (94%) and parents (96%).
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What it does not show
The study was done in Tehran, and the authors say the results are not generalizable to all adolescents, parents and teachers. The first-stage sample was purposive and small, and the panel came from schools covered by Tehran University of Medical Sciences. The study did not test whether any intervention reduces behavioral problems. The Delphi process reports stakeholder priorities and agreement, not patient outcomes.
The easy way to misread this
Do not treat these rankings as proof that an intervention will reduce adolescent behavioral problems. The study asked groups to prioritize concerns; it did not test any program, and the top priority differed by group.