Ajduković M., Rajhvajn Bulat L., Su sac N. The internalising and externalising problems of adolescents in Croatia: Socio-demographic and family victimisation factors This study assessed Croatian adolescents' problems in relation to socio-demographic characteristics and experienced family violence in early and late adolescence. A national representative sample of 1,780 Croatian students (45.3% males) in two age groups representing early (M 5 13.20; SD 5 0.42) and late adolescence (M 5 18.14; SD 5 0.38) participated. The questionnaire included the Youth SelfReport, modified version of ISPCAN Child Abuse Screening Tool -Children's Version, and socio-demographic data. Results show that internalising problems were more present in female adolescents, in adolescents who perceived family financial hardship and in those whose biological parents did not live together. More externalising problems were reported in late adolescence by students who were living in large cities and whose families had either low, or above-average, financial status. Adolescents who have experienced family violence were at higher risk of developing internalising and/ or externalising problems.

The aim of this article is to analyse the challenges involved when making longitudinal observations of depressiveness in children raised in public care. The first measurement comprised 375 children from children's homes and foster families; however, most of the results are based on an analysis of the 139 children who participated in both parts of the research. We used the Child Depression Inventory and the anxiety/ depression subscales of Youth Self Report and Child Behaviour Checklist as measures of depressiveness. The comparison of results from the first and second measurements showed that depressiveness in children in public care decreased over time. Children who grew up in children homes were, in the first measurement, more depressed than those living in foster families, but after five years that difference had disappeared. Furthermore, decrease in depressiveness is predominantly associated with less frequent delinquent, aggressive or hyperactive behaviour, less withdrawal and better control over uncomfortable emotions.

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234 Rev. soc. polit., god. 19, br. 3, str. 233-254, Zagreb 2012. Ajduković M., Rajhvan Bulat L.: Doživljaj fi nancijskog statusa...

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