Prevalence of mental disorders among children has been reported to be 14 – 20 % in various studies. The prevalence of behavioural problems in India has been explored by different authors which shows a rise in prevalence rates from 9% in 1964 to 36.5% by 2001. The objectives of the study were to assess behavioral problems of army and civilian school children, to compare behavioral problems and to determine relationship between behavioral problems with selected demographic variables. This study was carried out on 100 children from army and civilian school (50 from each school).Findings revealed that behavioural problems were more among army school children as compared to civilian school children. Thus, concluded that there is a need to guide the teachers and parents on management of behavioural problems in children.

Keywords: Behavioural problems; Army school children; Civilian school children.