Assefa, Abebe (PhD)Assefa, Abenezer2018-06-182023-11-042018-06-182023-11-042015-06http://etd.aau.edu.et/handle/123456789/1158This paper describe and explainsthe Prevalence of Behavioral Disorders among the Orphans and Factors Associated with these Disorders.The general objective of this study is to find out the prevalence of behavioraldisorder among orphan children living in Selam Children Village and SOS children village, and to assess the possible factors associated with the presence of disorders among this study population.In terms of Method, this research is informed by quantitative design.The Instrument that has been used to measure behavioral disorder is parent / teacher Disruptive Behavior Disorder rating scale. Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support was used to measure perceived social support by the children.A total of 106 children participated in this research.Data analysis was done according to the objective of the study with the help of computer softwareprogram statistical package for social science (SPSS) for windows version 22.Regression and T test were used to show the relationship between variables. Frequency table is made to describe the data. Findings showed that behavioral disorder is prevalent at 49% among the orphans in Selam and SOS children village. Among age, gender and education only gender significantly predict Conduct disorder and Oppositional defiant disorder. Education and age do not significantly predict all the three types of behavioral disorders in statistics. However, practically all the three demographic factors predict behavioral disorder. Perceived social support is not found to be a statistically significant predictor of behavioral disorder while it has a practical influence. Length of stay in the organization also have a non significant prediction on behavioral disorder statistically while it has a practical influence. Conclusions are made and the major findings are discussed in relation to other research findings. Finally the implication for social work education, research, practice and policy is discussedenSocial WorkThesis