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This study examined self-perceived problems among Lebanese students in public high schools. Participants were 329 students from different regional areas in Lebanon who responded to a revised version of Mooney Problem Checklist in order to explore their personal problems in seven domains. Students reported highest rates of problems in Future: Vocation & Education, and Curriculum & Teaching domains followed by Morals-Religion, Personal-Psychological Relations, Adjustment to School, Social-Psychological Relations, and Home-Family areas respectively. Further, girls reported significant higher levels of social, personal, family, and school adjustment problems than boys. Moreover, older students tended to be more problem ridden than their younger peers particularly in social, personal, religion, family, and future areas. In addition, students living in large towns reported more problems than those living in cities in social, religion, family, curriculum/teaching, and future domains. These findings highlight the importance of considering group differences when planning for guidance and counseling programs to address the needs of high school students. (Published Abstract)