The Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire among Finnish school-aged children and adolescents |
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Authors: | Koskelainen M Sourander A Kaljonen A |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Child Psychiatry Turku University Hospital PL 52, 20521 Turku, Finland, FI |
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Abstract: | The emotional and behavioural problems of 7- to 15-year-old Finnish children and adolescents (n = 735) were assessed in a
community population by a brief screening instrument, the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ). The parent-, teacher-
and self-reports of the SDQ were obtained. The results show that for the total scores, the inter-rater agreement between the
pairs of reports was 0.38–0.44. The internal consistency in all three questionnaires was 0.71. Functioning above the 90th
percentile of the SDQ total difficulties scores in parent-, teacher- and self-reports was strongly associated with help-seeking
variables and problematic behaviour according to parents. The correlation of the parental SDQ total scores and the Child Behaviour
Checklist total scores was 0.75 and the correlation of the self-report SDQ total scores with the Youth Self Report total scores
was 0.71. The differences in sex, grade and informants of the SDQ total difficulties scores are reported. The study gives
further evidence of the usefulness of the SDQ as a promising screening instrument for epidemiological research and clinical
purposes.
Accepted: 17 April 2000 |
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Keywords: | The Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire – screening – pathology – child and adolescent psychiatry |
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