A Systematic Review of Some Reliability and Validity Issues regarding the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire Focusing on Its Use in Out-of-Home Care

Bergström, Martin; Baviskar, Siddhartha

doi:10.1080/26408066.2020.1788477

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“…That said, EPII scores continued to predict psychopathology at the COVID assessment even when controlling for pre-pandemic psychopathology. Although between-person processes cannot be fully distinguished from within-person change with only two time points ( 33 ), such findings nevertheless suggest a more direct link between disruption and psychopathology.…”

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Understanding the Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Youth Psychopathology: Genotype–Environment Interplay

Carroll¹,

Shewark²,

Hyde³

et al. 2021

Biological Psychiatry Global Open Science

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Background Adversity has consistently been found to predict poor mental health outcomes in youth. Perhaps the most omnipresent form of adversity in the last several decades is the coronavirus pandemic of 2020, a global health crisis linked to elevated rates of numerous forms of youth psychopathology. The ongoing nature of the pandemic renders it critical to identify the mechanisms underlying its effects on mental health. Methods The current study examines pandemic-related disruption across multiple domains (e.g., home life, finances) as an etiologic moderator of several common forms of youth psychopathology. Participants were 637 adolescent twin pairs from the Twin Study of Behavioral and Emotional Development in Children (TBED-C). Mothers reported on disruption experienced by the family using the Epidemic-Pandemic Impacts Inventory. Results A series of biometric genotype-environment interaction models revealed that disruption augmented the nonshared environmental contributions to emotional distress and conduct problems, but had little effect on the etiology of attention-deficit hyperactivity problems. Conclusions Our results indicate that identical and fraternal twin similarity in both emotional symptoms and conduct problems decreased with greater disruption, such that children in the same family became less alike, and did so regardless of their degree of genetic resemblance . Put differently, each twin sibling appeared to have their own idiosyncratic experience of pandemic-related disruptions, with downstream consequences for their mental health.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 87%

Understanding the Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Youth Psychopathology: Genotype–Environment Interplay

Carroll¹,

Shewark²,

Hyde³

et al. 2021

Biological Psychiatry Global Open Science

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“…Data on SRH knowledge was collected using an instrument based on the "Illustrative Questionnaire for Interview-Surveys with Young People", a core set of instruments endorsed by the World Health Organization [16]. This instrument is widely used in low-and middle-income countries and has been used in several studies where validity has recently been reported to be high (Cronbach's alpha coefficient of 0.89) [17]. The study tool was pre-tested in Kampala before field data collection.…”

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confidence: 99%

Ever Use of Modern Contraceptive among Adolescents in Uganda: A Cross-Sectional Survey of Sociodemographic Factors

Namusoke¹,

Theresa²,

Rujumba³

et al. 2022

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Background: Six in ten sexually active adolescent women in Uganda have an unmet need for contraception yet there is limited data on what is driving its use. This study aimed to determine the associations between sociodemographic factors and modern contraceptive ever-use among adolescents in Uganda. Methods: A crossectional study was conducted among 337 adolescents aged 13 -19 years who had ever had sex in Wakiso (urban) and Kamuli (rural) districts in Uganda. The outcome of interest was the ever-use of modern contraceptives. Generalized linear models with a Poisson link were used to examine the associations between sociodemographic factors and contraceptive ever use. Results: The weighted prevalence of ever-use of modern contraceptives was 30.9%. Contraceptive ever use was more likely among the older adolescents (adjusted Odds Ratio) aOR 1.31 (95% CI = 1.06 -1.55), married aOR 1.67 (95% CI = 1.09 -2.58) and the less educated were aOR 1.79 (95% CI = 1.14 -2.83) compared to their counterparts. Adolescents living in the urban district (Wakiso) aOR 0.67 (95% CI = 0.49 -0.92) were less likely to use modern contraceptives. In stratified analysis, the urban poor were more likely to use modern contraceptives (moderate aPR 0.35 95%CI (0.17 -0.68) ** or high socioeconomic status aPR 0.62, 95%CI (0.28 -1.37). Conclusions:The study shows low contraceptive ever-use among adolescents. Adolescents with low education and those from rural settings were more likely to ever-use modern contraceptives. Having good knowledge of contraception and discussing sex with parents promoted contraceptives ever-use. We recommend further studies assessing barriers to contraceptive use among adolescents in Uganda.

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“…44,[53][54][55][56] To understand the agencies and pathways to resilience among adolescents from at-risk backgrounds, developing tools to measure risk and protective factors is particularly important. Many scales have been developed for measuring risk factors 18,57 and protective factors like resilience, 58,59 attachment, 60 strength and difficulties, 61 and well-being. 62,63 The scales focus on self-reports by adolescents 59 and other external factors contributing to protective factors.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…66 Instruments like strength and difficulties questionnaire do not measure factors in a holistic approach or socioecological framework to understand positive adaptation in adolescents. 61 Therefore, a tool that assesses the psychosocial risk and psychosocial protective factors in adolescents can provide a better understanding of the lives of adolescents. The need for the present study stems from the lack of a tool that provides a global assessment of psychosocial risk and protective factors covering different levels of the social-ecological model.…”

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Development of a Scale to Measure Psychosocial Risks and Protective Factors in Adolescents

Ashmitha

Annalakshmi

2022

Journal of Indian Association for Child and Adolescent Mental H

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Background: Resilience among adolescents can best be understood by examining the risk and protective factors in the lives of at-risk adolescents. A standardized tool to identify adolescent psychosocial risk and protective factors may help better understand the strengths, vulnerabilities, and the potential for resilience among adolescents. Hence, the present study aims to identify and measure the risk and protective factors in the lives of adolescents. Methods: A sequential exploratory mixed-methods design was used to develop a tool that measures risk and protective factors among adolescents. The qualitative study explored psychosocial risk and protective factors among high-risk adolescents using 4 major domains: individual, family, school, and community. To develop the tool, prisoners (N = 12), caregivers of the prisoners’ children (N = 12), teachers of the prisoners’ children (N = 12), and prison authorities (N = 12) were interviewed about their experiences with prisoners’ children. The interview data were analyzed, and items reflecting the risk and protective factors in the lives of the adolescent children of incarcerated parents were generated. The item pool consisting of 239 items was administered to a sample of 312 rural adolescent students. To validate the risk factors scale and protective factors scale, self-report scales measuring behavior problems, adjustment, well-being, and positivity were used. Results: The new tool developed to measure the risk and protective factors for adolescent psychosocial development was found to have adequate test-retest reliability, content validity, convergent validity, and divergent validity. Conclusion: In this study, a scale to identify psychosocial risk and protective factors was developed and standardized. The tool will be helpful to psychologists and counselors working with adolescents to understand the risks and protective factors present in their lives and design interventions to nurture resilience in them.

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A Systematic Review of Some Reliability and Validity Issues regarding the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire Focusing on Its Use in Out-of-Home Care

Cited by 26 publications

References 98 publications

Understanding the Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Youth Psychopathology: Genotype–Environment Interplay

Understanding the Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Youth Psychopathology: Genotype–Environment Interplay

Ever Use of Modern Contraceptive among Adolescents in Uganda: A Cross-Sectional Survey of Sociodemographic Factors

Development of a Scale to Measure Psychosocial Risks and Protective Factors in Adolescents

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