Differences in the factor structure of the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire in Northern Irish children.

Ellis, Kate; Jones, F. W.; MALLET, John

doi:10.1037/pac0000041

Peace and Conflict: Journal of Peace Psychology

2014

DOI: 10.1037/pac0000041

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Differences in the factor structure of the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire in Northern Irish children.

Kate Ellis¹,

F. W. Jones²,

John MALLET³

Abstract: This study presents the psychometric properties of the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) in a sample of 386 Northern Irish adolescents. Structural validity was evaluated by exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis. Agreement was found with 3 of the 5 original factor structures: Emotional Problems, Prosocial, and Hyperactivity. However, unlike in the original SDQ, there appeared to be 2 distinct and separate Conduct factors, an Aggressive Conduct and an Antisocial Conduct factor. Furthermore, t… Show more

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“…The brief report and editorial included in this issue are very different, but both deal with context of violent conflict. Ellis, Jones, and Mallett (2014), report the findings of a study, conducted with adolescents in Northern Ireland, using the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire, which has been used to study young people in conflict regions. Their findings raise questions about the generally assumed psychometric properties of the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire and should be noted by researchers using this measure in conflict settings.…”

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I first became aware of the work of the Jesuit scholar Ignacio Martin-Baró in the 1980s, after I had become involved in the movement to try to develop more "appropriate psychology" for third-world societies. Research and practicing psychologists who engage in efforts to bring about constructive change in third-world societies often realize that traditional Western psychology has other priorities and does not address many of the major questions and concerns that should have top priority in non-Western contexts. Ignacio Martin-Baró was already well regarded among those concerned with developing a more appropriate psychology for third-world societies by the end of the 1980s for his contributions to a community psychology that better meets the needs of the masses in Latin America. I had a more direct connection with his work in 1990, when we both contributed to a special issue of the Journal of Social Issues, edited by Tod Sloan, on the theme of psychology in the developing world. Ignacio Martin-Baró's contribution explored the ways in which certain religious ideologies were serving to keep the common people oppressed in the Salvadoran Civil War (Martin- Baró & Sloan, 1990). In 1990, I developed another connection with Ignacio Martin-Baró when I joined the faculty of Georgetown University, established by Jesuits in 1789. November 16, 2014, is the 25th anniversary of the assassination of Ignacio Martin-Baró by the Salvadoran military, and I am proud that we begin this issue of the journal with a paper (Lykes & Sibley, 2014) on Ignacio Martin-Baró and work made possible through the Ignacio Martin-Baró Fund.The Lykes and Sibley (2014) paper is followed by seven major articles exploring different psychological aspects of war and its consequences. The first, by Myriam Denov and Ines Marchard (2014), examines the experiences of former child soldiers as they struggle to reintegrate into mainstream society in Colombia. Many lethal modern weapons are "user friendly" enough to be used by young children; bullets from a semiautomatic weapon fired by a 10-year-old child are just as lethal as from a semiautomatic weapon fired by a 30-year-old adult. This unfortunate fact has made child soldiers a common ingredient of warfare in many conflicts, particularly in Asia and Africa. Denov and Marchard's study reveals the stigma and rejection former child soldiers face when they escape from the war zone and attempt to reintegrate into mainstream society.Children and women are the first victims in violent conflicts, and the next paper, by Dossa, Hatem, Zunzunegui, and Fraser (2014), explores the experiences of rape victims and their relationships with their rape-conceived children, in the context of the Democratic Republic of Congo. Like the child soldiers

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Construct Validity of the Teacher Version of the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire in a Sample of Elementary-Aged Children in the United States

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Harris

Alibrahim

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Factor Structure and Reliability of the Parent-Informant Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire in a Scottish Preschool Sample

McAloney‐Kocaman

McPherson

2016

Early Education and Development

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Despite being a widely accepted measure of social, emotional and behavioural problems among children and young people, the factor structure underlying the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) is unclear. Recent research has suggested a need to consider a method bias in the SDQ as a separate latent construct. Using data from the 2006/ 2007Growing Up in Scotland study, confirmatory factor analyses was performed with 2,500 parental SDQ reports of their four year old children, estimating and comparing three competing factor modelsfive factor, three factor, and six factor (method factor). Results indicated that the 6 factor solution which included an uncorrelated method factor was the best fitting model. Several items from the pro-social factor and peer problems factor loaded more highly on the method factor than the original factors, suggesting bias influences across the SDQ domains. As the SDQ is widely used internationally further research is required to investigate the consistency of the method factor within the SDQ structure and implications for use and interpretation of the measure.

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Differences in the factor structure of the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire in Northern Irish children.

Cited by 3 publications

References 4 publications

Introduction to Peace and Conflict, Volume 20, Issue 3.

Introduction to Peace and Conflict, Volume 20, Issue 3.

Construct Validity of the Teacher Version of the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire in a Sample of Elementary-Aged Children in the United States

Factor Structure and Reliability of the Parent-Informant Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire in a Scottish Preschool Sample

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