Self-reported strengths and difficulties in a community sample of Finnish adolescents

Koskelainen, Merja; Sourander, André; Vauras, Marja

doi:10.1007/s007870170024

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“…The respective models based on the three-factor structure with the correlated errors added, and with the reverse-worded items allowed to cross-load on the Prosocial dimension, displayed all of them lower fit indices than their correlated five-factor models. As so, the three-factor structure of the SDQ was found not adequate, similarly to the findings in previous studies [40,56,32,11]. Regarding this, ΔCFI analysis revealed that, contrary to van de Looij-Jansen et al [26], both in the three and the five-factor models, the inclusion of modifications is more significant in model fit than allowing reverse-worded items to cross-load on the Prosocial subscale with, the exception of Ireland.…”

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New evidence of factor structure and measurement invariance of the SDQ across five European nations

Ortuño‐Sierra

Fonseca‐Pedrero

Solana

et al. 2015

Eur Child Adolesc Psychiatry

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International audienceThe main purpose of the present study was to analyse the internal structure and to test the measurement invariance of the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ), self-reported version, in five European countries. The sample consisted of 3012 adolescents aged between 12 and 17 years (M = 14.20; SD = 0.83). The five-factor model (with correlated errors added), and the five-factor model (with correlated errors added) with the reverse-worded items allowed to cross-load on the Prosocial subscale, displayed adequate goodness of-fit indices. Multi-group confirmatory factor analysis showed that the five-factor model (with correlated errors added) had partial strong measurement invariance by countries. A total of 11 of the 25 items were non-invariant across samples. The level of internal consistency of the Total difficulties score was 0.84, ranging between 0.69 and 0.78 for the SDQ subscales. The findings indicate that the SDQ's subscales need to be modified in various ways for screening emotional and behavioural problems in the five European countries that were analysed

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confidence: 78%

New evidence of factor structure and measurement invariance of the SDQ across five European nations

Ortuño‐Sierra

Fonseca‐Pedrero

Solana

et al. 2015

Eur Child Adolesc Psychiatry

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“…Nevertheless, the proportion of younger adolescents was higher in the Cluster related to Externalizing problems and lower prosocial capabilities, when compared with the older group. Previous studies have found contradictory results with regards to the age and the presentation of difficulties with the SDQ (Giannakopoulos et al, 2009;Koskelainen, Sourander, & Vauras, 2001;Rønning, Helge Handegaard, Sourander, & Mørch, 2004;Yao et al, 2009). However, other studies indicated similar results, with younger adolescents showing more Externalizing problems (Armand, Keypour, Maracy, & Attari, 2012;Lien, Green, Welander-Vatn, & Bjertness, 2009).…”

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confidence: 36%

Different patterns of behavioural and emotional difficulties through adolescence: The influence of prosocial skills

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Título: Patrones de dificultades emocionales y comportamentales durante la adolescencia: la influencia de las habilidades prosociales. Resumen: El objetivo principal del estudio fue examinar la distribución por clusters del Cuestionario de Capacidades y Dificultades (Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire; SDQ) y analizar el efecto del sexo y la edad, en una muestra de estudiantes pertenecientes a institutos, con edades entre 14 y 18 años (N = 1474). Para el análisis de los datos se realizó un análisis iterativo basado en el procedimiento de K-medias. Una solución de cinco clusters destacó como la más parsimoniosa para diferenciar patrones de síntomas emocionales y comportamentales. El modelo de cinco clusters reveló las siguientes agrupaciones: "ausencia de dificultades y altas puntuaciones prosociales" (n = 418; 28,36%), "altas puntuaciones en dificultades y bajas en comportamiento prosocial" (n = 239; 16,21%) , "altas puntuaciones en hiperactividad, bajo en el resto de las subescalas de dificultades y alto en capacidades prosociales" (n = 302; 20.49%), "alto en dificultades emocionales y de relación, bajo en dificultades conductuales y de hiperactividad y alto en capacidades prosociales" (n = 275; 18,66%), y finalmente "dificultades de hiperactividad y niveles medios en el resto de subescalas de dificultades y en las capacidades prosociales" (n= 239; 16,21%). Este modelo de cinco clusters fue replicado atendiendo al género y la edad. Sin embargo, las diferencias encontradas en la distribución de cada cluster sugieren que las dificultades difieren en función del género y de la edad. Los resultados permiten concluir la mayor presencia de dificultades de tipo externalizante en el caso de los hombres y mayores niveles de dificultades emocionales y capacidades prosociales en el caso de las mujeres. Palabras clave: adolescencia; análisis de clúster; SDQ; problemas emocionales y conductuales; prosocial. Abstract:The main purpose of the study was to examine the cluster composition of the analysis on the effect of gender and age of the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) in a large school-based sample of high school adolescents ranging from 14 to 18 years old (N = 1474). In order to do this, a K-means iterative cluster analysis was performed. A five-cluster solution turned out to be the most parsimonious in the differentiation of emotional and behavioural patterns. A five-cluster solution yielded the following patterns: "No difficulties and high prosocial scores" (n = 418; 28.36%), "high difficulties and low prosocial scores" (n = 239; 16.21%), "high on hyperactivity, low on the rest of the difficulties subscales, and high in prosocial capabilities" (n = 302; 20.49%), "high on emotional and peer problems, relatively low on conduct and hyperactivity, and high in prosocial capabilities" (n = 275; 18.66%), and finally "hyperactivity problems and average in the others difficulties subscales, and in prosocial capabilities" (n = 239; 16.21%). This cluster solution was replicated attending to the same gender and...

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“…Tr anslated versions have been shown to function satisfactorily in Sweden (Smedje et al, 1999), Germany (Klasen et al, 2000), Bangladesh (Mullick and Goodman, 2001), the Gaza strip (Thabet et al, 2000) and Finland (Koskelainen et al, 2001). …”

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Child and adolescent psychopathology in a developing country: testing the validity of the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (Urdu version)

Samad¹,

Hollis²,

Prince³

et al. 2005

Int. J. Methods Psychiatr. Res.

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A study to test the validity of the Urdu version of the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) was carried out in Pakistan. The study population consisted of 212 children aged 4 to 16 years presenting to psychiatric (case group: n = 72) and paediatric outpatient clinics (comparison group: n = 140). Parents of these children were interviewed using the extended version of the SDQ. The case group was further subjected to diagnostic ICD-10 criteria by child psychiatrists, who were blind to SDQ scores. The Urdu version was able to discriminate between the study groups. The mean difficulties score was higher in the case group (mean = 21.7) than the comparison group (mean = 14.4), the difference (mean difference = 7.3) being statistically significant (p < 0.01, 95% CI = 5.3, 9.3) with an effect size of 1.1. Adequate sensitivity (> or = 61%) was obtained for each type of psychiatric disorder in the case group using the abnormal category of the SDQ symptom scores as a cutoff. A simple 'pencil-and-paper' algorithm combining symptom and impact scores further identified children in need of intervention. A ROC curve analysis showed an area under the curve > 0.70 for all scores. The choice of optimal cutoffs for the Urdu version is discussed.

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Self-reported strengths and difficulties in a community sample of Finnish adolescents

Cited by 132 publications

References 12 publications

New evidence of factor structure and measurement invariance of the SDQ across five European nations

New evidence of factor structure and measurement invariance of the SDQ across five European nations

Different patterns of behavioural and emotional difficulties through adolescence: The influence of prosocial skills

Child and adolescent psychopathology in a developing country: testing the validity of the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (Urdu version)

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