The Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ): The Factor Structure and Scale Validation in U.S. Adolescents

Autor/inn/en	He, Jian-Ping; Burstein, Marcy; Schmitz, Anja; Merikangas, Kathleen R.
Titel	The Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ): The Factor Structure and Scale Validation in U.S. Adolescents
Quelle	In: Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 41 (2013) 4, S. 583-595 PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0091-0627
DOI	10.1007/s10802-012-9696-6
Schlagwörter	Forschungsbericht; Factor Analysis; Psychopathology; Validity; Behavior Disorders; Adolescents; Questionnaires; Emotional Disturbances; Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder; Probability; Comorbidity; Surveys; Peer Relationship; Prosocial Behavior; Race; Ethnicity; Gender Differences; Scores; Income; Prediction; Screening Tests; Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Faktorenanalyse; Psychopathologie; Gültigkeit; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Fragebogen; Gefühlsstörung; Wahrscheinlichkeitsrechnung; Wahrscheinlichkeitstheorie; Survey; Umfrage; Befragung; Peer-Beziehungen; Rasse; Abstammung; Ethnizität; Geschlechterkonflikt; Einkommen; Vorhersage; Screening-Verfahren
Abstract	The Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) is one of the most commonly used instruments for screening psychopathology in children and adolescents. This study evaluated the hypothesized five-factor structure of the SDQ and examined its convergent validity against comprehensive clinical diagnostic assessments. Data were derived from the National Comorbidity Survey--Adolescent Supplement (NCS-A), a nationally representative sample of U.S. adolescents aged 13 to 18 years. Parents/parent surrogates (n=6,483) was asked to complete a self-administered questionnaire including the SDQ and DSM-IV comprehensive diagnostic information on the participating adolescents. Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) was conducted to assess the factor structure of the SDQ. The five-factor solution of the SDQ (including emotional, conduct, hyperactivity-inattention, peer relationship, and prosocial) provided a satisfactory fit to the data, and was invariant across sex, age, race/ethnicity and income subgroups. SDQ scores predicted a significantly increased probability of meeting criteria for a DSM-IV disorder, with better prediction for behavior disorders than for mood disorders. Decreasing the SDQ cutoffs to the 80th percentile significantly increased the sensitivity from 39% to 63% for the SDQ Total Difficulties Score, with an expected decrease in specificity from 93% to 87%. This work confirms the five-factor structure of the SDQ in an ethnically and sociodemographically diverse community sample of adolescents. Our findings strengthen empirical evidence for the use of the parent-reported SDQ as a screening tool for DSM-IV behavioral and emotional disorders in adolescents identified in the general population. (As Provided).
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Begutachtung	Peer reviewed
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10