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The article by Dogra et al made for an interesting read. 1 However, the use of only the self-report Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) and lack of validation of the SDQ in Indian adolescents – which the authors acknowledge – pose serious methodological concerns. The authors also mention the absence of SDQ reference standards for children of Indian ethnic backgrounds. In contrast, th...

An adolescent’s knowledge of him/herself (positive aspects and weaknesses) is shaped by interactions with external internal factors, including the family context educational environment. The assessment this serves to construct concept self-esteem. main objective present study was examine prevalence self-reported emotional behavioral symptoms in a representative sample Italian adolescents their ...

Youth- and parent-rated screening measures derived from the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) and Development and Well-Being Assessment (DAWBA) were compared on their psychometric properties as predictors of caseness in adolescence (mean age 14). Successful screening was judged firstly against the likelihood of having an ICD-10 psychiatric diagnosis and secondly by the ability to d...

Aims: To test for the presence of bias on use of a common psychometric instrument, the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ), in studies of children with same-sex parents using a recruited convenience sample. Study Design: Non-parametric quasi-experimental two-group comparison. Methodology: Results from five qualifying studies, two with random samples and three with recruited samples, ...

BACKGROUND Epidemiological studies indicate that the prevalence of psychological problems in patients attending primary care services may be as high as 25%. AIM To identify factors that influence the detection of psychological difficulties in adolescent patients receiving primary care in the UK. DESIGN OF STUDY A prospective study of 13-16 year olds consecutively attending general practices...

BACKGROUND The Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) is widely used to screen for child mental health problems and measure common forms of psychopathology in 4- to 16-year-olds. Using longitudinal data, we examined the validity of a version adapted for 3- to 4-year-olds. METHODS We used SDQ data from 16,659 families collected by the Millennium Cohort Study, which charts the developme...

AIM This study investigates whether machine translation could help with the challenge of enabling the inclusion of ethnic diversity in healthcare research. DESIGN A two phase, prospective observational study. METHODS Two machine translators, Google Translate and Babylon 9, were tested. Translation of the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) from 24 languages into English and trans...

BACKGROUND On March 11, 2011, Japan was struck by the earthquake and tsunami. Twenty months after the disaster, we collected information on the difficulties faced by parents and teachers in dealing with the post-traumatic symptoms of child survivors. The aim of this study was to evaluate the relationship between post-traumatic symptoms in children and parents' and teachers' difficulties in deal...

Children in foster care experience higher levels and rates of psychosocial difficulties than children from the general population. Governments and child welfare services have a responsibility to identify those children in care who have need for therapeutic services. This can be achieved through systematic screening and monitoring of psychosocial difficulties among all children in foster care. H...