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Strength and Difficulties Questionnaire
Dimension: Risk factors start consumption
Area
Personal, Peer Group, School
Specificity
Unspecified: Legal and illegal drugs
Year
1997
Author
Goodman
Identification and Classification
- Instrument
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Strength and Difficulties Questionnaire
- Acronym
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SDQ
- Area
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Personal, Peer Group, School
- Dimension
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Risk factors start consumption
- Specificity
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Unspecified: Legal and illegal drugs
- Objective
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Evaluate emotional and behavioral difficulties and the presence of prosocial behavior in children and adolescents
- Factors it measures
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- Emotional problems
- Behavioral problems
- Problems with fellows
- Hyperactivity
- Prosocial behavior
- Year
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1997
- Author
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Goodman
- Author Contact Data
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Goodman, Anna.
Department of Epidemiology and Population Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Keppel Street, London, WC1e 7HT, UK.
E-mail: anna.goodman@lshtm.ac.uk
- Availability
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Free
- Link
Versions
Year
2003
Validation Country
Brazil
Author
Curyand & Golfeto
Author Contact Data
Curyand, Camilo, R.
Clinical Hospital of the Medical School of Ribeirão Preto of the University of São Paulo. Child Psychiatry Ambulatory. Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil
References
Curyand, C. R., & Golfeto, J. H. (2003). Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ): A study of school children in Ribeirão Preto. Revista Brasileña de Psiquiatría, 25, 139-145.
Year
2012
Validation Country
Spain
Author
Rodríguez-Hernández, Betancort, Ramírez-Santana, García, Sanz-Álvarez, & De las Cuevas-Castresana
Author Contact Data
Rodríguez, Pedro, J.
Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Unit «Diego Matías Guigou y Costa». University Hospital N.S. Candelaria. Canary Islands (Spain)
E-mail: pedrojavierrodriguezhernandez@yahoo.es
References
Rodríguez-Hernández, P. J., Betancort, M., Ramírez-Santana, G. M., García, R., Sanz-Álvarez, E. J., & De las Cuevas-Castresana, C. (2012). Psychometric properties of the parent and teacher versions of the Strength and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) in a Spanish sample. International Journal of Clinical and Health Psychology, 12, 265-279.
Year
2014
Validation Country
Spain
Author
Barriuso-Lapresa, Hernando-Arizaleta, & Rajmil
Author Contact Data
Barriuso, Laura.
Instituto de Salud Pública y Laboral de Navarra. Calle Leyre 15 31003 Pamplona (Navarra, Spain)
E-mail: bl.laura1@gmail.com
References
Barriuso-Lapresa, L. M., Hernando-Arizaleta, L., & Rajmil, L. (2014). Reference values of the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) version for parents in the Spanish population, 2006. Actas Españolas de Psiquiatría, 42, 43-48.
Year
2016
Validation Country
Spain
Author
Ortuño-Sierra, Fonseca-Pedrero, Inchausti, & Sastre
Author Contact Data
Ortuño, Javier.
Departamento de Psicología. Universidad Loyola. C/ Energía Solar, 1. 41014, Sevilla. España
E-mail: jortuno@uloyola.es
References
Ortuño-Sierra, J., Fonseca-Pedrero, E., Inchausti, F., & Sastre, S. (2016). Evaluación de dificultades emocionales y comportamientos en población infanto-juvenil: El Cuestionario de Capacidades y Dificultades (SDQ). Papeles del Psicólogo, 37, 14-26.
Description
- Abstract
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SDQ is an assessment instrument designed to measure emotional, behavioral and prosocial difficulties through five factors (emotional, behavioral, peer-associated problems, hyperactivity and prosocial behavior) distributed in 25 items that are answered on a Liker-type scale.
- Psychometric characteristics
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It has adequate levels of internal consistency in the estimation of the reliability of the scores. However, the behavioral problems and peer problems subscale show levels below .70.
Test-retest reliability: significant values between .47 and .76.
Internal structure: better adjustment corresponding to five factors structure.
Evidence of concurrent validity in its version for parents and teachers, as well as, in relation to the capacity for discrimination. - No. of items
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It consists of 25 items with three response options: "no, nothing", "sometimes", "yes, always"
- Duration
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10 min
- Way of administration
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- Individual and collective
- Paper
- Way of qualification
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The summation is done by the scores associated with each answer option, scoring from 0 to 2 ("no, nothing", "sometimes", "yes, always")
- Application context
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Clinic, School
- Population
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Children and adolescents
- References
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Goodman, R. (1997). The Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire: A research note. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 38, 581-586.