Purpose The Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) has been validated as a screening tool for identifying difficulties in adolescents in various countries. According to the results, the SDQ needs clinical evaluations to discriminate between adolescents with and without problems. This study is part of a research group that developed the self-report Indonesian version of the SDQ. Therefore, this study aims to evaluate the sensitivity and specificity of the self-report Indonesian version of the SDQ conduct problems subscale and identify the optimum cut-off score for Indonesian adolescents. Design/methodology/approach This study was a double-blind non-experimental study, in which the self-report SDQ score was compared to the diagnostic interview. Participants that completed the SDQ were 708 10th-grade students in Jakarta, with 40 students from the sample randomly selected through the double-blind technique for the diagnostic interview. Findings Crosstab’s analysis showed that the SDQ conduct problems subscale had a sensitivity value of 77.3% and a specificity value of 83.3%. Receiver operating characteristics analysis showed that the cut-off score of 4 used in this study is ideal for identifying individuals with conduct problems. Originality/value The SDQ has good accuracy for screening conduct problems among adolescents. Moreover, it will be helpful for parents, teachers, professionals and adolescents to screening conduct problems.

Kekhawatiran sebagai komponen dalam kecemasan akademik memengaruhi persepsi mahasiswa terhadap suatu situasi atau hasil sebagai ancaman. Mahasiswa rantau rentan terhadap kekhawatiran selama menjalani kehidupan akademik. Menurunkan kekhawatiran dan meningkatkan optimisme menjadi upaya untuk membantu mahasiswa rantau dalam menyelesaikan pendidikan. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui efektivitas dari CBT yang dilakukan dalam kelompok melalui media daring untuk mengurangi kekhawatiran dan meningkatkan optimism pada mahasiswa rantau dengan masalah kecemasan akademik. Terapi diberikan secara berkelompok kepada enam mahasiswa dalam lima sesi dengan tiga kali pengukuran menggunakan The Student Worry Questionnaire dan Life Orientation Test-Revised (LOT-R). Penelitian ini dianisis secara deskriptif melalui perubahan dari setiap hasil pengukuran dan analisis kualitatif yang diperoleh dari observasi dan wawancara. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan terdapat penurunan pada tingkat kekhawatiran meskipun tidak terdapat perubahan pada optimisme. Evaluasi kualitatif juga menunjukkan perubahan yang terjadi antara sebelum dan setelah intervensi. Penelitian ini menunjukkan bahwa CBT kelompok berpotensi dalam menurunkan kekhawatiran pada mahasiswa rantau dengan masalah kecemasan akademik.

Background: The aim of study was to evaluate the oral health status, salivary flow and halitosis among individuals diagnosed with leprosy as compared with healthy subjects. Material and Methods: A sample of 160 individuals was allocated into four groups, as follows: (G1) individuals with complete leprosy treatment; (G2) individuals diagnosed with leprosy and under multi-drug therapy; (G3) individuals diagnosed with leprosy not yet under treatment; and (G4) healthy individuals. Then individuals were submitted to periodontal clinical examination (visible plaque index, bleeding index, depth of probing and clinical attachment level); DMFT index (decayed-missing-filled teeth index); evaluation of salivary flow and halitosis using a halimeter equipment (Interscan Corp, Chatsworth, CA, USA). Results: The data were analyzed using Kruskal-Wallis and chi-square tests. The mean DMFT was found to be higher than 6.6, which is considered very high, with no significant difference between groups (P>0.05). As for salivary flow, 76.2% of the subjects presented normal flow rates, while 10% and 13.7% showed low and very low salivary flow rates, respectively, with hyposalivation being mostly observed in Groups 1 and 2. The highest prevalence of noticeable odor was found in healthy individuals (G4), and the most prevalent periodontal diagnosis was gingivitis (63.1%) in Group 3 (individuals with leprosy not yet under multi-drug therapy) followed by periodontitis (25%) in Group 1 (individuals who had completed leprosy treatment). Conclusions: It was observed that individuals with a history of leprosy present poor oral health similar to that of systemically healthy individuals.