Measurement equivalence of the SDQ in Chinese Adolescents: A horizontal and longitudinal perspective

Liang, Lijuan; Ye, Juan; Yao, Shuqiao

doi:10.1016/j.jad.2019.06.049

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“…Parents completed a Chinese version of the Strength and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) (Goodman, 2001) at T1 and T2. The measure, which has demonstrated good psychometric properties in previous Chinese adolescent research (Huang et al, 2016;Liang et al, 2019), contains subscales for emotion problems (e.g., "Many fears, easily scared"), conduct problems (e.g., "Often fights with other children"), hyperactivity (e.g., "Restless, overactive, cannot stay still for long"), and peer problems (e.g., "Has at least one good friend"), and each subscale has five items, on a 3-point scale ranging from 0 = not true to 2 = certainly true. According to the official scoring guidelines, there four problem behavior subscale scores can be combined to generate a total adjustment problem score, with higher scores indicating more adjustment problems.…”

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Examining family pre-pandemic influences on adolescent psychosocial wellbeing during the COVID-19 pandemic

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During the COVID-19 lockdown, with social distancing measures in place and a decrease in social activities, emotional states are more likely to be transferred between family members via increased interactions and communication. However, longitudinal evidence, particularly for early adolescents, is lacking. This study investigated family pre-pandemic influences on parental stress and adolescent psychosocial wellbeing during the COVID-19 pandemic. Data were collected from 233 adolescents and their parents before and during the initial phase of the pandemic. Parents reported their own stress level and perception of adolescent adjustment problems, whereas adolescents reported their own psychological distress level. In addition, adolescents also reported their satisfaction with family life in the pre-pandemic survey. Cross-lagged path models indicated reciprocal associations between parental stress and perception of adolescent adjustment problems. Compared to adolescents low in pre-pandemic family life satisfaction, those adolescents with higher levels of family life satisfaction before the pandemic reported lower levels of anxiety and stress only when parental stress showed no increase during the pandemic. Findings provide support for the mutual influences between parental stress and perceived adolescent adjustment problems during the pandemic. Special attention should be paid to those adolescents who undergo significant family life changes during the pandemic.

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“…In order to assess how adolescents are doing, the SDQ (Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire) is used to evaluate the potential of the subjects and their weaknesses or difficulties; it is considered an effective tool, and for this reason, several studies encourage further research along these lines [47,48]. With respect to the factors of the SDQ, a previous study in students aged 11 to 15 years found arguments in favor of the multifactorial structure of the questionnaire consisting of five dimensions [49]. The study of strengths and difficulties in adolescents has also proven to be effective in studying self-injurious behaviors and suicidal ideation, situations in which students lack adequate emotional adjustment [50].…”

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Emotional Strengths and Difficulties in Italian Adolescents: Analysis of Adaptation through the SDQ

Corvasce¹,

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An adolescent’s knowledge of him/herself (positive aspects and weaknesses) is shaped by interactions with external and internal factors, including the family context and the educational environment. The assessment of this knowledge serves to construct the concept of self-esteem. The main objective of the present study was to examine the prevalence of self-reported emotional and behavioral symptoms in a representative sample of Italian adolescents and their relationship with gender and age, using Goodman’s Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ). A total of 440 adolescents (49.8% female) aged 15–18 years from the southern Italy region participated. The results show the prevalence of emotional and behavioral symptoms in the analyzed sample. Gender differences were also found in the variables under study. In conclusion, the SDQ test is offered as an agile, simplified, and effective tool, to be proposed to all formative agents who are concerned with the interest and care not only of young people, but also of the future of socio-political realities.

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“…A large number of studies support the validity for the use of the CBCL with children from different countries (Rescorla, Adams and Ivanova 2020;Wild, Furtado and Angalakuditi 2012) and its equivalence across different parents' races or ethnicities, income levels and languages (Gross et al 2006). A similar number of studies support the validity of the SDQ for use in different countries (Liang, Yang and Yao 2019;Ortuño-Sierra et al 2015) and its equivalence in different ethnic populations (Mieloo et al 2014).…”

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Predictors of emotional problems in 5-year-old children: an international comparison between two cohorts in Chile and Scotland

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Emotional problems in early childhood increase the risk of mental health problems into adolescence and adulthood, but the cross-cultural etiological risk factors are unclear. We examined predictors of emotional problems in preschoolers, using a national cohort of children in Chile and in Scotland. Participants included 1,648 children and their families enrolled in the Chilean Encuesta Longitudinal de la Primera Infancia (ELPI) cohort and 3,786 children and their families enrolled in the Growing Up in Scotland (GUS) cohort. Data were collected between 2005 and 2012. Information on emotional problems along with social and health determinants were collected via maternal reports. Emotional problems in the clinical range were identified in 10.4% of children from the ELPI cohort and in 3.6% of children from the GUS cohort. The difference between cohorts was statistically significant. Logistic regression revealed that maternal unemployment predicted emotional problems across cohorts. Lower maternal education and living in rural areas predicted higher risk of emotional problems for the ELPI cohort only, whereas having a younger mother, daily parent-child shared activities such as a lower frequency of sharing letters/shapes, and a higher exposure to television predicted higher risk for emotional problems for the GUS cohort. Maternal unemployment as a risk factor across cohorts indicates the importance of shared cross-cultural factors. However, sample specific differences highlight the importance and need for greater attention towards cultural specificities in policy and intervention development for child mental health.

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Measurement equivalence of the SDQ in Chinese Adolescents: A horizontal and longitudinal perspective

Cited by 21 publications

References 33 publications

Examining family pre-pandemic influences on adolescent psychosocial wellbeing during the COVID-19 pandemic

Examining family pre-pandemic influences on adolescent psychosocial wellbeing during the COVID-19 pandemic

Emotional Strengths and Difficulties in Italian Adolescents: Analysis of Adaptation through the SDQ

Predictors of emotional problems in 5-year-old children: an international comparison between two cohorts in Chile and Scotland

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