Normative Data of the Self-Report Version of the German Strengths and                     Difficulties Questionnaire in an Epidemiological Setting

Becker, Andreas; Wang, Biyao; Kunze, Barbara; Otto, Christiane; Schlack, Robert; Hölling, Heike; Ravens‐Sieberer, Ulrike; Klasen, Fionna; Rogge, Jana; Isensee, Corinna; Rothenberger, Aribert; group, The BELLA study

doi:10.1024/1422-4917/a000589

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“…The internal consistency (indicated by Cronbach’s alpha) was 0.65 in the sample of younger children and 0.69 in the sample of older children, which is comparable with the internal consistencies observed in German normative samples (0.66 [ 44 ] and 0.62 [ 45 ], respectively). Based on the German reference values, the score was dichotomized into “low/normal” (scores 0–3 in the sample of younger children [ 44 ] and scores 0–4 in the sample of older children [ 45 ]) and “borderline/abnormal” (all scores above 3 or 4, respectively). The cut-off values were chosen so that 15% of the children/adolescents were assigned to the “borderline/abnormal” group [ 44 , 45 ].…”

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“…Based on the German reference values, the score was dichotomized into “low/normal” (scores 0–3 in the sample of younger children [ 44 ] and scores 0–4 in the sample of older children [ 45 ]) and “borderline/abnormal” (all scores above 3 or 4, respectively). The cut-off values were chosen so that 15% of the children/adolescents were assigned to the “borderline/abnormal” group [ 44 , 45 ].…”

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Associations of Green Spaces and Streets in the Living Environment with Outdoor Activity, Media Use, Overweight/Obesity and Emotional Wellbeing in Children and Adolescents

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Sobek

Ludwig

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Aspects of the living environment can affect health and wellbeing of children and adolescents. Whereas most previous studies assessed the more distant residential urban environment, less is known on possible effects of the close environment. The present study investigated associations of the proportion of streets and green spaces in the immediate urban living environment (50, 100 and 400 m around the home) with media use, outdoor activity, overweight/obesity and emotional problems in two samples of younger (age 3–10, n = 395) and older children (age 10–19, n = 405). Independently of socioeconomic parameters, a higher proportion of streets was associated with overweight/obesity (in younger and older children), higher media use (in younger children), less outdoor activity and more emotional problems (in older children). Older children’s outdoor activity in winter increased with increasing proportions of green spaces. The observations suggest that the immediate urban living environment is a factor that can affect leisure behavior and health in children.

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Associations of Green Spaces and Streets in the Living Environment with Outdoor Activity, Media Use, Overweight/Obesity and Emotional Wellbeing in Children and Adolescents

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Ludwig

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“…For some of the assessed aspects of mental/physical health, instances of the child reporting more problems/symptoms than their parent were more common with female children than with male children. Several previous studies have shown that girls report more mental health problems than boys [56][57][58]. The present finding suggests that this gender effect is weaker if indicators of the child's mental health are estimated by a parent.…”

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Parent-child agreement in different domains of child behavior and health

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The present study aimed to investigate and compare parent-child agreement in different domains of child health and behavior. Methods Data were collected between 2011 and 2019 within the framework of the LIFE Child study (Germany). Different subgroups of 10-to 12-year-old children and their parents (n (max) = 692) completed questionnaires on several health behaviors (diet, media use, physical activity, sleep), parameters of health (behavioral strengths and difficulties, psychosomatic complaints), and school grades. Agreement between child and parent reports was evaluated using weighted kappa coefficients. Furthermore, the frequencies of different types of (dis) agreement (parent report > child report, same response, child report > parent report) were assessed and checked for associations with child or parent gender.

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“…Thornberry & Krohn [34] found that generally adolescents answer such questions truthfully and concluded that selfreport data on problem behavior "appear acceptably valid and reliable for most research purposes" (p. 33). Additionally, recent research has shown evidence for the predictive power of children's self-reports [35]. Thus, since self-reports could provide an interesting new perspective on heritability of INT and EXT and as there is evidence for their validity, we base our current study on self-reported INT and EXT.…”

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On the etiology of internalizing and externalizing problem behavior: A twin-family study

Nikstat

Riemann

2020

PLoS ONE

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Internalizing and externalizing behavior problems are established risk factors for many unpleasant outcomes and psychopathology in adulthood, and understanding the interplay between genes and environment is important for deducing implications for therapeutic interventions. Among genetic studies on internalizing and externalizing problem behavior, the heritability estimates differ widely. Most research only uses twin data and other-reports, and therefore certain limitations are inevitable. Our study is the first to investigate genetic and environmental influences on problem behavior using a Nuclear Twin Family Design and self-reports, in order to address these limitations. Internalizing and externalizing problem behavior of 3,087 twin pairs (age 11-23), a sibling, and their parents were analyzed with structural equation modeling to estimate heritability separately for each of three twin birth cohorts. Genetic influences account for about one-third of the variance for both internalizing and externalizing. Shared environmental influences were only found for internalizing, and through the advantages of considering data from the whole twin family, firstly could be identified as solely twin-specific. Our findings could contribute to a better understanding of the gap between heritability based on twin studies and DNA-based heritability ('missing heritability problem'): Results indicate that heritability estimates gained via classic twin design and other-reports are slightly overestimated and therefore environmental influences, in general, are more important than previous research suggests. Simultaneously, we showed that family-specific environment either contributes to behavior problems only on an individual level, or that it has a lesser influence than originally thought.

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Normative Data of the Self-Report Version of the German Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire in an Epidemiological Setting

Cited by 63 publications

References 53 publications

Associations of Green Spaces and Streets in the Living Environment with Outdoor Activity, Media Use, Overweight/Obesity and Emotional Wellbeing in Children and Adolescents

Associations of Green Spaces and Streets in the Living Environment with Outdoor Activity, Media Use, Overweight/Obesity and Emotional Wellbeing in Children and Adolescents

Parent-child agreement in different domains of child behavior and health

On the etiology of internalizing and externalizing problem behavior: A twin-family study

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