Comparison of parent adolescent scores on Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire.

Autor: Arman S; Nour Hospital, Behavioral Sciences Research Center, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran., Amel AK, Maracy MR
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Journal of research in medical sciences : the official journal of Isfahan University of Medical Sciences [J Res Med Sci] 2013 Jun; Vol. 18 (6), pp. 501-5.
Abstrakt: Background: Child and adolescent psychiatry has benefited from the application of self-report questionnaires because it is short, less costly and easy to apply. So we select the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) and evaluate the agreement between the self-report and parent report form.
Materials and Methods: Subjects were 1934 Adolescents, 11-18 years old. After obtaining the samples consent, SDQ parent rated form and self-rated form were filled. The collected data were analyzed using the STATA statistical package version 9.
Results: The adolescents obtained higher total difficulty scores than their parents, but it was not significant (P = 0.203). Boys had higher total difficulty scores than girls by parent informant (P = 0.001), but by self-report girls had higher total difficulty scores than boys (P = 0.42). 11-14 years had higher total difficulty scores by parent report than self-report (P = 0.42), but 15-18 years had higher total difficulty scores by self-report than parent report (P = 0.36).
Conclusion: SDQ self-rating from adolescents may contribute better to the diagnostic process in the clinical setting.
Databáze: MEDLINE