Normative data for the self-reported and parent-reported Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) for ages 12-17.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) is widely used to screen for psychosocial problems among adolescents. As the severity of such problems is known to be related to age and gender, screening could be improved by interpreting SDQ scale scores with age-specific and perhaps gender-specific norms. Up to now, such norms are lacking. The aim of the current study is to present gender-specific and joint normative data per year of age for the Dutch self-reported and parent-reported SDQ versions for use among 12- to 17-year-old adolescents.

Methods

The norm groups for the self-reported and parent-reported SDQ versions consisted of 993 adolescents and 736 parents, respectively, from the general Dutch population. Per SDQ version, both gender-specific norms and

SUBMITTER: Vugteveen J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8764849 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature