The Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire in the Nordic countries

The Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) has been translated into the different Nordic languages between 1996 and 2003. During the past few years, SDQs have been completed for nearly 100,000 children and adolescents in population-based studies as well as in clinical samples. The largest st...

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Published in:European child & adolescent psychiatry 2004-01, Vol.13 Suppl 2 (S2), p.II32-39
Main Authors: Obel, Carsten, Heiervang, Einar, Rodriguez, Alina, Heyerdahl, Sonja, Smedje, Hans, Sourander, André, Guethmundsson, Olafur O, Clench-Aas, Jocelyne, Christensen, Else, Heian, Frode, Mathiesen, Kristin S, Magnússon, Páll, Njarethvík, Urethur, Koskelainen, Merja, Rønning, John A, Stormark, Kjell Morten, Olsen, Jørn
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Behaviour
Child
Child & adolescent mental health
Child & adolescent psychiatry
Children
Culture
Epidemiology
Faculty
Female
Humans
Language
Male
Mental Disorders - diagnosis
Mental Disorders - epidemiology
Observer Variation
Parents
Quantitative psychology
Questionnaires
Reproducibility of Results
Scandinavia
Scandinavian and Nordic Countries - epidemiology
Screening
Standard deviation
Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire
Surveys and Questionnaires
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Summary:The Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) has been translated into the different Nordic languages between 1996 and 2003. During the past few years, SDQs have been completed for nearly 100,000 children and adolescents in population-based studies as well as in clinical samples. The largest studies have been performed in Norway and Denmark, and in these countries the diagnostic interview DAWBA has also been used in conjunction with the SDQ. In addition to a brief overview of past and ongoing SDQ work in Sweden, Finland, Norway, Denmark, and Iceland, we present scale means and standard deviations from selected community studies with comparable age groups, including parental reports for 7, 9 and 11 year-old children and self-reports of 13 and 15 year-olds. The descriptive statistics suggest that the distributions of SDQ scores are very similar across the Nordic countries. Further collaborative efforts in establishing norms and evaluating the validity of the SDQ as a screening instrument are encouraged.
ISSN:1018-8827
1435-165X
DOI:10.1007/s00787-004-2006-2