The Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire: A Research Note

Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines - Tập 38 Số 5 - Trang 581-586 - 1997
Robert Goodman1
1Institute of Psychiatry, London, U.K.

Tóm tắt

A novel behavioural screening questionnaire, the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ), was administered along with Rutter questionnaires to parents and teachers of 403 children drawn from dental and psychiatric clinics. Scores derived from the SDQ and Rutter questionnaires were highly correlated; parent‐teacher correlations for the two sets of measures were comparable or favoured the SDQ. The two sets of measures did not differ in their ability to discriminate between psychiatric and dental clinic attenders. These preliminary findings suggest that the SDQ functions as well as the Rutter questionnaires while offering the following additional advantages: a focus on strengths as well as difficulties; better coverage of inattention, peer relationships, and prosocial behaviour; a shorter format; and a single form suitable for both parents and teachers, perhaps thereby increasing parent‐teacher correlations.

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Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines

Tập 38 Số 5

581-586

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