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ArticleClinical child psychology and psychiatry2023

Construct-related validity of the strengths and difficulties questionnaires with three and five dimensions: A multitrait-multimethod analysis.

Francis Anne Carneiro, Pedro A Costa, Isabel Leal

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Article in Clinical child psychology and psychiatry, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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Francis Anne CarneiroWilliam James Center for Research, ISPA - University Institute, Lisbon, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0003-4324-2424
Pedro A CostaWilliam James Center for Research, ISPA - University Institute, Lisbon, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0001-9826-9881
Isabel LealWilliam James Center for Research, ISPA - University Institute, Lisbon, Portugal.
ISPA - Instituto Universitário · PT

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) is one of the most broadly used questionnaires to evaluate children's psychological adjustment, however its internal structure has been a target of ongoing controversy. Recent studies suggested a three-factor structure of the SDQ, however data is still scarce. The present study used the Multitrait-Multimethod analysis to examine SDQ construct related-validity with three and five dimensions, provided by children, their parents and teachers. A total of 415 participants were recruited from a Portuguese community sample. Both SDQ versions presented good convergence-related validity, with higher values for the five version. Findings from this study suggest that the SDQ with three dimensions could be more suitable as a screening measure of children's psychological adjustment in a community low-risk sample. Nevertheless, the SDQ still needs further psychometric improvements in order to properly collect information from multi-source samples about the prevalence of children's psychological adjustment.

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Emotional AdjustmentParentsChildHumansPsychometricsReproducibility of ResultsSurveys and Questionnairesconvergent-related validitydiscriminant-related validitymulti-informantsmultitrait-multimethodStrengths and difficulties questionnaire

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PMID37018126
PMCPMC10540480
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