[The self-report version of the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire in an Austrian field sample].
OBJECTIVE
To assess the validity and the reliability of the self-report version of the Strength and Difficulties Questionnaire in an Austrian sample.


METHODS
The questionnaire was given to 2529 healthy children and adolescents aged 11-18 years (mean age 12.71 +/- 1.4). Evaluation was performed according to given criteria, yielding a Total Problem Score, scores on four clinical subscales, and on one scale for pro-social behaviour. Descriptive statistics, Cronbach's alpha, and a varimax rotated factorial analysis were calculated.


RESULTS
Cronbach's Alpha was > 0.63 for the Total Problem Scale, the Pro-Social Behaviour Scale and Emotional Problems Subscale. Factorial analysis revealed five independent factors explaining 41.8% of the variance. The analysis revealed good item-subscale correlations, but could not replicate the original factorial structure completely. Normative data for the SDQ-Self for Austria are provided.


CONCLUSIONS
The German self-report version of the SDQ should, at the moment, only be used with extended analysis of multi-informant information.
Altendorfer-Kling
Ulrike
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Kinder- und Jugendpsychiatrie, Universitätsklinik für Psychiatrie I; Paracelsus Medizinische Privatuniversität, Salzburg.
Ardelt-Gattinger
Elisabeth
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Thun-Hohenstein
Leonhard
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D000293:Adolescent; D000342:Affective Symptoms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D001289:Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D002648:Child; D002653:Child Behavior Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D005260:Female; D005858:Germany; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008403:Mass Screening; D010555:Personality Inventory / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011594:Psychometrics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012917:Social Adjustment; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires