The use of the SDQ with Chinese adolescents in the clinical context.
This study investigated the psychometric properties of the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire when it was applied to a sample of 443 outpatients in China. Included in the sample were 88 adolescents diagnosed with depression, 96 with schizophrenia, 98 with generalized anxiety, 70 with OCD, and 91 with ADHD. Each patient and one of their parents completed the SDQ at intake. Confirmatory Factor Analyses provided limited support for the proposed five factor structure of the scale over other models. Internal reliabilities of the subscales for both self and parent report were weak, and inter-rater agreement between self- and parent-report was moderate. The specificity and sensitivity for the Total Difficulties scores were weak. Overall, these findings suggest that the use of the SDQ in clinical samples in China may be limited.
School of Psychology, Deakin University, Burwood, Australia.
David
D
Mellor
Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Shanghai Mental Health Center, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China. Electronic address: chengwhb@aliyun.com.
Wenhong
W
Cheng
School of Psychology, Deakin University, Burwood, Australia.
Marita
M
McCabe
School of Psychology, Deakin University, Burwood, Australia.
Mathew
M
Ling
Shanghai Mental Health Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China.
Yi
Y
Liu
Shanghai Mental Health Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China.
Zhimin
Z
Zhao
Shanghai Mental Health Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China.
Juan
J
Fan
Shanghai Mental Health Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China.
Meina
M
You
Shanghai Mental Health Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China.
Fang
F
Zhang
Shanghai Mental Health Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China.
Jinhua
J
Sun
School of Psychology, Deakin University, Burwood, Australia.
Linda
L
Byrne
Shanghai Mental Health Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China.
Yifeng
Y
Xu
D000293:Adolescent; D001008:Anxiety Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D044466:Asian People; D001289:Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D002681:China; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D005163:Factor Analysis, Statistical; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009771:Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D010045:Outpatients; D011594:Psychometrics; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000175:diagnosis*; D012565:Schizophrenic Psychology; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
China; Clinical context; Psychometric properties; Strengths and difficulties questionnaire