SDQ

Question 1

What is the SDQ used for?

Answer 1

The SDQ is a brief screening questionnaire assessing emotional and behavioural problems in children/adolescents. It is used to identify young people who should be referred for further assessment/intervention, and to evaluate treatment outcomes.

Question 2

What is the SDQ composed of?

Answer 2

THe SDQ is a 25-item questionnaire with 5 subscales:

1. Conduct problems
2. Hyperactivity
3. Emotional problems
4. Peer problems
5. Prosocial behaviours

Each subscale has 5 items, and the scores are summed to create internalising and externalising problem scores as well as a total score on the four deficit focussed subscales (maximum of 40 points)

Question 3

What is the impact supplement?

Answer 3

The impact supplement assesses

• chronicity
• distress
• social imapirment (home, friends, learning, leisure)
• burden to others

Question 4

What are the age ranges for the different SDQs?

Answer 4

• Parent/teacher SDQ = 4-17 yo
• Parent/preschool teacher = 2-4 yo
• Self repor version = 11-17 yo

Question 5

What is are the total-score SDQ cut offs?

Answer 5

• 0-15 = low need/normal
• 16-19 = some need/borderline
• 20-40 = high need/abnormal/likely cases of mental health disorders

Question 6

What are the cut offs for the individual scales?

Answer 6

• Conduct problems: 4 = some need, 5-10 = high need
• Hyperactivity: 6 = some need, 7-10 = high need
• Emotional symptoms: 6 = some need, 7-10 = high need
• Peer problem: 4-5 = some need, 6-10 = high need
• Prosocial behaviour: 5 = some need, 0-4 = high need

Question 7

What is the internalising scale made up of?

Answer 7

The emotional problems and peer symptoms scales.

Question 8

What is the externalising scale made up of?

Answer 8

Conduct and hyperactivity symptoms.