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Protocol - Broad Psychopathology - Child

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Description

The Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) is a parent or teacher report instrument that consists of 25 Likert-style questions that screen children for positive and negative attributes. There are different versions of the questionnaires for ages 3-4 years, 4-10 years, and 11-17 years. The questionnaire for ages 11-17 years is provided as a self-report but is also available for interviewer administration. Scoring information is also available.

Specific Instructions

The Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) is a copyrighted instrument, so an electronic copy cannot be provided. Paper copies of the questionnaire can, however, be downloaded from the website and subsequently copied free of charge by researchers affiliated with nonprofit organizations that do not charge families for assessments.

The Strength and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) is included as a child protocol for two measures, General Psychiatric Assessment and Broad Psychopathology. Therefore, adding both of these measures to "MyToolkit" will result in selecting the same child protocol (SDQ) twice.

Availability

Limited Availability

Protocol

The Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) consists of 25 questions divided into five question scales that assess emotional symptoms, conduct problems, hyperactivity/inattention, peer relationship problems, and prosocial behavior. For each question, the respondent answers "Not True," "Somewhat True," or "Certainly True."

Scoring Instructions

Responses from 20 of the 25 items are added together to generate a total difficulties score. Detailed information on scoring can be found in Goodman et al. (1998).

The Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire is a copyrighted instrument so an electronic copy cannot be provided in the Toolkit. Downloadable versions and scoring instructions are available from the www.sdqinfo.com website.

Personnel and Training Required
None
Equipment Needs
None
Requirements
Requirement CategoryRequired
Major equipment No
Specialized training No
Specialized requirements for biospecimen collection No
Average time of greater than 15 minutes in an unaffected individual No
Mode of Administration

Self- or proxy-administered questionnaire

Lifestage

Child, Adolescent

Participants

Parents or teachers of children ages 3-10 years old. Youth ages 11-17 years old.

Selection Rationale

The Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) was vetted against several other psychological assessment tools for children. It was chosen because it is well established for a wide age range (3-17 years) and has been used successfully to assess psychological disorders with parents and teachers reporting for young children (under 11 years of age) and with youth through self-report.

Language

English, Other languages available at source

Standards
StandardNameIDSource
Human Phenotype Ontology Behavioral abnormality HP:0000708 HPO
Derived Variables

None

Process and Review

Not applicable.

Protocol Name from Source

The Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ)

Source

Goodman, R. (1997). The Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire: A research note. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 38, 581-586.

The Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire is a copyrighted instrument so an electronic copy cannot be provided in the Toolkit. Downloadable versions and scoring instructions are available from the www.sdqinfo.com website.

General References

Goodman, R. (2001). Psychometric properties of the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ). Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 40, 1337-1345.

Goodman, R., Meltzer, H., & Bailey, V. (1998). The Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire: A pilot study on the validity of the self-report version. European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 7, 125-130.

Protocol ID

610202

Variables
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Variable Name Variable IDVariable DescriptiondbGaP Mapping
PX610202000000 Protocol 610202 - proprietary. Check DCW for more
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Mental Health Research Core: Tier 1
Measure Name

Broad Psychopathology

Release Date

May 12, 2010

Definition

A questionnaire to briefly assess mental health domains that are important across psychiatric conditions.

Purpose

This measure can be used to help identify psychiatric conditions for further follow-up and help to guide treatment and prognosis.

Keywords

depression, anxiety, insomnia, Sleep, Obsessive-compulsive disorder, memory, Personality traits, psychosis, anger, Substance abuse and dependence, repetitive thoughts and behaviors, suicide, American Psychiatric Association, Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders (5th ed.), DSM-5

Measure Protocols
Protocol ID Protocol Name
610201 Broad Psychopathology - Adult
610202 Broad Psychopathology - Child
Publications

There are no publications listed for this protocol.