The strengths and difficulties questionnaire as a screening instrument in a community sample of high school seniors in Sweden

Nordic Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 225-232

  Svedin, Carl Göran ^a   Priebe, Gisela ^b  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Screening; Self report; Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ); Validation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD PSYCHIATRY; CONDUCT DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; CRONBACH ALPHA COEFFICIENT; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT; HUMAN; HYPERACTIVITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PEER GROUP; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; SCREENING TEST; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; STRENGTHS AND DIFFICULTIES QUESTIONNAIRE; SWEDEN;

ADOLESCENT; AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CONDUCT DISORDER; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERENCE VALUES; SEX FACTORS; SOCIALIZATION; STUDENTS; SWEDEN;

EID: 47949087462     PISSN: 08039488     EISSN: 15024725     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08039480801984032     Document Type: Article

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