The Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire in the Bergen Child Study: A Conceptually and Methodically Motivated Structural Analysis

Psychological Assessment

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 352-364

  Sanne, Bjarte ^a   Torsheim, Torbjørn ^a   Heiervang, Einar ^a   Stormark, Kjell Morten ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

confirmatory factor analysis (CFA); exploratory factor analysis (EFA); principal component analysis (PCA); psychometric properties; Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ)

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; EXPLORATORY RESEARCH; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTIVATION; NORWAY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STRENGTHS AND DIFFICULTIES QUESTIONNAIRE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; CHILD; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FACULTY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH; NORWAY; PARENTS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 70249105715     PISSN: 10403590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0016317     Document Type: Article

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