@article{ref1,
title="The strengths and difficulties questionnaire-parents for Italian school-aged children: psychometric properties and norms",
journal="Child psychiatry and human development",
year="2018",
author="Tobia, Valentina and Marzocchi, Gian Marco",
volume="49",
number="1",
pages="1-8",
abstract="The Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire [SDQ; (1)] is a multi-informant instrument for screening developmental psychopathology. This study contributes to the validation of the Italian SDQ-Parent version (SDQ-P), analyzing its factorial structure, providing norms and investigating cross-informant agreement (parents-teachers). The SDQ-P and the SDQ-Teacher version (SDQ-T) were completed for 1917 primary and middle school students. Confirmatory factor analyses were performed to compare two factorial structures: the original five-factor model and the structure obtained in a past Italian study (2). The original model showed the best fit. Significant differences by gender and school grade were found; norms were provided separately for males and females attending 1st-2nd, 3rd-5th and 6th-8th grades. Finally, the analysis of parent-teacher agreement showed correlations ranging from small (prosocial behavior) to large (hyperactivity-inattention). This study offers some reflections on the best way to use this instrument in a community sample.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0009-398X",
doi="10.1007/s10578-017-0723-2",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10578-017-0723-2"
}