TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2018//
TI  - The strengths and difficulties questionnaire-parents for Italian school-aged children: psychometric properties and norms
JO  - Child psychiatry and human development
A1  - Tobia, Valentina
A1  - Marzocchi, Gian Marco
SP  - 1
EP  - 8
VL  - 49
IS  - 1
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 0009-398X
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10578-017-0723-2
ID  - ref1
ER  -