Self-reported strengths and difficulties in a large norwegian population 10-19 years : Age and gender specific results of the extended SDQ-questionnaire

• Published in: European child & adolescent psychiatry Vol. 15; no. 4; pp. 189 - 198
• Main Authors: VAN ROY, Betty, GRØHOLT, Berit, HEYERDAHL, Sonja, CLENCH-AAS, Jocelyne
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Heidelberg Springer 01.06.2006; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Adult and adolescent clinical studies; Age; Age Distribution; Analysis of Variance; Behavioral Symptoms - epidemiology; Biological and medical sciences; Child; Child & adolescent psychiatry; Child development; Children & youth; Female; Gender; Girls; Health services; Health Surveys; Humans; Hyperactivity; Male; Medical sciences; Mental disorders; Mental Health; Miscellaneous; Norway - epidemiology; Prevalence; Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry; Psychometrics. Diagnostic aid systems; Psychopathology. Psychiatry; Questionnaires; Self-Assessment; Sex Distribution; Social Adjustment; Techniques and methods; Teenagers; Norway; United Kingdom > UK; Human; Foreign language version; Questionnaire; self- report; Self evaluation; Sex; impact; Psychometrics; Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire; Preadolescent; Behavioral disorder; Adolescent; caseness; Mental disorder; Norwegian; Age

This study reports young people's assessment of own problems and strengths from a Norwegian survey (n=29,631, age range 10-19), based on the self-report version of the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (response rate 84.3%). Differences according to the age and gender are illuminated. Gi...