Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ)ΒΆ
The SDQ is a brief behavioral screening questionnaire with 25 items on psychological attributes divided between 5 scales. The extended version includes an impact supplement that asks if the caregiver if participant has experienced a problem and the degree of chronicity, distress, social impairment, and burden to others. The questionnaire is administered during the initial telephone screen with the caregiver of a child or adolescent participant. For clinical assessment, SDQ helps to determine how the protocol assessments are completed and the professionals involved.
Domains Assessed: Anxiety, Attention Problems and Hyperactivity, Cognitive and Executive Function, Depression and Mood, Social Functioning
Note: The SDQ is administered to caregivers of participants ages 3-16.
References:
- Goodman, R. 1997. The Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire: A Research Note. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry,38, 581-586.
- Goodman, R. 1999. The extended version of the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire as a guide to child psychiatric caseness and consequent burden. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 40, 791-801.
- Goodman et al. 2010. When to use broader internalising and externalising subscales instead of the hypothesised five subscales on the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ): data from British parents, teachers and children. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 38, 1179-1191.
Time to Complete: 5 minutes
A complete list of assessments can be found here.
