Scale properties of the Japanese version of the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ): A study of infant and school children in community samples

Matsuishi, Toyojiro; Nagano, Miki; Araki, Yuko; Tanaka, Yoshiyuki; Iwasaki, Mizue; Yamashita, Yushiro; Nagamitsu, Schinichiro; Iizuka, Chiho; Ohya, Takashi; Shibuya, Kunihiko; Hara, Munetsugu; Matsuda, Kentaro; Tsuda, Akira; Kakuma, Tatsuyuki

doi:10.1016/j.braindev.2007.12.003

Scale properties of the Japanese version of the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ): A study of infant and school children in community samples

The Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) is a short screening instrument which addresses the positive and negative behavioral attributes of infants, children and adolescents. The SDQ is widely used to evaluate child developmental disabilities, psychological and psychiatric conditions or…