Abstract
BackgroundThe Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) is a screening questionnaire that measures children’s emotional and behavioural problems. This study examines the reliability and validity of the Malay parent-report version of the SDQ.MethodsThe Malay adult-report version of the SDQ was administered to 495 parents and 432 teachers, respectively. At the same time, a newly translated Malay child-report version of the SDQ was also administered to 150 children aged 13 to 14 years old in this community study. W e measured internal reliability using Cronbach’s Alpha for all reported data. Construct validity of the parent-report data was assessed using factor analysis. Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA) was also subsequently perform on parent-report data to explain the model fit indices of this questionnaire.ResultCronbach’s Alpha was acceptable for all parent, teacher and child-report data with values of 0.74, 0.77 and 0.78, respectively. Factor analysis of the parent’s report showed a five-factor solution, which was consistent with other psychometric evaluations of the SDQ in other languages. CFA showed good model fit of the original five factor model which consists of Emotional, Conduct, Hyperactivity, Peer problem and Pro-social scale.ConclusionThis study shows that the psychometric properties of the Malay parent-report version of the SDQ were similar to other parent-report version of the SDQ questionnaires in other languages, although cross-cultural differences may still exist.
Highlights
The Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) was first developed by Goodman (1994) [1] in the United Kingdom (UK) using the DSM-IV classification [2, 3] and factor analysis [4, 5]
This study shows that the psychometric properties of the Malay parent-report version of the SDQ were similar to other parent-report version of the SDQ questionnaires in other languages, cross-cultural differences may still exist
Future studies should incorporate questionnaires of other languages such as Tamil and Chinese as Malaysia is well known for its diversity in terms of its race and culture
Summary
The Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) was first developed by Goodman (1994) [1] in the United Kingdom (UK) using the DSM-IV classification [2, 3] and factor analysis [4, 5]. The SDQ has been widely used in addition to other questionnaires that measure similar aspects of children’s functioning such as the Rutter Questionnaire [6], the Child Behaviour Checklist (CBCL) [7] and the Eyeberg Child Behaviour Inventory [8] Malays J Med Sci. Jan–Feb 2019; 26(1): 125–137 based on an expanded Rutter Questionnaire [1] and has the purpose of measuring emotional and behavioural problems in children. The Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) is a screening questionnaire that measures children’s emotional and behavioural problems. This study examines the reliability and validity of the Malay parent-report version of the SDQ
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