eprintid: 10049098
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datestamp: 2018-05-23 16:35:07
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type: article
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creators_name: Patalay, P
creators_name: Hayes, D
creators_name: Wolpert, M
title: Assessing the readability of the self-reported Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire
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divisions: UCL
divisions: B02
divisions: C07
divisions: D05
divisions: F66
divisions: D14
divisions: GA3
divisions: G17
note: Copyright © The Royal College of Psychiatrists 2018. This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives licence (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/), which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is unaltered and is properly cited. The written permission of Cambridge University Press must be obtained for commercial re-use or in order to create a derivative work.
abstract: The Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) is one of the most widely used measures in child and adolescent mental health in clinical practice, community-based screening and research. Assessing the readability of such questionnaires is important as young people may not comprehend items above their reading ability when self-reporting. Analyses of readability in the present study indicate that the self-report SDQ might not be suitable for young people with a reading age below 13–14 years and highlight differences in readability between subscales. The findings suggest a need for caution in using the SDQ as a self-report measure for children below the age of 13, and highlight considerations of readability in measure development, selection and interpretation.
date: 2018-03
date_type: published
official_url: https://doi.org/10.1192/bjo.2017.13
oa_status: green
full_text_type: pub
language: eng
primo: open
primo_central: open_green
verified: verified_manual
elements_id: 1557702
doi: 10.1192/bjo.2017.13
lyricists_name: Hayes, Daniel
lyricists_name: Patalay, Praveetha
lyricists_name: Wolpert, Miranda
lyricists_id: DPHAY31
lyricists_id: PATAL55
lyricists_id: MWOLP09
actors_name: Stacey, Thomas
actors_id: TSSTA20
actors_role: owner
full_text_status: public
publication: BJPsych Open
volume: 4
number: 2
pagerange: 55-57
citation:        Patalay, P;    Hayes, D;    Wolpert, M;      (2018)    Assessing the readability of the self-reported Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire.                   BJPsych Open , 4  (2)   pp. 55-57.    10.1192/bjo.2017.13 <https://doi.org/10.1192/bjo.2017.13>.       Green open access   
 
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