Behavioral problems and psychopathologies were reported in children exposed to the World Trade Center (WTC) attacks in New York City within 2-3 y post-disaster. Little is known of subsequent 9/11 related behavioral and emotional problems. We assessed risk factors for behavioral difficulties and probable posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in 489 adolescent enrollees ages 11-18 y of age in the ...

The Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) is a widely used child mental health questionnaire with five hypothesised subscales. There is theoretical and preliminary empirical support for combining the SDQ's hypothesised emotional and peer subscales into an 'internalizing' subscale and the hypothesised behavioral and hyperactivity subscales into an 'externalizing' subscale (alongside the...

BACKGROUND The use of screening instruments can reduce waiting lists and increase treatment capacity. The aim of this study was to examine the usefulness of the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) with the original UK scoring algorithms, when used as a screening instrument to detect mental health disorders among patients in the Norwegian Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (C...

BACKGROUND Accumulating evidence suggests that several adult mental disorders, particularly psychoses, are preceded by impairments in cognitive function, reflected in scholastic underachievement. This study investigates the association between scholastic underachievement and general mental health problems in adolescence, using delay in school progression as a marker of poor scholastic performan...

This study explores the transmission of trauma in 30 Middle Eastern refugee families in Denmark, where one or both parents were referred for treatment of PTSD symptoms and had non-traumatized children aged 4-9 years. The aim of the study was to explore potential risk and protective factors by examining the association between intra-family communication style regarding the parents' traumatic exp...

Aims: To test for the presence of bias on use of a common psychometric instrument, the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ), in studies of children with same-sex parents using a recruited convenience sample. Study Design: Non-parametric quasi-experimental two-group comparison. Methodology: Results from five qualifying studies, two with random samples and three with recruited samples, ...

Youth- and parent-rated screening measures derived from the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) and Development and Well-Being Assessment (DAWBA) were compared on their psychometric properties as predictors of caseness in adolescence (mean age 14). Successful screening was judged firstly against the likelihood of having an ICD-10 psychiatric diagnosis and secondly by the ability to d...

In the present paper, the roto-torsional energy levels of hydrogen peroxide are determined from ab initio calculations performed at the MP4(SDQ)/AUG-cc-pVTZ//MP4(SDQ)/cc-pVTZ+ ++ level. The rotational levels corresponding to the torsional states n = 0 and 1 are determined variationally up to J = 20. The flexible model used considers the roto-vibrational interactions. Symmetry conditions are inc...

An adolescent’s knowledge of him/herself (positive aspects and weaknesses) is shaped by interactions with external internal factors, including the family context educational environment. The assessment this serves to construct concept self-esteem. main objective present study was examine prevalence self-reported emotional behavioral symptoms in a representative sample Italian adolescents their ...

AIM This study investigates whether machine translation could help with the challenge of enabling the inclusion of ethnic diversity in healthcare research. DESIGN A two phase, prospective observational study. METHODS Two machine translators, Google Translate and Babylon 9, were tested. Translation of the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) from 24 languages into English and trans...