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The psychometric properties of the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire in a multi-ethnic sample of young children

التفاصيل البيبلوغرافية
العنوان: The psychometric properties of the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire in a multi-ethnic sample of young children
المؤلفون: Jan Štochl, Stephanie L. Prady, Elizabeth C. Andrews, Kate E. Pickett, Tim Croudace
المصدر: Acta Universitatis Carolinae: Kinanthropologica, Vol 52, Iss 1, Pp 15-37 (2016)
بيانات النشر: Karolinum Press, 2016.
سنة النشر: 2016
المجموعة: LCC:Sports
LCC:Sports medicine
مصطلحات موضوعية: Strength and Difficulties Questionnaire, factor analysis, exploratory structural equation modeling, Sports, GV557-1198.995, Sports medicine, RC1200-1245
الوصف: Objectives: Developed countries are becoming more multi-ethnic, with consequent problems of maintaining invariance of health questionnaires. We aimed to explore commonalities in the structure of the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) completed for young children in a multi-ethnic English cohort while examining potential method effects and misfitting items. The secondary aim was to demonstrate the usefulness of bifactor modelling and exploratory structural equation modelling (ESEM) for kinanthropological research. Methods: We used SDQ data from 3,290 children enrolled in the Born in Bradford cohort, completed by parents (usually the mother) at child age 3 and 4 and teachers at age 5. The factor structure for 11 potential configurations was assessed in each age group using confirmatory factor analysis. ESEM was used to assess misfitting items under the best fitting configuration. Results: The best fitting configuration was a bifactor model of the 2 broader scales and a methods factor, using the 20 difficulties items. Generally, factor loadings increased between age 3 and age 5. Several items contributed to misfit. Conclusions: There was less support for the robustness and hypothesised structure of the SDQ in this sample. Bifactor scores that account for measurement error could be useful if carefully applied in epidemiological and kinanthropological studies in multi-ethnic and/or younger age samples.
نوع الوثيقة: article
وصف الملف: electronic resource
اللغة: English
تدمد: 1212-1428
2336-6052
23366052
Relation: https://doaj.org/toc/1212-1428; https://doaj.org/toc/2336-6052
DOI: 10.14712/23366052.2016.2
URL الوصول: https://doaj.org/article/885e60ec811b4012bd494d9b68247829
رقم الأكسشن: edsdoj.885e60ec811b4012bd494d9b68247829
قاعدة البيانات: Directory of Open Access Journals
الوصف
تدمد:12121428
23366052
DOI:10.14712/23366052.2016.2