PMID- 31798684
OWN - NLM
STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE
LR  - 20220411
IS  - 1753-2000 (Print)
IS  - 1753-2000 (Electronic)
IS  - 1753-2000 (Linking)
VI  - 13
DP  - 2019
TI  - Measuring children's emotional and behavioural problems: are SDQ parent reports 
      from native and immigrant parents comparable?
PG  - 46
LID - 10.1186/s13034-019-0306-z [doi]
LID - 46
AB  - BACKGROUND: The number of immigrants worldwide is growing and migration might be 
      a risk factor for the mental health of children. A reliable instrument is needed 
      to measure immigrants' childrens mental health. The aim of the study was to test 
      the measurement invariance of the parent version of the Strengths and 
      Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) between German native, Turkish origin and 
      Russian origin immigrant parents in Germany. The SDQ is one of the most 
      frequently used screening instruments for mental health disorders in children. 
      METHODS: Differential Item Functioning (DIF) was tested in samples matched by 
      socio-economic status, age and gender of the child. A logistic regression/item 
      response theory hybrid method and a multiple indicators- multiple causes model 
      (MIMIC) was used to test for DIF. Multi Group Confirmatory Factor analysis 
      (MGCFA) was used to test for configural invariance. Parent reports of 10610 
      German native, 534 Russian origin and 668 Turkish origin parents of children aged 
      3-17 years were analysed. RESULTS: DIF items were found in both groups and with 
      both methods. We did not find an adequate fit of the original five factor model 
      of the SDQ for the Turkish origin group, but for the Russian origin group. An 
      analysis of functional equivalence indicated that the SDQ is equally useful for 
      the screening of mental health disorders in all three groups. CONCLUSION: Using 
      the SDQ in order to compare the parent reports of native and immigrant parents 
      should be done cautiously. Thus, the use of the SDQ in epidemiological studies 
      and for prevention planning is questionable. However, the SDQ turns out to be a 
      valid instrument for screening purposes in parents of native and immigrant 
      children.
CI  - (c) The Author(s) 2019.
FAU - Runge, Ronja A
AU  - Runge RA
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-7564-3690
AD  - Institut fur Psychologie, Stiftung Universitat Hildesheim, Universitatsplatz 1, 
      31141 Hildesheim, Germany. ISNI: 0000 0001 0197 8922. GRID: grid.9463.8
FAU - Soellner, Renate
AU  - Soellner R
AD  - Institut fur Psychologie, Stiftung Universitat Hildesheim, Universitatsplatz 1, 
      31141 Hildesheim, Germany. ISNI: 0000 0001 0197 8922. GRID: grid.9463.8
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20191128
PL  - England
TA  - Child Adolesc Psychiatry Ment Health
JT  - Child and adolescent psychiatry and mental health
JID - 101297974
PMC - PMC6882192
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - Children
OT  - Confirmatory factor analysis
OT  - Immigrant
OT  - Measurement invariance
OT  - Mental health
OT  - Parent report
OT  - SDQ
COIS- Competing interestsThe authors declare that they have no competing interests.
EDAT- 2019/12/05 06:00
MHDA- 2019/12/05 06:01
PMCR- 2019/11/28
CRDT- 2019/12/05 06:00
PHST- 2019/06/07 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2019/11/16 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2019/12/05 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2019/12/05 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2019/12/05 06:01 [medline]
PHST- 2019/11/28 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - 306 [pii]
AID - 10.1186/s13034-019-0306-z [doi]
PST - epublish
SO  - Child Adolesc Psychiatry Ment Health. 2019 Nov 28;13:46. doi: 
      10.1186/s13034-019-0306-z. eCollection 2019.