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New evidence of factor structure and measurement invariance of the SDQ across five European nations. / Ortuño-Sierra, Javier; Fonseca-Pedrero, Eduardo; Aritio-Solana, Rebeca; Velasco, Alvaro Moreno; de Luis, Edurne Chocarro; Schumann, Gunter; Cattrell, Anna; Flor, Herta; Nees, Frauke; Banaschewski, Tobias; Bokde, Arun; Whelan, Rob; Büchel, Christian; Bromberg, Uli; Conrod, Patricia; Frouin, Vincent; Papadopoulos, Dimitri; Gallinat, Jürgen; Garavan, Hugh; Heinz, Andreas; Walter, Henrik; Struve, Maren; Gowland, Penny; Paus, Tomáš; Poustka, Luise; Martinot, Jean-Luc; Paillère-Martinot, Marie-Laure; Vetter, Nora C; Smolka, Michael N; Lawrence, Claire; IMAGEN Consortium.

In: EUR CHILD ADOLES PSY, Vol. 24, No. 12, 12.2015, p. 1523-34.

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Harvard

Ortuño-Sierra, J, Fonseca-Pedrero, E, Aritio-Solana, R, Velasco, AM, de Luis, EC, Schumann, G, Cattrell, A, Flor, H, Nees, F, Banaschewski, T, Bokde, A, Whelan, R, Büchel, C, Bromberg, U, Conrod, P, Frouin, V, Papadopoulos, D, Gallinat, J, Garavan, H, Heinz, A, Walter, H, Struve, M, Gowland, P, Paus, T, Poustka, L, Martinot, J-L, Paillère-Martinot, M-L, Vetter, NC, Smolka, MN, Lawrence, C & IMAGEN Consortium 2015, 'New evidence of factor structure and measurement invariance of the SDQ across five European nations', EUR CHILD ADOLES PSY, vol. 24, no. 12, pp. 1523-34. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00787-015-0729-x

APA

Ortuño-Sierra, J., Fonseca-Pedrero, E., Aritio-Solana, R., Velasco, A. M., de Luis, E. C., Schumann, G., Cattrell, A., Flor, H., Nees, F., Banaschewski, T., Bokde, A., Whelan, R., Büchel, C., Bromberg, U., Conrod, P., Frouin, V., Papadopoulos, D., Gallinat, J., Garavan, H., ... IMAGEN Consortium (2015). New evidence of factor structure and measurement invariance of the SDQ across five European nations. EUR CHILD ADOLES PSY, 24(12), 1523-34. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00787-015-0729-x

Vancouver

Ortuño-Sierra J, Fonseca-Pedrero E, Aritio-Solana R, Velasco AM, de Luis EC, Schumann G et al. New evidence of factor structure and measurement invariance of the SDQ across five European nations. EUR CHILD ADOLES PSY. 2015 Dec;24(12):1523-34. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00787-015-0729-x

Bibtex

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title = "New evidence of factor structure and measurement invariance of the SDQ across five European nations",
abstract = "The main purpose of the present study was to analyse the internal structure and to test the measurement invariance of the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ), self-reported version, in five European countries. The sample consisted of 3012 adolescents aged between 12 and 17 years (M = 14.20; SD = 0.83). The five-factor model (with correlated errors added), and the five-factor model (with correlated errors added) with the reverse-worded items allowed to cross-load on the Prosocial subscale, displayed adequate goodness of-fit indices. Multi-group confirmatory factor analysis showed that the five-factor model (with correlated errors added) had partial strong measurement invariance by countries. A total of 11 of the 25 items were non-invariant across samples. The level of internal consistency of the Total difficulties score was 0.84, ranging between 0.69 and 0.78 for the SDQ subscales. The findings indicate that the SDQ's subscales need to be modified in various ways for screening emotional and behavioural problems in the five European countries that were analysed.",
author = "Javier Ortu{\~n}o-Sierra and Eduardo Fonseca-Pedrero and Rebeca Aritio-Solana and Velasco, {Alvaro Moreno} and {de Luis}, {Edurne Chocarro} and Gunter Schumann and Anna Cattrell and Herta Flor and Frauke Nees and Tobias Banaschewski and Arun Bokde and Rob Whelan and Christian B{\"u}chel and Uli Bromberg and Patricia Conrod and Vincent Frouin and Dimitri Papadopoulos and J{\"u}rgen Gallinat and Hugh Garavan and Andreas Heinz and Henrik Walter and Maren Struve and Penny Gowland and Tom{\'a}{\v s} Paus and Luise Poustka and Jean-Luc Martinot and Marie-Laure Paill{\`e}re-Martinot and Vetter, {Nora C} and Smolka, {Michael N} and Claire Lawrence and {IMAGEN Consortium}",
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AU - Ortuño-Sierra, Javier

AU - Fonseca-Pedrero, Eduardo

AU - Aritio-Solana, Rebeca

AU - Velasco, Alvaro Moreno

AU - de Luis, Edurne Chocarro

AU - Schumann, Gunter

AU - Cattrell, Anna

AU - Flor, Herta

AU - Nees, Frauke

AU - Banaschewski, Tobias

AU - Bokde, Arun

AU - Whelan, Rob

AU - Büchel, Christian

AU - Bromberg, Uli

AU - Conrod, Patricia

AU - Frouin, Vincent

AU - Papadopoulos, Dimitri

AU - Gallinat, Jürgen

AU - Garavan, Hugh

AU - Heinz, Andreas

AU - Walter, Henrik

AU - Struve, Maren

AU - Gowland, Penny

AU - Paus, Tomáš

AU - Poustka, Luise

AU - Martinot, Jean-Luc

AU - Paillère-Martinot, Marie-Laure

AU - Vetter, Nora C

AU - Smolka, Michael N

AU - Lawrence, Claire

AU - IMAGEN Consortium

PY - 2015/12

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N2 - The main purpose of the present study was to analyse the internal structure and to test the measurement invariance of the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ), self-reported version, in five European countries. The sample consisted of 3012 adolescents aged between 12 and 17 years (M = 14.20; SD = 0.83). The five-factor model (with correlated errors added), and the five-factor model (with correlated errors added) with the reverse-worded items allowed to cross-load on the Prosocial subscale, displayed adequate goodness of-fit indices. Multi-group confirmatory factor analysis showed that the five-factor model (with correlated errors added) had partial strong measurement invariance by countries. A total of 11 of the 25 items were non-invariant across samples. The level of internal consistency of the Total difficulties score was 0.84, ranging between 0.69 and 0.78 for the SDQ subscales. The findings indicate that the SDQ's subscales need to be modified in various ways for screening emotional and behavioural problems in the five European countries that were analysed.

AB - The main purpose of the present study was to analyse the internal structure and to test the measurement invariance of the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ), self-reported version, in five European countries. The sample consisted of 3012 adolescents aged between 12 and 17 years (M = 14.20; SD = 0.83). The five-factor model (with correlated errors added), and the five-factor model (with correlated errors added) with the reverse-worded items allowed to cross-load on the Prosocial subscale, displayed adequate goodness of-fit indices. Multi-group confirmatory factor analysis showed that the five-factor model (with correlated errors added) had partial strong measurement invariance by countries. A total of 11 of the 25 items were non-invariant across samples. The level of internal consistency of the Total difficulties score was 0.84, ranging between 0.69 and 0.78 for the SDQ subscales. The findings indicate that the SDQ's subscales need to be modified in various ways for screening emotional and behavioural problems in the five European countries that were analysed.

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