University of Groningen
Measurement quality of the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire for assessing
psychosocial behaviour among Dutch adolescents
Vugteveen, Jorien
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Measurement quality of the Strengths
and Difficulties Questionnaire
for assessing psychosocial behaviour
among Dutch adolescents
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The research presented in this thesis was supported by a grant from ZonMw – the Neth-erlands Organization for Health Research and Development (grant nr. 729300105) and was approved by the ethics committee of the Heymans Institute for Psychological Re-search of the University of Groningen in the Netherlands (code: 16025-O)
The content of this thesis is partly based on data gathered as part of a study on com-paring the validity of the Dutch SDQ and the KIVPA for screening in Dutch child and adolescent social care (ZonMw grant nr. 15700.1021) and the TAKECARE cohort study on tracing achievements, key processes and efforts in professional care for children and adolescents (ZonMw grant nr. 15900.0001)
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Measurement quality of the
Strengths and Difficulties
Questionnaire for assessing
psychosocial behaviour
among Dutch adolescents
Proefschrift
ter verkrijging van de graad van doctor aan de
Rijksuniversiteit Groningen
op gezag van de
rector magnificus prof. dr. C. Wijmenga
en volgens besluit van het College voor Promoties.
De openbare verdediging zal plaatsvinden op
donderdag 19 november 2020 om 16.15 uur
door
Jorien Vugteveen
geboren op 6 januari 1988
Promotor
Prof. dr. M.E. Timmerman
Copromotor
Dr. A. de Bildt
Beoordelingscommissie
Prof. dr. M.H. Nauta
Prof. dr. P.J. Hoekstra
Prof. dr. F.J. Oort
CONTENTS
Chapter 1 General introduction 7 Chapter 2 Psychometric properties of the Dutch Strengths and 17
Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) in adolescent community and clinical populations
Introduction 19 Methods 21 Results 27 Discussion 33
Chapter 3 Validity aspects of the self-report and parent-report Strengths 39 and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) versions among
Dutch adolescents
Introduction 41 Methods 44 Results 50 Discussion 59
Chapter 4 Using the Dutch multi informant Strengths and Difficulties 65 Questionnaire (SDQ) to predict adolescent psychiatric diagnoses
Introduction 67 Methods 70 Results 73 Discussion 85
Chapter 5 The combined self-reported and parent-reported Strengths and 89 Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) score profile predicts care use and psychiatric diagnoses
Introduction 91 Methods 92 Results 96 Discussion 102
Chapter 6 Dutch normative data for the self-report and parent-report 107 Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) for ages 12-17
Introduction 113 Methods 115 Results 116 Discussion 120
Chapter 7 General discussion 123 Samenvatting 135 References 143
