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Table 3 Prevalence of scores in the ‘close to average’, ‘slightly raised’, ‘high’ and ‘very high’ range for total SDQ and three SDQ subscales

From: Mental health problems in a regional population of Australian adolescents: association with socio-demographic characteristics

Score range

Outcome (N = 6973)

  

Total SDQ

Internalising

Externalising

Prosocial

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

Close to average

4041 (59.5)

4074 (60.0)

4185 (61.6)

4400 (64.8)

Slightly raised

927 (13.6)

1074 (15.8)

1099 (16.2)

1001 (14.7)

High

533 (7.9)

425 (6.2)

742 (10.9)

786 (11.6)

Very high

1292 (19.0)

1220 (18.0)

767 (11.3)

606 (8.9)