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Table 5 Reliability coefficients for Parent, Teacher and Self rated SDQ in a community sample of 3 – 17 year old Chinese children

From: The validity, reliability and normative scores of the parent, teacher and self report versions of the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire in China

 

Reliability Correlations – Cronbach's α

SDQ Scale

Parent (N = 1965)

Teacher (N = 1965)

Self (N = 690)

Total Difficulties Score

0.59

0.60

0.57

Emotional Symptoms

0.60 (0.67)*

0.63 (0.78)

0.59 (0.66)

Conduct Problems

0.48 (0.63)

0.63 (0.74)

0.33 (0.60)

Hyperactivity – Inattention

0.76 (0.77)

0.82 (0.88)

0.64 (0.67)

Peer Problems

0.30 (0.57)

0.48 (0.70)

0.30 (0.41)

Prosocial Behaviour

0.68 (0.65)

0.83 (0.84)

0.66 (0.66)

  1. *Comparative data from Goodman, 2001 in brackets for comparison