Skip to main content

Table 3 SDQ total, subscales and impact, observed in Norwegian-Vietnamese children (NV), compared with expected mean scores from the Norwegian norm sample (No).

From: Better mental health in children of Vietnamese refugees compared with their Norwegian peers - a matter of cultural difference?

SDQ

Total mean (SD)

Girls mean (SD)

Boys mean (SD)

Self

NV (n = 53)

No

NV (n = 28)

No

NV (n = 25)

No

Total problems

8.9 (4.4)*

10.5 (0.5)

9.4 (4.3)

10.6 (0.6)

8.3 (4.6)

10.4 (0.4)

Emotion

2.8 (2.2)

2.7 (0.6)

3.4 (2.2)

3.2 (0.2)

2.1 (2.0)

2.1 (0.1)

Conduct

1.5 (1.2)**

2.0 (0.3)

1.3 (1.0)

1.8 (0.1)

1.9 (1.2)

2.3 (0.2)

Hyperact

2.9 (2.1)***

4.0 (0.3)

3.0 (2.1)

4.0 (0.4)

2.8 (2.2)

4.0 (0.2)

Peer problems

1.8 (1.5)

1.9 (0.2)

1.9 (1.5)

1.7 (0.1)

1.8 (1.6)

2.0 (0.2)

Prosocial

7.9 (1.7)t

7.5 (0.6)

8.2 (1.5)

8.0 (0.2)

7.6 (1.8)t

6.9 (0.4)

Impact

0.2 (0.6) ***

0.9 (0.6)

0.2 (0.8)

1.0 (0.6)

0.1 (0.4)

0.7 (0.4)

Parent

(n = 39)

 

(n = 23)

 

(n = 16)

 

Total problems

8.6 (6.2)*

6.3 (0.5)

7.8 (5.5)

5.7 (0.2)

9.1 (6.7)

6.7 (0.2)

Emotion

2.1 (2.5)t

1.3 (0.1)

1.9 (2.0)

1.4 (0.01)

2.2 (2.8)

1.2 (0.1)

Conduct

1.2 (1.4)

1.1 (0.1)

0.9 (1.1)

1.0 (0.02)

1.3 (1.5)

1.2 (0.05)

Hyperact

3.1 (2.4)

2.7 (0.4)

2.9 (2.7)

2.3 (0.2)

3.3 (2.2)

3.1 (0.1)

Peer problems

2.2 (1.5)***

1.1 (0.1)

2.1 (1.3)

1.1 (0.04)

2.2 (1.7)

1.2 (0.1)

Prosocial

8.3 (1.6)

8.2 (0.3)

9.1 (1.1)

8.6 (0.02)

7.8 (1.7)

8.0 (0.1)

Impact

1.1 (3.8)

0.4 (0.1)

0.5 (2.0)

0.3 (0.02)

1.4 (4.6)

0.5 (0.04)

  1. Self-report grade 5-13, parent report grade 3-7.
  2. a Significance for difference from expected mean scores: t p-value 0.05-0.09; * p-value <0.05; ** p-value <0.01; *** p-value <0.001