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Table 3 Items flagged for DIF and effect sizes within the MIMIC framework

From: Measuring children’s emotional and behavioural problems: are SDQ parent reports from native and immigrant parents comparable?

German native/Russian origin group

German native/Turkish origin group

Item and scale

MIMIC-ES

Item and scale

MIMIC-ES

Hyperactivity

Hyperactivity

 2

0.26

 2

0.21

 15

0.29

 10

0.17

Externalizing problems

Internalizing problems

 2

0.23

 11

0.46

 15

0.30

 14

0.14

 5

0.53

 23

0.70

 7

0.31

 3

0.18

 18

0.45

 13

0.05

 22

1.90

 16

0.06

Peer problems

Conduct problems

 6

0.36

 22

0.25

 19

0.45

 18

0.08

 23

0.41

 7

0.13

Emotional problems

Emotional problems

 13

0.18

 3

0.27

 24

0.13

 16

0.11

Prosocial behavior

Prosocial behavior

 9

0.17

 4

0.07

 17

0.23

 20

0.12