caa a22 4500 605476462 CHVBK 20210128100356.0 cr unu---uuuuu 210128e20150601xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s00787-014-0640-x doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s00787-014-0640-x Six years ahead: a longitudinal analysis regarding course and predictive value of the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) in children and adolescents [Elektronische Daten] [Andreas Becker, Aribert Rothenberger, Alexander Sohn] Background: Scientifically sound and valid information concerning course and prediction of mental health problems in children and adolescents in the general population is scarce, although needed for public mental health issues and daily clinical practice. Objectives: The psychopathological profiles of children and adolescents were analysed using the parent version of the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ-P) in a longitudinal setting, also investigating the predictive value of the SDQ-scores. Methods: SDQ's total psychopathological difficulties, emotional symptoms and hyperactivity-inattention scores of n=630 children and adolescents (age 6-18;11years) were examined along four assessmentmeasurement points (T0-T3) over 6years, using data from the BELLAstudy. According to the English normative data, the participants were categorized as "normal”, "borderline” or "abnormal” based on their SDQ-scores. Groups remaining within categories were descriptively determined by means of frequency analysis, a subsequent graphical evaluation displayed the transitions from T0 to T3 concerning the different categorical classifications. Finally, ordered probit regression was used to examine whether age, gender, socio-economic status (SES) and baseline impact-score (IS) correspond to the SDQ-predicted classification. Results: As expected, low SES and high SDQ-IS were associated with significantly increased scores on all examined SDQ-scales. Regarding the long-term aspect of SDQ-scores it could be shown that most childrenand adolescents remained "normal” over a measurement period of 6years, while only a small number of children and adolescentssteadily remained "abnormal” or newly developed mental health problems, respectively. For example, on the "hyperactivity-inattention”-scale, only 1% of the children and adolescents changed from "normal” to "abnormal” (T0-T3), whereas on the "emotional symptoms”-scale, 7% changed from "normal” to "abnormal” (T0-T3). In general, the SDQ-category "borderline” and specifically the subscale "emotional symptoms” change in both directions. Abnormal SDQ-scores at baseline, SES, gender and IS were related to the prediction of the SDQ-sores at T3. Conclusion: An SDQ-screening of childrenand adolescents may help for early detection, prediction and treatment planning. Also, these results may contribute to a better understanding of the course of mental health problems in childhood and concurrently may allow a better psychoeducation and prevention. Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, 2014 Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire nationallicence SDQ nationallicence Predictive value nationallicence Predictors nationallicence Psychopathological profile nationallicence BELLA nationallicence Children nationallicence Adolescents nationallicence Becker Andreas Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Medical Centre Göttingen, von-Siebold-Str. 5, 37075, Göttingen, Germany aut Rothenberger Aribert Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Medical Centre Göttingen, von-Siebold-Str. 5, 37075, Göttingen, Germany aut Sohn Alexander Chairs of Statistics, University of Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany aut European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Springer Berlin Heidelberg 24/6(2015-06-01), 715-725 1018-8827 24:6<715 2015 24 787 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00787-014-0640-x text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00787-014-0640-x text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Becker Andreas Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Medical Centre Göttingen, von-Siebold-Str. 5, 37075, Göttingen, Germany aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Rothenberger Aribert Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Medical Centre Göttingen, von-Siebold-Str. 5, 37075, Göttingen, Germany aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Sohn Alexander Chairs of Statistics, University of Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Springer Berlin Heidelberg 24/6(2015-06-01), 715-725 1018-8827 24:6<715 2015 24 787