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First Evaluation of a Population-Based Screen to Detect Emotional-Behavior Disorders in Orphaned Children in Sub-Saharan Africa
- Source :
- AIDS and Behavior. 18:1174-1185
- Publication Year :
- 2014
- Publisher :
- Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2014.
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Abstract
- Due to the HIV/AIDS pandemic which has left 12 million children orphaned in Sub-Saharan Africa, children are at increased risk for mental health problems. Currently, no validity data exist for any screening measure of emotional-behavior disorders in pre-adolescent children in Sub-Saharan Africa. The aims of the current study were to evaluate the construct validity of the caregiver-, teacher-, and self-report versions of the one-page Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) in 466 orphans in South Africa between the ages of 7 and 11 (M age = 9.23 years, SD = 1.33, 51.93 % female) and to provide, for the first time, clinical cut-offs for this population. Findings demonstrated support for the caregiver SDQ, but not the teacher and self-report versions. We provide clinical cut-offs, but caution their use before further research is conducted. There remains a critical need for further psychometric studies of the SDQ in the developing world.
- Subjects :
- Male
medicine.medical_specialty
Psychometrics
Social Psychology
Emotions
Population
Article
Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic
Surveys and Questionnaires
Adaptation, Psychological
medicine
Humans
Mass Screening
Child
education
Psychiatry
Poverty
Africa South of the Sahara
Mass screening
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
education.field_of_study
business.industry
Mental Disorders
Public health
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Construct validity
Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire
Mental health
Health psychology
Infectious Diseases
Female
Self Report
Child, Orphaned
business
Stress, Psychological
Follow-Up Studies
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 15733254 and 10907165
- Volume :
- 18
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- AIDS and Behavior
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....f21f675acca1e735a886992c1a50b9e7