Table 6.

Ability of SDQ scores to distinguish between adolescents with and without internalizing, externalizing or any disorder, according to DAWBA clinical diagnosis.

Type of disorder	Scale	Area under the curve	Asymptotic 95% confidence interval
			Lower bound	Upper bound
ANY DISORDER
Parent	Total Difficulties score	0.75	0.70	0.81
	Emotional symptoms	0.71	0.65	0.76
	Conduct problems	0.69	0.64	0.75
	Hyperactivity	0.68	0.62	0.74
	Peer problems	0.58	0.52	0.64
	Prosocial behavior	0.43	0.37	0.50
Self	Total Difficulties score	0.82	0.77	0.86
	Emotional symptoms	0.75	0.69	0.80
	Conduct problems	0.73	0.67	0.78
	Hyperactivity	0.71	0.66	0.76
	Peer problems	0.62	0.56	0.68
	Prosocial behavior	0.46	0.40	0.51
INTERNALIZING DISORDERS
Parent	Total Difficulties score	0.69	0.62	0.75
	Emotional symptoms	0.74	0.68	0.80
	Conduct problems	0.62	0.55	0.69
	Hyperactivity	0.57	0.50	0.64
	Peer problems	0.62	0.54	0.69
	Prosocial behavior	0.49	0.41	0.57
Self	Total Difficulties score	0.82	0.78	0.87
	Emotional symptoms	0.84	0.79	0.89
	Conduct problems	0.68	0.62	0.74
	Hyperactivity	0.66	0.60	0.72
	Peer problems	0.65	0.58	0.71
	Prosocial behavior	0.50	0.43	0.57
EXTERNALIZING DISORDERS
Parent	Total Difficulties score	0.84	0.79	0.90
	Emotional symptoms	0.58	0.48	0.67
	Conduct problems	0.77	0.69	0.86
	Hyperactivity	0.91	0.87	0.96
	Peer problems	0.45	0.34	0.57
	Prosocial behavior	0.35	0.24	0.47
Self	Total Difficulties score	0.68	0.58	0.79
	Emotional symptoms	0.44	0.33	0.55
	Conduct problems	0.73	0.62	0.84
	Hyperactivity	0.75	0.65	0.85
	Peer problems	0.48	0.37	0.58
	Prosocial behavior	0.38	0.28	0.48