Table 3.
Normative banding of total difficulties score for parent- and teacher-rated SDQs for Japanese children
| |
|
7-9 years |
10-12 years |
13-15 years |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
SDQ |
|
Boys |
Girls |
Boys |
Girls |
Boys |
Girls |
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| Raw score (%) | Raw score (%) | Raw score (%) | Raw score (%) | Raw score (%) | Raw score (%) | ||||||||
| Parent rating |
Normal |
0-13 |
82.0% |
0-11 |
81.0% |
0-11 |
79.8% |
0-10 |
82.0% |
0-10 |
79.7% |
0-10 |
81.5% |
| |
Borderline |
14-16 |
9.0% |
12-14 |
9.7% |
12-14 |
9.9% |
11-13 |
8.2% |
11-14 |
11.3% |
11-13 |
8.9% |
| |
Clinical |
17-40 |
9.0% |
15-40 |
9.3% |
15-40 |
10.3% |
14-40 |
9.8% |
15-40 |
9.0% |
14-40 |
9.6% |
| Teacher rating |
Normal |
0-11 |
78.9% |
0-7 |
80.5% |
0-10 |
78.1% |
0-6 |
81.4% |
0-9 |
81.3% |
0-6 |
82.5% |
| |
Borderline |
12-16 |
11.6% |
8-11 |
10.2% |
11-14 |
10.8% |
7-9 |
9.6% |
10-12 |
8.9% |
7-9 |
7.8% |
| Clinical | 17-40 | 9.5% | 12-40 | 9.3% | 15-40 | 11.1% | 10-40 | 9.0% | 13-40 | 9.8% | 10-40 | 9.7% | |
Note. SDQ, strengths and difficulties questionnaire. There were no significant differences in proportion by age band between parent and teacher ratings for either boys or girls.