Epidemiologia i Diagnòstic en Psicopatologia del Desenvolupament (UED)

Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB), Bellaterra (BCN), Spain

Normative SDQ Data from Spain for school-age children (5-10 years)
The following norms are based on study of parents and teachers who completed SDQs on 573
and 581 children aged 5-10 year olds, respectively, attending schools in Barcelona (Spain).
These norms have been weighted in accordance with the sample design; sample
characteristics and design are described in:
Ezpeleta, L., de la Osa, N., & Doménech, J. M. (2014). Prevalence of DSM-IV disorders,
comorbidity and impairment in 3-year-old Spanish preschoolers. Social Psychiatry and
Psychiatric Epidemiology, 49(1), 145-155. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00127-013-0683-1

Means and standard deviations split by gender

Parent SDQ Teacher SDQ

Females Males Females Males
N = 286 N = 287 N = 291 N = 290
Total 6.1 (4.2) 7.0 (4.5) 6.0 (4.7) 7.8 (5.3)
Emotional 1.2 (1.2) 1.2 (1.3) 1.4 (1.3) 1.5 (1.4)
Conduct 1.3 (1.3) 1.5 (1.3) 1.0 (1.4) 1.6 (1.6)
Hyperactivity 2.9 (2.2) 3.5 (2.4) 2.5 (2.3) 3.7 (2.6)
Peer 0.8 (1.1) 0.9 (1.1) 1.2 (1.2) 1.2 (1.2)
Prosocial 8.8 (1.2) 8.4 (1.3) 8.1 (1.5) 7.1 (1.7)
Impact 0.3 (1.0) 0.5 (0.9) 0.3 (0.7) 0.6 (1.0)

Spanish norms for SDQ5-16 for 5-10 year-old schoolchildren

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Frequency distributions split by gender

1) SDQ total difficulties score, Spanish 5-10 year olds

Total Parent SDQ Teacher SDQ

difficulties Females Males Females Males
score N = 286 N = 287 N = 291 N = 290
% Cumul. % % Cumul. % % Cumul. % % Cumul. %
0 2.1 2.1 2.1 2.1 3.5 3.5 1.5 1.5
1 6.8 8.9 6.0 8.1 12.4 16.0 6.0 7.4
2 10.4 19.2 8.9 17.0 12.5 28.4 9.1 16.5
3 13.1 32.4 9.4 26.4 7.5 35.9 9.5 26.0
4 13.1 45.5 8.8 35.2 8.7 44.7 5.8 31.7
5 7.8 53.3 5.6 40.8 11.2 55.9 5.6 37.3
6 6.4 59.7 7.5 48.4 6.9 62.8 10.9 48.3
7 7.6 67.3 11.0 59.4 6.0 68.8 5.4 53.7
8 5.9 73.3 7.9 67.3 4.4 73.2 8.7 62.3
9 7.8 81.1 8.4 75.7 7.3 80.5 5.6 67.9
10 4.7 85.8 5.2 80.9 2.5 82.9 3.5 71.5
11 4.5 90.2 2.7 83.7 5.2 88.1 4.5 76.0
12 3.2 93.4 4.6 88.2 1.9 90.0 6.0 82.0
13 2.5 96.0 3.6 91.8 3.7 93.8 4.1 86.1
14 0.4 96.4 2.5 94.3 1.7 95.4 2.3 88.4
15 0.6 97.0 1.1 95.4 0.0 95.4 3.1 91.5
16 0.4 97.4 0.8 96.2 0.6 96.1 1.9 93.4
17 0.6 98.1 1.0 97.3 1.0 97.1 1.7 95.0
18 0.2 98.3 1.1 98.3 1.0 98.1 1.2 96.3
19 0.4 98.7 0.6 99.0 0.4 98.6 0.2 96.5
20 0.0 98.7 0.6 99.6 0.0 98.6 1.4 97.9
21 0.4 99.2 0.0 99.6 0.2 98.8 0.4 98.3
22 0.2 99.4 0.0 99.6 0.6 99.4 0.6 99.0
24 0.6 100.0 0.0 99.6 0.0 99.4 0.2 99.2
25-26 0.2 99.8 0.6 100.0 0.0 99.2
27 0.2 100.0 0.2 99.4
28-40 0.6 100.0

Spanish norms for SDQ5-16 for 5-10 year-old schoolchildren

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2) SDQ emotional symptoms score, Spanish 5-10 year old

Emotional Parent SDQ Teacher SDQ

symptoms Females Males Females Males
score N = 286 N = 287 N = 291 N = 290
% Cumul. % % Cumul. % % Cumul. % % Cumul. %
0 32.2 32.2 31.6 31.6 27.4 27.4 22.3 22.3
1 36.2 68.3 38.0 69.7 33.1 60.5 40.9 63.2
2 21.2 89.6 15.7 85.3 21.9 82.3 18.8 82.0
3 4.9 94.5 6.7 92.0 10.4 92.7 10.1 92.1
4 4.0 98.5 5.9 97.9 4.8 97.5 3.1 95.3
5 0.9 99.4 1.5 99.4 2.3 99.8 2.5 97.7
6 0.2 99.6 0.2 99.6 0.2 100.0 1.0 98.8
7 0.2 99.8 0.2 99.8 1.2 100.0
8 0.2 100.0 0.0 99.8
9-10 0.2 100.0

3) SDQ conduct problems score, Spanish 5-10 year old

Conduct Parent SDQ Teacher SDQ

symptoms Females Males Females Males
score N = 286 N = 287 N = 291 N = 290
% Cumul. % % Cumul. % % Cumul. % % Cumul. %
0 33.2 33.2 21.6 21.6 46.7 46.7 31.4 31.4
1 28.6 61.8 34.4 56.1 28.1 74.8 27.1 58.4
2 20.6 82.4 25.9 82.0 12.3 87.1 16.5 75.0
3 12.1 94.5 11.7 93.7 5.6 92.7 13.0 88.0
4 3.6 98.1 3.8 97.5 4.2 96.9 7.2 95.2
5 1.5 99.6 0.8 98.3 2.3 99.2 2.1 97.3
6 0.2 99.8 1.5 99.8 0.2 99.4 1.3 98.5
7 0.0 99.8 0.0 99.8 0.6 100.0 0.8 99.4
8 0.2 100.0 0.0 99.8 0.6 100.0
9-10 0.2 100.0

Spanish norms for SDQ5-16 for 5-10 year-old schoolchildren

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4) SDQ hyperactivity-inattention score, Spanish 5-10 year old

Hyperact. Parent SDQ Teacher SDQ

inattent. Females Males Females Males
score N = 286 N = 287 N = 291 N = 290
% Cumul. % % Cumul. % % Cumul. % % Cumul. %
0 12.1 12.1 9.1 9.1 19.7 19.7 8.7 8.7
1 18.4 30.5 14.4 23.5 24.1 43.8 15.3 23.9
2 21.2 51.6 16.5 40.0 16.5 60.3 13.8 37.8
3 14.9 66.5 10.0 50.1 10.6 70.9 16.5 54.3
4 10.2 76.7 17.7 67.8 10.4 81.3 11.0 65.3
5 9.9 86.6 12.9 80.7 8.7 90.0 9.5 74.8
6 6.4 93.0 7.1 87.9 2.9 92.9 10.9 85.7
7 4.0 97.0 4.0 91.8 2.5 95.4 4.1 89.9
8 1.9 98.9 4.4 96.2 3.1 98.6 5.4 95.2
9 0.4 99.4 2.9 99.2 0.8 99.4 2.9 98.1
10 0.6 100.0 0.8 100.0 0.6 100.0 1.9 100.0

5) SDQ peer problems score, Spanish 5-10 year old

Peer Parent SDQ Teacher SDQ

problems Females Males Females Males
score N = 286 N = 287 N = 291 N = 290
% Cumul. % % Cumul. % % Cumul. % % Cumul. %
0 48.5 48.5 50.0 50.0 30.2 30.2 31.0 31.0
1 34.1 82.6 29.2 79.2 40.5 70.7 37.6 68.5
2 9.1 91.7 10.5 89.7 20.6 91.3 17.2 85.7
3 5.1 96.8 5.5 95.2 4.4 95.6 8.9 94.6
4 1.5 98.3 4.6 99.8 2.1 97.7 3.3 97.9
5 1.7 100.0 0.2 100.0 1.7 99.4 1.5 99.4
6 0.0 99.4 0.4 99.8
7-10 0.6 100.0 0.2 100.0

Spanish norms for SDQ5-16 for 5-10 year-old schoolchildren

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6) SDQ prosocial behaviour score, Spanish 5-10 year old

Prosocial Parent SDQ Teacher SDQ

behaviour Females Males Females Males
score N = 286 N = 287 N = 291 N = 290
% Cumul. % % Cumul. % % Cumul. % % Cumul. %
0-1 0.2 0.2
2 0.0 0.2 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6
3 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.6 1.9 2.5
4 0.6 0.8 0.6 1.2 4.2 6.6
5 1.3 2.1 2.5 2.5 4.8 6.0 11.8 18.4
6 2.3 4.4 6.7 9.2 6.2 12.3 13.8 32.3
7 8.3 12.7 13.0 22.2 17.5 29.8 22.1 54.4
8 20.6 33.3 23.0 45.1 24.3 54.1 24.2 78.6
9 35.8 69.1 34.4 79.6 28.5 82.6 14.4 93.0
10 30.9 100.0 20.4 100.0 17.4 100.0 7.0 100.0

7) SDQ impact score, Spanish 5-10 year old

Impact Parent SDQ Teacher SDQ

score Females Males Females Males
N = 286 N = 287 N = 291 N = 290
% Cumul. % % Cumul. % % Cumul. % % Cumul. %
0 81.7 81.7 71.8 71.8 77.9 77.9 66.7 66.7
1 12.6 94.2 18.1 89.9 16.4 94.4 18.6 85.3
2 3.0 97.2 6.3 96.2 3.6 97.9 8.5 93.8
3 0.6 97.9 1.5 97.7 1.5 99.4 3.5 97.3
4 0.6 98.5 1.7 99.4 0.6 100.0 1.7 99.0
5 0.0 98.5 0.4 99.8 1.0 100.0
6 0.6 99.2 0.2 100.0
7 0.0 99.2
8 0.6 99.8
9-10 0.2 100.0

Spanish norms for SDQ5-16 for 5-10 year-old schoolchildren

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