Weighted - average correlation coefficients between equivalent pairs of SDQ and Child Behavior Checklist subscales11 from 9 parent - reported studies were uniformly strong and positive (range: 0.52 < r < 0.71).10 Several studies showed strong correlations between SDQ subscales and «real world» outcomes such as clinical diagnoses (criterion validity); SDQ scores identified school - aged children with concurrent behavioral and emotional disorders, including attention - deficit / hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and autism spectrum disorder / Asperger syndrome (ASD / AS), and predicted their occurrence 3 years later.4, 12,13 However, multitrait -
multimethod analyses have not provided consistently strong evidence of discriminant validity of the school - age SDQ subscales.
Psychological dimensions of social networks:
A multimethod analysis.
Not exact matches
The strengths of the study include: a naturalistic setting, which increases the external validity of the findings, a
multimethod assessment of two outcomes (parenting and child problem behavior), availability of four data points, minimal attrition across waves, and LGM
analyses that specified and tested a theoretically based potential mediator of program effects.