Gender

Glasgow City Children Indicating Need by Domain at 27-30 Month Review, 1st July 2013 - 30th June 2015  

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More boys had difficulties than girls on all scales. Emotional Symptoms were low for both with boys only slightly higher than girls on this scale. On the sub-scales, the highest proportion of difficulties for both boys and girls were in conduct and peer relationship problems

Notes

The SDQ is a brief behavioural screening questionnaire for children. It covers five areas: Conduct Problems, Hyperactivity/inattention, Peer Relationship Problems, Emotional Symptoms and Pro-social Behaviours. The first four of these are rated negatively (that is, they pick up difficulties in children). These can be added together to give a Total Difficulties score, which shows an indication of overall difficulties that the child is experiencing. The final area, Pro-social Behaviours, is a positively scored scale, so it shows things the child does e.g. ‘is helpful if someone is hurt or upset’. The Total Difficulties score and the sub-scale scores can be split into groups which indicate whether a child has no difficulties, possible difficulties or likely difficulties. A global SDQ score of over 17 indicates a behavioural concern. If needs are identified via the SDQ, a set of impact questions is also completed in partnership with the parent or carer to gain a deeper insight into the impact of the current behaviour on the family.