Table 11

Cross scale correlations for Parent, Teacher and Self Completed SDQs in a community sample of 3 – 17 year old Chinese children



Pearson Cross-Scale Correlations

Informant
N
Emotion – Conduct
Emotion- Hyper/Inatt
Conduct – Hyper/Inatt

Parent
1965
0.22 (0.30)*
0.21 (0.26)
0.46 (0.50)
Teacher
1965
0.22 (0.21)
0.19 (0.24)
0.61 (0.61)
Self
690
0.27 (0.33)
0.33 (0.31)
0.39 (0.53)

*Comparative figures from Goodman, 2001 are in brackets for comparison

Du et al. Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health 2008 2:8   doi:10.1186/1753-2000-2-8