Influence de la santé mentale du parent sur le reporting des difficultés psychologiques de leur enfant : étude de l’invariance et de la structure factorielle du Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ)
Year: 2023
Type: dissertation
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: Symptomatic effects of mental disorders in parents may bias their report about their child’s mental health. This study aimed to investigate the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ)’s measurement invariance across parental mental health in a sample (N=20,765) of parents of children aged 3 to 17 years in France. Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA) and Exploratory Structural Equation Modeling (ESEM) were used to evaluate the fit of three alternative known SDQ factor structures (five, three, or second order factor structures) and invariance was tested across sociodemographic characteristics (child's age, child's gender, parent's gender, parent's education level) and parental mental health (anxiety and depressive symptoms, psychiatric history). CFA models showed poor fit, while all ESEM models achieved acceptable or good fit, the five-factor model exhibiting the best fit. Invariance was shown for all tested characteristics, indicating that the SDQ can be used to study the links between parental mental health and their child's mental health without bias. However, ESEM revealed that the Hyperactivity/Inattention and Conduct Problems factors were poorly distinguished in the French version of the SDQ. The tool also exhibits good test-retest and internal consistency reliability.
Source: HAL
Author: Sapin, Arnaud
Institution: Université de Bordeaux
Language: English
Subfield: Clinical Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W6982439575