addy_2021_sdq_ghana

3,986 responses from 405 respondents to 10 items.

About this table

Description10 raw Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) items among school-going adolescents in Ghana
ReferenceAddy ND, Agbozo F, Runge-Ranzinger S, Grys P (2021). Mental health difficulties, coping mechanisms and support systems among school-going adolescents in Ghana: A mixed-methods study. PLOS ONE, 16(4), e0250424. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0250424
DOI10.1371/journal.pone.0250424
LicenceCC BY 4.0
Source datahttps://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0250424.s001

Size and shape

Responses3,986
Respondents405
Items10
Response categories3
Responses per respondent9.842
Responses per item398.600
Density0.984
LongitudinalFALSE

Classification

age rangeMixed
child age (for child-focused studies)Adolescent (12-18y)
sampleEducational
construct typeAffective/mental health
measurement toolSurvey/questionnaire
item formatLikert Scale/selected response
primary language(s)eng
construct nameStrengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ)

Item text

This table has item text in the IRW: the wording administered to respondents, not just the response codes.

InstrumentStrengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ), self-report version -- 10-item subset
Mean words per item8.600
Mean characters per item43.300
Mean characters per response11.667
Flesch-Kincaid grade level107.148

Columns

cov_agecov_locationcov_religioncov_sexcov_statusiditemresp

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# R
install.packages("remotes")
remotes::install_github("itemresponsewarehouse/Rpkg")
library(irw)
df <- irw_fetch("addy_2021_sdq_ghana")
# Python
pip install irw

import irw
df = irw.fetch("addy_2021_sdq_ghana")

Version and provenance

IRW versionv393
Redivis datasetitem_response_warehouse_3 v7.0
Redivis dataset DOI10.57761/pqqn-pm43
Manifest pin for this IRW versionv7.0
Metadata sourceirw_meta v23.0