3,986 responses from 405 respondents to 10 items.
| Description | 10 raw Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) items among school-going adolescents in Ghana |
|---|---|
| Reference | Addy 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 |
| DOI | 10.1371/journal.pone.0250424 |
| Licence | CC BY 4.0 |
| Source data | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0250424.s001 |
| Responses | 3,986 |
|---|---|
| Respondents | 405 |
| Items | 10 |
| Response categories | 3 |
| Responses per respondent | 9.842 |
| Responses per item | 398.600 |
| Density | 0.984 |
| Longitudinal | FALSE |
| age range | Mixed |
|---|---|
| child age (for child-focused studies) | Adolescent (12-18y) |
| sample | Educational |
| construct type | Affective/mental health |
| measurement tool | Survey/questionnaire |
| item format | Likert Scale/selected response |
| primary language(s) | eng |
| construct name | Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) |
This table has item text in the IRW: the wording administered to respondents, not just the response codes.
| Instrument | Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ), self-report version -- 10-item subset |
|---|---|
| Mean words per item | 8.600 |
| Mean characters per item | 43.300 |
| Mean characters per response | 11.667 |
| Flesch-Kincaid grade level | 107.148 |
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Or load it directly in R or Python:
# 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")
| IRW version | v393 |
|---|---|
| Redivis dataset | item_response_warehouse_3 v7.0 |
| Redivis dataset DOI | 10.57761/pqqn-pm43 |
| Manifest pin for this IRW version | v7.0 |
| Metadata source | irw_meta v23.0 |