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dc.contributor.authorKashala, Espéranceen_US
dc.contributor.authorElgen, Irene Bircowen_US
dc.contributor.authorSommerfelt, Kristianen_US
dc.contributor.authorTylleskär, Thorkilden_US
dc.date.accessioned2006-03-09T17:22:13Z
dc.date.available2006-03-09T17:22:13Z
dc.date.issued2005eng
dc.PublishedEuropean Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 14(4): 208-215
dc.identifier.issn1018-8827
dc.identifier.issn1435-165X
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1956/1125
dc.description.abstractIntroduction: In Africa, little is known about child mental health. This study piloted the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) in Kinshasa, investigated mental health problems and the association between these problems and school performance, demographic factors, illness and nutrition. Methods: An epidemiological survey was conducted with 1187 children, seven to nine years old, recruited from randomly selected schools. Mental health problems were assessed with the SDQ (a behavioural screening tool) administered to teachers. Stability of the factor structure was examined using principal component factor analysis of the SDQ items. The reliability was evaluated using measures of internal consistency of the SDQ scales. Results: Factor analysis yielded five factors, similar to the published SDQ scales. The internal consistency was satisfactory on all of the SDQ scales. Using the 90th percentile, the cut-off scores were somewhat higher from the published cut-off scores. Poor nutrition, low socioeconomic status and illness were found to increase the risk for mental health problems and low school performance. Conclusion: SDQ may be considered useful to describe mental health problems among urban African children in Kinshasa. An association between mental health, school performance, demographic factors, illness and nutrition was found.en_US
dc.format.extent342373 byteseng
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfeng
dc.language.isoengeng
dc.publisherSpringer Verlageng
dc.titleTeacher ratings of mental health among school children in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congoen_US
dc.typePeer reviewed
dc.typeJournal article
dc.description.versionacceptedVersionen_US
dc.rights.holderCopyright 2005 Springer
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1007/s00787-005-0446-y
dc.source.journalEuropean Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
dc.source.4014
dc.source.144
dc.source.pagenumber208-215


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