Table 3 Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) categorisation rates for boys and girls in the Building a New Life in Australia (BNLA) young refugee sample
| Â | Boys | Girls | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Normal | Borderline | Abnormal | Normal | Borderline | Abnormal | |
Parent-Report (5–10, n = 216) | (N = 109) | (N = 107) | ||||
 Emotional symptoms | 75.2% | 7.3% | 17.4% | 77.3% | 10.3% | 12.4% |
 Conduct problems | 76.1% | 9.2% | 14.7% | 81.4% | 9.3% | 9.3% |
 Hyperactivity symptoms | 80.7% | 8.3% | 11.0% | 88.7% | 6.2% | 5.2% |
 Peer problems | 57.8% | 13.8% | 28.4% | 62.9% | 17.5% | 19.6% |
 Prosocial behaviour | 81.7% | 9.2% | 9.2% | 91.8% | 2.1% | 6.2% |
 SDQ total difficulties | 75.9% | 9.3% | 14.8% | 84.4% | 10.4% | 5.2% |
Self-report (11–13, n = 170) | (N = 88) | (N = 82) | ||||
 Emotional symptoms | 85.1% | 5.7% | 9.2% | 75.3% | 11.1% | 13.6% |
 Conduct problems | 92.0% | 3.4% | 4.6% | 85.2% | 7.4% | 7.4% |
 Hyperactivity symptoms | 93.2% | 1.1% | 5.7% | 96.3% | 1.2% | 2.4% |
 Peer problems | 83.1% | 14.5% | 2.4% | 86.7% | 13.3% | 0.0% |
 Prosocial behaviour | 94.2% | 3.5% | 2.3% | 95.1% | 1.2% | 3.7% |
 SDQ total difficulties | 90.5% | 8.3% | 1.2% | 90.1% | 3.7% | 6.2% |
Self-report (14–17, n = 243) | (N = 128) | (N = 115) | ||||
 Emotional symptomsa | 86.7% | 7.0% | 6.3% | 68.7% | 14.8% | 16.5% |
 Conduct problems | 91.4% | 4.7% | 3.9% | 87.0% | 7.0% | 6.1% |
 Hyperactivity symptoms | 97.6% | 1.6% | 0.8% | 95.6% | 4.4% | 0.0% |
 Peer problems | 77.3% | 22.7% | 0.0% | 72.7% | 25.5% | 1.8% |
 Prosocial behaviour | 89.9% | 6.2% | 3.9% | 91.2% | 3.5% | 5.3% |
 SDQ total difficultiesa | 93.7% | 6.3% | 0.0% | 80.4% | 15.2% | 4.5% |