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Objectives: The aims of this study were to examine agreement between parent and teacher ratings of the Korean version Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ-Kr) for the children¡¯s psychopathology and to determine whether it is effective in diagnostics as the Korean version of Childhood Behavior Checklist (K-CBCL).

Methods: SDQ-Kr and K-CBCL were completed by parents and teachers of 165 children aged 6-12 years. The clinical diagnosis was made by a child and adolescent psychiatrist who did not have knowledge of the outcome. Spearman¡¯s correlations were computed for associations between parents¡¯ and teachers¡¯ ratings on a subscale level. The Mann-Whitney U test was performed for the influence of child¡¯s age and sex on the results. Finally, AUC values were calculated for the diagnostic capacity and the difference between informants was tested using the z test.

Results: High correlations were observed between parents¡¯ and teachers¡¯ SDQ-Kr on every scale. Parents were more sensitive to emotional symptoms of girls, while teachers appeared to be more responsive to externalized symptoms of boys, inattention-hyperactivity of young children, and emotional symptoms of seniors. Parents¡¯ SDQ-Kr demonstrated the highest prediction of attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder.

Conclusion: Teachers¡¯ SDQ-Kr can be used in identification of child psychopathology when parents are absent or when their reliability is considered low.