Concordance between adolescents and parents on the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire: Analysis of an Australian nationally representative sample.

Objective: Differences between adolescent self-reported and parent-reported emotional and behavioural difficulties may influence psychiatric epidemiological research. This study examined concordance between adolescents and their parents about mental health symptoms using the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire.

Methods: The study comprised a randomly selected, nationally representative sample of adolescents aged 11-17 years who participated in the Second Australian Child and Adolescent Survey of Mental Health and Wellbeing ( = 2967).