Abstract
Method
A total of 237 children and adolescents aged 8–18 years participated in the study. The Screen for Child Anxiety Related Emotional
Disorders Questionnaire (SCARED), Short Mood and Feeling Questionnaire (SMFQ) and Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire
(SDQ) were used to assess levels of anxiety, depressive and behavioral symptoms, respectively. The Pediatric Quality of Life
Inventory (PedsQL) was used for QOL assessments. In a regression model, the PedsQL score was the dependent variable, while
anxiety, depressive and behavioral symptoms were the QOL predictors.
Disorders Questionnaire (SCARED), Short Mood and Feeling Questionnaire (SMFQ) and Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire
(SDQ) were used to assess levels of anxiety, depressive and behavioral symptoms, respectively. The Pediatric Quality of Life
Inventory (PedsQL) was used for QOL assessments. In a regression model, the PedsQL score was the dependent variable, while
anxiety, depressive and behavioral symptoms were the QOL predictors.
Results
In children, the SCARED and SMFQ scores together with age and gender explained 30 % of the variance in the PedsQL scores (F = 12.31, p < 0.001), while in adolescents, the same set of variables was responsible for 36 % of the variance (F = 15.77, p < 0.001). The SCARED was a more significant predictor than the SMFQ. The SDQ scores did not emerge as the PedsQL predictors.
- Content Type Journal Article
- Category Brief Communication
- Pages 1-5
- DOI 10.1007/s11136-012-0158-y
- Authors
- Dejan Stevanovic, Department of Psychiatry, General Hospital Sombor, Apatinski put 38, 25000 Sombor, Serbia
- Journal Quality of Life Research
- Online ISSN 1573-2649
- Print ISSN 0962-9343