Psychometric properties and contextual appropriateness of the German version of the Early Development Instrument

BMC Pediatrics

Table 3 Concurrent validity: Mean differences between selected GEDI and SDQ/DESK domain pairs^a

	Mean difference [95% limits of agreement]
Domain pairs	Age groups
SDQ/GEDI	3 n=58	4 n=60	5 & 6 n=73	overall N=188-191
peers/SOC_1	-0.13 [-2.32 to 2.06]	-0.16 [-1.87 to 1.55]	0.24 [-1.57 to 2.05]	0.003 [-1.92 to 1.93]
peers/EMO_1	-0.33 [-2.91 to 2.24]	-0.24 [-2.73 to 2.26]	0.52 [-1.45 to 2.48]	0.017 [-2.43 to 2.46]
prosocial/EMO_1	-0.24 [-2.92 to 2.44]	-0.31 [-2.82 to 2.21]	0.50 [-2.29 to 3.29]	0.019 [-2.74 to 2.78]
conduct/EMO_3	0.07 [-1.65 to 1.8]	-0.12 [-2.46 to 2.23]	0.03 [-1.70 to 1.76]	-0.003 [-1.94 to 1.94]
hyper/EMO_4	-0.08 [-1.81 to 1.65]	-0.10 [-1.99 to 1.78]	0.15 [-1.52 to 1.82]	0.003 [-1.76 to 1.77]
DESK/GEDI	3 n=14	4 n=12-15	5 & 6 n=10	overall N=13-39
FMO/PHY_3	-0.49 [-2.58 to 1.59]	0.03 [-1.81 to 1.87]	0.66 [-1.46 to 2.79]	0.004 [-2.14 to 2.15]
GMO/PHY_3	0.17 [-2.11 to 2.45]	-0.47 [-2.52 to 1.58]	0.48 [-1.48 to 2.45]	0.004 [-2.20 to 2.21]
SZV/SOC_1	-0.12 [-2.05 to 1.81]	0.29 [-1.95 to 2.52]	-	0.067 [-2.01 to 2.14]
KOG/LAN_1	-	-0.36 [-2.35 to 1.63]	-	-0.398 [-2.33 to 1.53]
SPK/COM	-	-0.06 [-2.08 to 1.97]	0.38 [-1.58 to 2.34]	0.121 [-1.84 to 2.09]

GEDI German version of the Early Development Instrument, PHY_3 gross & fine motor skills, SOC_1 overall social competence with peers, EMO_1 prosocial and helping behavior, EMO_3 aggressive behavior, EMO_4 hyperactive and inattentive behavior, LAN_1 basic literacy, COM communication and general knowledge, SDQ Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire, peers peer relationship problems, prosocial prosocial behavior, conduct conduct problems, hyper hyperactivity/inattention, DESK Dortmund developmental screening for preschool, FMO fine motor skills, GMO gross motor skills, SZK social competence, SZV social behavior, SZI social interaction, AKN attention and concentration, KOG cognition, SPK language and communication, - no observations for the age group in this DESK domain, N.B. Mean differences for comparisons with fewer than five observations are not included
^aMean differences were standardized using z-score transformation

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