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Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology
Published in: Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology 2/2011

01-02-2011 | Original Paper

Prevalence and correlates of probable adolescent mental health problems reported by parents in Vietnam

Authors: Ananda B. Amstadter, Lisa Richardson, Alicia Meyer, Genelle Sawyer, Dean G. Kilpatrick, Trinh Luong Tran, Lam Tu Trung, Nguyen Thanh Tam, Tran Tuan, La Thi Buoi, Tran Thu Ha, Tran Duc Thach, Mario Gaboury, Ron Acierno

Published in: Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology | Issue 2/2011

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Abstract

Purpose

The purpose of the present study was to estimate the prevalence of probable mental health problems in an epidemiologic study of Vietnamese adolescents. A secondary aim was to examine the correlates of probable mental health caseness.

Methods

Interviewers visited 1,914 households that were randomly selected to participate in a multi-agency study of mental health in select provinces of Vietnam. Semi-structured interviews assessed adolescent mental health problems using the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) parent informant version, and additionally the interviewers collected information on demographic variables (age, gender, ethnic group, religious affiliation, social capital). The final sample included data on 1,368 adolescents (aged 11–18 years).

Results

The average score on the total problem composite of the SDQ scale was 6.66 (SD = 4.89), and 9.1% of the sample was considered a case (n = 124). Bivariate analyses were conducted to determine which demographic variables were related to the SDQ case/non-case score. All variables except gender were significant in bivariate analyses, and therefore were entered into a logistic regression. Results indicated that age, religion, and wealth remained significant predictors of probable caseness.

Conclusions

Overall, prevalence estimates of mental health problems generated by the SDQ were consistent with those reported in the US and other Western and non-Western samples. Results of the current study suggest some concordance of risk and protective factors between Western and Vietnamese youth (i.e., age and SES).
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Metadata
Title
Prevalence and correlates of probable adolescent mental health problems reported by parents in Vietnam
Authors
Ananda B. Amstadter
Lisa Richardson
Alicia Meyer
Genelle Sawyer
Dean G. Kilpatrick
Trinh Luong Tran
Lam Tu Trung
Nguyen Thanh Tam
Tran Tuan
La Thi Buoi
Tran Thu Ha
Tran Duc Thach
Mario Gaboury
Ron Acierno
Publication date
01-02-2011
Publisher
Springer-Verlag
Published in
Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology / Issue 2/2011
Print ISSN: 0933-7954
Electronic ISSN: 1433-9285
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00127-009-0172-8

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