SDQ teenagers

Results from SALSUS, 2018

In 2018 the Scottish Schools Adolescent Lifestyle and Substance Use Survey (SALSUS) used the SDQ to ask schoolchildren in S2 and S4 about their psychological wellbeing.

Overall SDQ score - Glasgow City Region 

The majority of schoolchildren had a normal total score, with a slightly higher proportion of boys having a normal score. The results for Glasgow City were similar to neighbouring local authorities.

Overall SDQ score - Scottish Cities

When comparing Glasgow City Region to other Scottish cities, Glasgow City Region has a slightly smaller proportion of boys with a normal total score, but has a slightly higher proportion of girls with a normal score when compared to Aberdeen and Dundee.

The SDQ results can be broken into five elements: emotional symptoms, conduct problems, hyperactivity and inattention, peer relationship problems and pro-social behaviours. In Glasgow, girls had fewer difficulties with peer relationships and with conduct problems, but more difficulties with emotional symptoms, compared to boys. Girls also reported better prosocial behaviour than boys. Girls and boys had similar results for hyperactivity and inattention. 

These patterns were similar to those from other Scottish cities and from the local authorities that make up Glasgow City Region.

Notes

1. Graphs show the percentage of respondents with a 'normal' score, which indicate fewer problems than those who scored abnormal/borderline. 
2. As the Glasgow City area had relatively few respondents compared to other areas in 2018, it is shown combined with its neighbouring local authorities for comparisons to other Scottish cities.