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CORRECTION article

Front. Psychol.

Sec. Pediatric Psychology

Volume 16 - 2025 | doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1703161

CORRECTION: Identification of preschoolers with special educational needs: Comparing the discriminative validity of the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaires and the Achenbach System of Empirically Based Assessment across different informants in Hong Kong

Provisionally accepted
Terry Tin-Yau WongTerry Tin-Yau Wong1*Jacqueline Wai Yan TangJacqueline Wai Yan Tang2Pokky Poi-Ki ChoiPokky Poi-Ki Choi2Terence Siu-Chung LeungTerence Siu-Chung Leung1
  • 1The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong, SAR China
  • 2Caritass Rehabilitation Services, Hong Kong, Hong Kong, SAR China

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  1. Running Head: SDQ VS ASEBA IN PRESCHOOL Identification of preschoolers with special educational needs: Comparing the discriminative validity of the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaires and the Achenbach System of Empirically Based Assessment across different informants in Hong Kong

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There was a mistake in Table 6 as published. The T score column was missing. The corrected Table 6 appears below. Table 6 Cutoff scores for SDQ-T total difficulties score. Age Percentile Raw score T score Sensitivity Specificity PPV NPV Overall acc. 3 90th percentile ≥ 19 64 .32 .87 .35 .85 .77 85th percentile ≥ 16 59 .47 .85 .41 .88 .78 Suggested ≥ 13 54 .68 .69 .33 .91 .69 4 90th percentile ≥ 20 64 .33 .90 .33 .90 .82 85th percentile ≥ 18 61 .47 .83 .30 .91 .78 Suggested ≥ 14 55 .80 .73 .32 .96 .74 5 90th percentile ≥ 17 65 .20 .90 .40 .76 .72 85th percentile ≥ 13 58 .43 .81 .45 .80 .72 Suggested ≥ 11 54 .73 .72 .48 .89 .72

Keywords: SDQ, ASEBA, preschool, behaviorial and emotional problems, Mental Health

Received: 11 Sep 2025; Accepted: 16 Sep 2025.

Copyright: © 2025 Wong, Tang, Choi and Leung. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

* Correspondence: Terry Tin-Yau Wong, terrytyw@hku.hk

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