There was a mistake in Table 6 as published. The T score column was missing. The corrected Table 6 appears below.
Table 6
| Age | Percentile | Raw score | T score | Sensitivity | Specificity | PPV | NPV | Overall acc. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 90th percentile | ≥19 | 64 | 0.32 | 0.87 | 0.35 | 0.85 | 0.77 |
| 85th percentile | ≥16 | 59 | 0.47 | 0.85 | 0.41 | 0.88 | 0.78 | |
| Suggested | ≥13 | 54 | 0.68 | 0.69 | 0.33 | 0.91 | 0.69 | |
| 4 | 90th percentile | ≥20 | 64 | 0.33 | 0.90 | 0.33 | 0.90 | 0.82 |
| 85th percentile | ≥18 | 61 | 0.47 | 0.83 | 0.30 | 0.91 | 0.78 | |
| Suggested | ≥14 | 55 | 0.80 | 0.73 | 0.32 | 0.96 | 0.74 | |
| 5 | 90th percentile | ≥17 | 65 | 0.20 | 0.90 | 0.40 | 0.76 | 0.72 |
| 85th percentile | ≥13 | 58 | 0.43 | 0.81 | 0.45 | 0.80 | 0.72 | |
| Suggested | ≥11 | 54 | 0.73 | 0.72 | 0.48 | 0.89 | 0.72 |
Cutoff scores for SDQ-T total difficulties score.
The original version of this article has been updated.
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Keywords
SDQ, ASEBA, preschool, behavioral and emotional problems, mental health
Citation
Wong TT-Y, Tang JW-Y, Choi PP-K and Leung TS-C (2025) Correction: Identification of preschoolers with special educational needs: comparing the discriminative validity of the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaires (SDQ) and the Achenbach System of Empirically Based Assessment (ASEBA) across different informants in Hong Kong. Front. Psychol. 16:1703161. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1703161
Received
11 September 2025
Accepted
16 September 2025
Published
06 October 2025
Volume
16 - 2025
Edited and reviewed by
Valentina Sclafani, University of Lincoln, United Kingdom
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