Internal Validity of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Oppositional Defiant Disorder, and Overt Conduct Disorder Symptoms in Young Children: Implications From Teacher Ratings for a Dimensional Approach to Symptom Validity
| Autor: | Sandra M. Owen, J Snell, James A. Walsh, G L Burns |
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| Rok vydání: | 1997 |
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medicine.medical_specialty Adolescent Psychometrics education Child Behavior Disorders Personality Assessment Impulsivity mental disorders medicine Humans Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder Internal validity Cooperative Behavior Child Psychiatry Psychiatric Status Rating Scales Reproducibility of Results General Medicine medicine.disease Confirmatory factor analysis Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity Conduct disorder Child Preschool Oppositional defiant Female medicine.symptom Psychology |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Clinical Child Psychology. 26:266-275 |
| ISSN: | 0047-228X |
| DOI: | 10.1207/s15374424jccp2603_5 |
| Popis: | Uses a dimensional approach to evaluate the internal validity of the attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) inattention (I) and hyperactivity/impulsivity (H/I), oppositional defiant disorder (ODD), and overt conduct disorder (CD) symptoms (i.e., whether a symptom has a stronger correlation with its own dimension than the other three dimensions). In Study 1, teachers rated 1,445 children on the DSM-III-R I, H/I, ODD, and overt CD symptoms. In Study 2, teachers rated 1,711 children on the DSM-IV I, H/I, ODD, and overt CD symptoms. All the I symptoms showed internal validity in both studies. In contrast, the H/I symptoms and the ODD symptoms, especially the H/I symptoms, showed weaker internal validity. All the overt CD symptoms showed internal validity except the DSM-IV bullies others symptom, with this symptom being more strongly related to the ODD dimension. Confirmatory factor analysis provided support for a 4-factor model consisting of I, H/I, ODD, and overt CD factors. Finally, the importance of internal validity for the construct validation of the disruptive behavior symptoms is discussed. |
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