A Multitrait?Multisource Confirmatory Factor Analytic Approach to the Construct Validity of ADHD and ODD Rating Scales with Malaysian Children

Gomez, Rapson; Burns, G. Leonard; Walsh, James A.; Hafetz, Nina

doi:10.1007/s10802-005-1831-1

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“…In particular, CFAs of the DSM-IV symptoms of ADHD, ODD, and CD consistently have found that the DSM-IV model fits better than alternative models (Beiser et al 2000;Burns et al 1997Burns et al , 2001DuPaul et al 1998;Gomez et al 2005;Muris and Meesters 2003). For example, across studies, the DSM-IV model that distinguishes two dimensions of ADHD symptoms fit better than a model specifying a single dimension of ADHD symptoms, similar to the model specified in DSM-III-R and in the Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL; Achenbach 1978Achenbach , 1991.…”

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Testing Structural Models of DSM-IV Symptoms of Common Forms of Child and Adolescent Psychopathology

Lahey

Rathouz

Hulle

et al. 2007

J Abnorm Child Psychol

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Confirmatory factor analyses were conducted of Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition (DSM-IV) symptoms of common mental disorders derived from structured interviews of a representative sample of 4,049 twin children and adolescents and their adult caretakers. A dimensional model based on the assignment of symptoms to syndromes in DSM-IV fit better than alternative models, but some dimensions were highly correlated. Modest sex and age differences in factor loadings and correlations were found that suggest that the dimensions of psychopathology are stable across sex and age, but slightly more differentiated at older ages and in males. The dimensions of symptoms were found to be hierarchically organized within higher-order "externalizing" and "internalizing" dimensions, which accounted for much of their variance. Major depression and generalized anxiety disorder were substantially correlated with both the "externalizing" dimension and the "internalizing" dimension, however, suggesting the need to reconceptualize the nature of these higher-order dimensions.

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Testing Structural Models of DSM-IV Symptoms of Common Forms of Child and Adolescent Psychopathology

Lahey

Rathouz

Hulle

et al. 2007

J Abnorm Child Psychol

272

356

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“…There are several concerns about the heavy reliance on behaviour checklists for ADHD diagnosis. The discriminant validity of behaviour ratings for ADHD symptoms is far from impressive (Gomez et al, 2003(Gomez et al, , 2005. Levels of agreement between behavioural ratings across settings are low (Antrop et al, 2002;Gomez et al, 2003Gomez et al, , 2005Mares et al, 2007).…”

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“…The discriminant validity of behaviour ratings for ADHD symptoms is far from impressive (Gomez et al, 2003(Gomez et al, , 2005. Levels of agreement between behavioural ratings across settings are low (Antrop et al, 2002;Gomez et al, 2003Gomez et al, , 2005Mares et al, 2007). Additionally, ratings are subject to the negative halo effect, which describes how one negative attribute or behaviour in a person can influence a rater to evaluate other behaviours and attributes negatively (Schachar, Sandberg, & Rutter, 1986;Stevens, Quittner, & Abikoff, 1998).…”

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The Diagnostic Utility of Executive Function Assessments in the Identification of ADHD in Children

Holmes

Gathercole

Place

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Child Adoles Ment Health

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Background: Deficits in executive functions have been widely reported to characterise individuals with ADHD. The aim of this study was to evaluate the utility of a range of executive function measures for identifying children with ADHD. Method: Eighty-three children with ADHD and 50 normally-developing children without ADHD were assessed on measures of inhibition, set-shifting, planning, problem-solving, response inhibition, sustained attention and working memory. Measures of sensitivity, specificity, likelihood ratios and diagnostic odds ratios were calculated. Results: Executive function tasks effectively discriminated between children with and without ADHD. Measures of response inhibition and working memory contributed the most to the discriminant function. Conclusions: Cognitive measures of executive function can be used to help identify children with ADHD and could be useful as additional diagnostic tools for clinical practitioners. Key Practitioner Message:• ADHD diagnoses are often based heavily upon symptoms assessed by behavioural checklists. These can lack diagnostic utility.• It is possible to enhance clinical diagnoses of ADHD by employing neuropsychological / cognitive tests of executive functioning; • Where there is little opportunity to undertake a full range of cognitive measures, brief tests of response inhibition and working memory can provide high levels of discrimination between individuals with and without ADHD.• Guidance from clinicians about the difficulties in executive functioning experienced by children with ADHD may prove helpful to teachers and parents.

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“…2003; Gomez et al 2003Gomez et al , 2005. These studies involved four different samples of children, rated on three different ADHD rating scales, from three different countries (Australia, Brazil, and Malaysia).…”

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Item Response Theory Analyses of the Parent and Teacher Ratings of the DSM-IV ADHD Rating Scale

Gomez

2008

J Abnorm Child Psychol

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The graded response model (GRM), which is based on item response theory (IRT), was used to evaluate the psychometric properties of the inattention and hyperactivity/impulsivity symptoms in an ADHD rating scale. To accomplish this, parents and teachers completed the DSM-IV ADHD Rating Scale (DARS; Gomez et al., Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 40, 265-274, 1999) for a group of 1,475 primary school-aged children. The results for the discrimination parameters showed that all symptoms for both groups of respondents were generally good for discriminating their respective latent traits. For virtually all symptoms, their threshold values showed moderate to large increases in the level of the latent trait at each subsequent response dichotomy, with the symptoms being especially good at representing the appropriate traits from mean to moderately high trait levels. The item information function values for most symptoms indicated reasonable reliability from, approximately, the mean trait levels to moderately high trait levels. These findings indicate good psychometric properties for the parent and teacher ratings of the DARS. The implications of the findings for the use of the DARS and other similar scales are discussed.

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A Multitrait?Multisource Confirmatory Factor Analytic Approach to the Construct Validity of ADHD and ODD Rating Scales with Malaysian Children

Cited by 66 publications

References 29 publications

Testing Structural Models of DSM-IV Symptoms of Common Forms of Child and Adolescent Psychopathology

Testing Structural Models of DSM-IV Symptoms of Common Forms of Child and Adolescent Psychopathology

The Diagnostic Utility of Executive Function Assessments in the Identification of ADHD in Children

Item Response Theory Analyses of the Parent and Teacher Ratings of the DSM-IV ADHD Rating Scale

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