German Validation of the Conners 3U+00AE Rating Scales for Parents, Teachers,           and Children

Christiansen, Hanna; Hirsch, Oliver; Drechsler, Renate; Wanderer, Sina; Knospe, Eva-Lotte; Günther, Thomas; Lidzba, Karen

doi:10.1024/1422-4917/a000408

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“…The German version has revealed good to very good internal consistency (Cronbach’s α = .74–.96). Also, confirmatory factor analyses of the Conners 3 German version confirmed the factor structure for the content scales in the original American version [ 67 ]. In our sample we found a Cronbach’s alpha of .85 for the content scales and α = .79 for the symptom scales of the Conners 3 parent rating scale.…”

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Assessing ADHD symptoms in children and adults: evaluating the role of objective measures

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BackgroundDiagnostic guidelines recommend using a variety of methods to assess and diagnose ADHD. Applying subjective measures always incorporates risks such as informant biases or large differences between ratings obtained from diverse sources. Furthermore, it has been demonstrated that ratings and tests seem to assess somewhat different constructs. The use of objective measures might thus yield valuable information for diagnosing ADHD. This study aims at evaluating the role of objective measures when trying to distinguish between individuals with ADHD and controls. Our sample consisted of children (n = 60) and adults (n = 76) diagnosed with ADHD and matched controls who completed self- and observer ratings as well as objective tasks. Diagnosis was primarily based on clinical interviews. A popular pattern recognition approach, support vector machines, was used to predict the diagnosis.ResultsWe observed relatively high accuracy of 79% (adults) and 78% (children) applying solely objective measures. Predicting an ADHD diagnosis using both subjective and objective measures exceeded the accuracy of objective measures for both adults (89.5%) and children (86.7%), with the subjective variables proving to be the most relevant.ConclusionsWe argue that objective measures are more robust against rater bias and errors inherent in subjective measures and may be more replicable. Considering the high accuracy of objective measures only, we found in our study, we think that they should be incorporated in diagnostic procedures for assessing ADHD.

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“…The scores obtained for the original U.S. version of the Conners 3 V R have proven to be reliable and valid [3]. Good psychometric properties have also been reported for the scores obtained for the German version [9,10]. The Conners 3 V R assesses not only dimensional levels of ADHD, CD, and ODD traits, but also DSM-oriented symptom scales and diagnostic categories according to the DSM-5 [1].…”

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Standardization and cross-cultural comparisons of the Swedish Conners 3^® rating scales

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Chistiansen

Hammar

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Nordic Journal of Psychiatry

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Purpose: The Conners Rating Scales are widely used in research and clinical practice for measuring attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and associated problem behaviors, but country-specific norms are seldom collected. The current study presents the standardization of the Swedish Conners 3 V R Rating Scales. In addition, we compared the Swedish norms to those collected in the U.S. and Germany. Material and methods: The study included altogether 3496 ratings of children and adolescents aged 6-18 years from population-based samples. Results: The scores obtained for the Swedish Conners 3 V R showed satisfactory to excellent internal consistency for most subscales and excellent test-retest reliability. Across-informant correlations were modest. Crosscountry comparisons revealed that aggression symptoms rated by teachers and ADHD symptoms rated by parents differed between Sweden, Germany and the U.S. Executive functioning deficits also varied as a function of rater and country, with German and Swedish teachers reporting increasing behavior problems with age, whereas a decrease was observed in the U.S. For some subscales, the observed cross-cultural differences were large enough for a child to be classified as being within the normal range (t-score <60) in one country and within the clinical range (t-score > 70) in another country. Conclusion: The present study shows that the Swedish adaptation of the Conners 3 V R provides consistent and reproducible scores. However, across-informant ratings were only modest and significant cross-cultural differences in scoring were observed. This emphasizes the need for multi-informant assessment as well as for national norms for rating instruments commonly used within child and adolescent psychiatry research and clinical settings.

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“…The severity of ADHD symptoms was measured by the German version of the Conners 3 Rating Scales for Parents and for Children as well as the German ADHD Rating scale for parents (FBB‐HKS/ADHS) . The total score of the latter was used to assess the severity of ADHD symptoms for the present analyses.…”

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Increased attention‐deficit/hyperactivity symptoms in atopic dermatitis are associated with history of antihistamine use

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German Validation of the Conners 3U+00AE Rating Scales for Parents, Teachers, and Children

Abstract: Even though the exploratory analyses resulted in different factor structures, the confirmatory analyses have such excellent psychometric properties that use of the German adaptation of the Conners 3(®) is justifi ed in international multicenter studies.

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Assessing ADHD symptoms in children and adults: evaluating the role of objective measures

Assessing ADHD symptoms in children and adults: evaluating the role of objective measures

Standardization and cross-cultural comparisons of the Swedish Conners 3^® rating scales

Increased attention‐deficit/hyperactivity symptoms in atopic dermatitis are associated with history of antihistamine use

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German Validation of the Conners 3U+00AE Rating Scales for Parents, Teachers, and Children

Abstract: Even though the exploratory analyses resulted in different factor structures, the confirmatory analyses have such excellent psychometric properties that use of the German adaptation of the Conners 3(®) is justifi ed in international multicenter studies.

Cited by 20 publications

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Assessing ADHD symptoms in children and adults: evaluating the role of objective measures

Assessing ADHD symptoms in children and adults: evaluating the role of objective measures

Standardization and cross-cultural comparisons of the Swedish Conners 3® rating scales

Increased attention‐deficit/hyperactivity symptoms in atopic dermatitis are associated with history of antihistamine use

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Standardization and cross-cultural comparisons of the Swedish Conners 3^® rating scales