Thesis
Influence of sex of rater and sex of child on ADHD and ODD symptom ratings
Washington State University
Master of Science (MS), Washington State University
2018
Handle:
https://hdl.handle.net/2376/101638
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to determine the influence of sex of rater (mothers and fathers) and sex of child (boys and girls) on attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder--inattention (ADHDIN), ADHD hyperactivity/impulsivity (ADHD-HI), and oppositional defiant disorder (ODD) symptom ratings. Mothers and fathers of Thai children (n = 2019) and US children (n = 805) completed the ADHD-IN, ADHD-HI, and ODD scales of the CADBI. Invariance analyses were used to determine the influence of the sex of the rater and the sex of the child on the symptom ratings within each sample. ADHD-IN, ADHD-HI, and ODD symptom ratings demonstrated invariance of like-symptom loadings and thresholds across the sex of the child and sex of the rater within each sample. In addition, like-factor (ADHD-IN, ADHD-HI, and ODD) variances and like-factor correlations (ADHD-IN with ADHD-HI, ADHD-IN with ODD, and ADHD-HI and ODD) demonstrated invariance across the sex of the child and the sex of rater. There were also no meaningful like-factor mean differences across sex of rater (i.e., the sex of the rater did not influence the ADHD-IN, ADHD-HI, and ODD factor means for either ratings of boys or girls). However, the ADHD-IN and ADHD-HI factor means showed small to moderate differences across the sex of the child (i.e., boys higher than girls) with the sex of the child having little impact on the ODD factor means within each sample. In conclusion, the sex of the rater did not influence the ratings of the ADHD-IN, ADHD-HI, and ODD symptoms for either boys or girls within the Thai and US samples while the sex of the child only influenced the ADHD-IN and ADHD-HI factor means with boys having small to moderately larger means than girls. This particular ADHD and ODD parent rating scale thus showed good psychometric properties within the Thai and US samples.
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Details
- Title
- Influence of sex of rater and sex of child on ADHD and ODD symptom ratings
- Creators
- Ta'Boris Ramon Osborne
- Contributors
- G. Leonard Burns (Degree Supervisor)
- Awarding Institution
- Washington State University
- Academic Unit
- Psychology, Department of
- Theses and Dissertations
- Master of Science (MS), Washington State University
- Publisher
- Washington State University; [Pullman, Washington] :
- Identifiers
- 99900525031801842
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Thesis