Journal article
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
Journal of clinical child psychology, Vol.26(3), pp.266-275
09/01/1997
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https://hdl.handle.net/2376/107832
PMID: 9292384
Abstract
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 I, teachers rated 1,445 children on the DSM-111-R I, H/I, ODD, and overt CD symptoms. In Study 2, teachers rated 1,711 children on the DSM-N I, H/I, ODD, and overt CD symptoms. All the I symptoms showed internal validity in both studies. In contrast, the HL symptoms and the ODD symptoms, especially the H/I symptoms, showed weaker internal validity. All the overt CD symptoms showed intern1 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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- Title
- 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
- Creators
- G. Leonard BurnsJames A WalshSandra M OwenJerry Snell
- Publication Details
- Journal of clinical child psychology, Vol.26(3), pp.266-275
- Academic Unit
- Psychology, Department of
- Publisher
- Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc
- Identifiers
- 99900547042801842
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article