Journal article
Internal Validity of the Disruptive Behavior Disorder Symptoms: Implications from Parent Ratings for a Dimensional Approach to Symptom Validity
Journal of abnormal child psychology, Vol.25(4), pp.307-319
08/1997
Handle:
https://hdl.handle.net/2376/107184
PMID: 9304447
Abstract
A dimensional approach was used to evaluate the internal validity of the DSM-III-R ADHD-inattention, ADHD-hyperactivity/impulsivity, oppositional defiant disorder (ODD), and conduct disorder (CD) symptoms (i.e., whether a symptom has a stronger correlation with its own dimension than the other three). Parents rated 4,019 children between the ages of 2 and 19 on these symptoms. The results showed that 5 of the 6 inattention symptoms, 3 of the 4 hyperactivity symptoms, 1 of the 4 impulsivity symptoms, 6 of the 9 oppositional defiant disorder symptoms, and 8 of the 11 CD symptoms had significant internal validity. Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) found support for inattention, hyperactivity/impulsivity, oppositional defiant, and conduct disorder dimensions. Multiple-group CFA also found support for factor pattern and loading invariance across gender. The implications of these results as well as the merits of the dimensional approach to symptom validity are discussed in the context of the DSM-IV changes in ADHD, ODD, and CD.
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- Title
- Internal Validity of the Disruptive Behavior Disorder Symptoms: Implications from Parent Ratings for a Dimensional Approach to Symptom Validity
- Creators
- G Burns - Department of Psychology Washington State University Pullman Washington 99164James Walsh - Department of Psychology University of Montana Missoula Montana 59812David Patterson - Department of Rehabilitation Medicine University of Washington Medical School Seattle Washington 98104Carol Holte - Missoula County Public Schools Missoula Montana 59812Rita Sommers-Flanagan - Department of Educational Leadership and Counseling University of Montana Missoula Montana 59812Colleen Parker - Department of Medical Psychology Oregon Health Sciences University Portland Oregon 97201
- Publication Details
- Journal of abnormal child psychology, Vol.25(4), pp.307-319
- Academic Unit
- Psychology, Department of
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers; New York
- Identifiers
- 99900546894101842
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article