Teachers' screening for attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder: comparing multinational samples on teacher ratings of ADHD.

Publisher: Springer Country of Publication: United States NLM ID: 0364547 Publication Model: Print Cited Medium: Print ISSN: 0091-0627 (Print) Linking ISSN: 00910627 NLM ISO Abbreviation: J Abnorm Child Psychol Subsets: MEDLINE

Publication: New York, NY : Springer
Original Publication: Washington, Winston.

Faculty* ; Surveys and Questionnaires*; Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity/*diagnosis ; Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity/*epidemiology; Catchment Area, Health ; Child ; Cross-Cultural Comparison ; Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders ; Educational Status ; Germany/epidemiology ; Humans ; Male ; Mass Screening/methods ; Reproducibility of Results ; Spain/epidemiology ; Tennessee/epidemiology

This study evaluates a measurement model for Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). The DSM-IV divides 18 symptoms into two groups, inattentive and hyperactive/impulsive. Elementary school teachers rated 21,161 children in 4 locations: Spain, Germany, urban US, and suburban US. Confirmatory factor analysis suggested that the 2-factor model (inattention, hyperactivity/impulsivity) shows the best fit. A third factor, impulsivity, was too slight to stand-alone. Children with academic performance problems were distinguished by inattention, but children with behavior problems typically had elevations in inattention, hyperactivity, and impulsivity. Between-site differences were statistically significant, but so small that we conclude that same measurement model fits all 4 samples in 2 continents.

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Date Created: 20030702 Date Completed: 20031104 Latest Revision: 20191210

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