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DSM-IV Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Symptoms: Agreement Between Informants in Prevalence and Factor Structure at Different Ages

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The agreement between teachers’ and parents’ ratings of the prevalence of DSM-IV attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) symptoms and the concordance of the factor structure of ADHD symptoms was analyzed in a sample of 653 Spanish schoolchildren aged 4 to 12 divided into two age groups. The prevalence of ADHD symptoms ranged between 0.66 and 16.73% and was higher when the rater was the teacher. Agreement between parents and teachers was low. Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) shows a slightly better fit for the three-factor model (Inattention, Hyperactivity and Impulsivity) than for the two-factor model (Inattention and Hyperactivity–impulsivity), except for parents’ ratings in the sample of children under six. CFA using a multitrait–multimethod model (CFA-MTMM) shows similar results.

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  1. Departament de Personalitat, Avaluació i Tractament Psicológics, Facultat de Psicologia, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

    Juan Antonio Amador-Campos & Maria Forns-Santacana

  2. Departament de Metodologia de les Ciències del Comportament, Facultat de Psicologia, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

    Joan Guàrdia-Olmos & Maribel Peró-Cebollero

  3. Departament de Personalitat, Avaluació i Tractament Psicològics, Facultat de Psicologia, Universitat de Barcelona, Passeig de la Vall d’Hebron, 171, 08035, Barcelona, Spain

    Juan Antonio Amador-Campos

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Amador-Campos, J.A., Forns-Santacana, M., Guàrdia-Olmos, J. et al. DSM-IV Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Symptoms: Agreement Between Informants in Prevalence and Factor Structure at Different Ages. J Psychopathol Behav Assess 28, 23–32 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10862-006-4538-x

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