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ERIC Number: EJ1012753
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2013-Apr
Pages: 5
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-1087-0547
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The ASRS-6 Has Two Latent Factors: Attention Deficit and Hyperactivity
Hesse, Morten
Journal of Attention Disorders, v17 n3 p203-207 Apr 2013
Objective: To test whether the Adult Self-Report Scale for ADHD, six-items version (ASRS-6), measures inattentiveness and hyperactivity independently. Method: The ASRS-6 was completed by 234 university students and 157 outpatients treated for drug dependence. In both samples, the ASRS-6 was subjected to two confirmatory factor analyses, one testing a one-factor model and the other testing a model with two correlated factors indicating inattentiveness and hyperactivity, respectively. Test-retest reliability of the subscales was tested on a subset of the student sample ("n" = 25). Results: In both samples, the one-factor solution did not fit the data, but the two-factor solution fit the data better. Subscales differed in their correlates in ways that mirror the correlates of inattentiveness and hyperactivity in the published literature on ADHD. In the student sample, the test-retest reliability was adequate for hyperactivity ("r" = 0.70) and inattentiveness ("r" = 0.77). Conclusion: The ASRS-6 measures two correlated constructs, rather than one unitary construct. (Contains 3 tables.)
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Denmark
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