ERIC Number: EJ838764
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2009
Pages: 11
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Factor-Analytic and Individualized Approaches to Constructing Brief Measures of ADHD Behaviors
Volpe, Robert J.; Gadow, Kenneth D.; Blom-Hoffman, Jessica; Feinberg, Adam B.
Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders, v17 n2 p118-128 2009
Two studies were performed to examine a factor-analytic and an individualized approach to creating short progress-monitoring measures from the longer "ADHD-Symptom Checklist-4" (ADHD-SC4). In Study 1, teacher ratings on items of the ADHD:Inattentive (IA) and ADHD:Hyperactive-Impulsive (HI) scales of the ADHD-SC4 were factor analyzed in a normative data sample of 493 students aged 5 to 12 years. Items with the highest factor loadings were then selected to create abbreviated IA and HI scales for Study 2. In Study 2, the psychometric characteristics of two shortened progress-monitoring measures (factor derived and individualized) and the original IA and HI scales of the ADHD-SC4 were examined in a sample of 26 students aged 4 to 17 years in a medication titration study involving baseline and three doses of methylphenidate. The results indicated comparable psychometric properties across the original and abbreviated versions of the IA and HI scales. (Contains 4 tables.)
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Psychometrics, Teaching Methods, Factor Analysis, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Student Evaluation, Check Lists, Drug Use, Elementary School Teachers, Teacher Attitudes
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