Validity of Attention Tests for Differential Diagnosis of Childhood ADHD and Learning Disabilities

Autor/inn/en	Sordo, Silvia Álava; Garrido-Hernansaiz, Helena; Cantero-García, María; Sánchez-Iglesias, Iván; González-Moreno, Jesús; Santacreu, José
Titel	Validity of Attention Tests for Differential Diagnosis of Childhood ADHD and Learning Disabilities
Quelle	In: Electronic Journal of Research in Educational Psychology, 19 (2021) 54, S.437-464 (28 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1696-2095
Schlagwörter	Test Validity; Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder; Learning Disabilities; Clinical Diagnosis; Predictive Validity; Children; Correlation; Predictor Variables; Age Differences; Adolescents; Foreign Countries; Symptoms (Individual Disorders); Spain (Madrid) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Testvalidität; Learning handicap; Lernbehinderung; Child; Kind; Kinder; Korrelation; Prädiktor; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Ausland; Psychiatrische Symptomatik
Abstract	Introduction: There are different tests that assess attention and can help to make a differential diagnosis between ADHD and Learning Disabilities (LD), but there appears to be little research on the convergent and predictive validity of these tests. The aim of this study was to analyze the convergent validity of the EMAV, Caras, d2, AGL, CPT-II and CSAT attention tests and to assess their usefulness for identifying people diagnosed with ADHD as compared to people with LD, based on DSM-5 criteria. Method: Convergent validity of the instruments was studied via non-parametric correlations, and their predictive validity through binary logistic regression. A clinical sample composed of 437 children was used (234 had an ADHD diagnosis and 203 an LD diagnosis with ADHD ruled out). Results: The results indicate that selective attention measures showed weak correlations between themselves, as was also the case with sustained attention measures. Moreover, correlations between measures of the contrasting types of attention were of similar magnitude, which casts doubt on whether they measure what they claim to measure. The best predictor of ADHD vs. LD differential diagnosis was the confidence index of the CPT-II, in all ages. In addition, for children between the ages of 6 and 16, their percentile in correct answers on the Caras test was quite informative, and for children from 8 to 17, the d2 concentration index. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01