Usefulness of a Clinician Rating Scale in Identifying Preschool Children with ADHD

Autor/inn/en	Gopin, Chaya; Healey, Dione; Castelli, Katia; Marks, David; Halperin, Jeffrey M.
Titel	Usefulness of a Clinician Rating Scale in Identifying Preschool Children with ADHD
Quelle	In: Journal of Attention Disorders, 13 (2010) 5, S.479-488 (10 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1087-0547
DOI	10.1177/1087054709332476
Schlagwörter	Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder; Preschool Children; Rating Scales; Factor Analysis; Psychometrics; Identification; Reliability; Validity; Measures (Individuals); Correlation; Clinical Diagnosis + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Pre-school age; Preschool age; Child; Children; Pre-school education; Preschool education; Vorschulalter; Kind; Kinder; Vorschulkind; Vorschulkinder; Vorschulerziehung; Vorschule; Rating-Skala; Faktorenanalyse; Psychometry; Psychometrie; Identifikation; Identifizierung; Reliabilität; Gültigkeit; Messdaten; Korrelation
Abstract	Objective: To ascertain the psychometric properties and clinical utility of the Behavioral Rating Inventory for Children (BRIC), a novel clinician inventory for preschoolers. Method: Completion of the BRIC for 214 preschoolers follows 2 evaluation sessions, generally separated by less than 2 weeks. Items are submitted to a Principal Components Analysis (PCA) with Varimax rotation. Test-retest reliability and validity relative to other measures are assessed. Results: PCA yields a 2-factor solution representing a "Symptom Triad" and a "Mood/Sociability Factor." Test-retest reliability of the triad and factor are 0.78 (p less than 0.001) and 0.55 (p less than 0.001), respectively. Correlations between parent and teacher ratings of ADHD-related behaviors and the Symptom Triad range from 0.39-0.47 (all p less than 0.001); similar correlations are found with laboratory measures of activity level (r = 0.35-0.49, all p less than 0.001). Conclusion: The Symptom Triad of the BRIC appears to be a reliable and valid tool that may assist researchers and clinicians in studying and diagnosing ADHD in preschoolers, particularly in cases where teacher ratings are unavailable. (Contains 4 tables and 1 figure.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10