title: A multitrait-multisource confirmatory factor analytic approach to the construct validity of ADHD and ODD rating scales with Malaysian children.
abstract: Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) was used to model a multitrait by multisource matrix to determine the convergent and discriminant validity of measures of attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)-inattention (IN), ADHD-hyperactivity/impulsivity (HI), and oppositional defiant disorder (ODD) in 917 Malaysian elementary school children. The three trait factors were ADHD-IN, ADHDHI, and ODD. The two source factors were parents and teachers. Similar to earlier studies with Australian and Brazilian children, the parent and teacher measures failed to show convergent and discriminant validity with Malaysian children. The study outlines the implications of such strong source effects in ADHD-IN, ADHD-HI, and ODD measures for the use of such parent and teacher scales to study the symptom dimensions.
authors.affiliation: School of Behavioural and Social Sciences and Humanities, University of Ballarat, Ballarat, Australia.
authors.forename: Rapson
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Gomez
authors.forename: G Leonard
authors.initials: GL
authors.lastname: Burns
authors.forename: James A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Walsh
authors.forename: Nina
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Hafetz
mesh_terms: D001289:Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000208:ethnology*; D019958:Attention Deficit and Disruptive Behavior Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000208:ethnology*; D002648:Child; D005163:Factor Analysis, Statistical; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008296:Malaysia; D008297:Male; D015588:Observer Variation; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires