Cultural structures of the Persian parents' ratings of ADHD.
OBJECTIVE
The objective was to study the cultural structure of Farsi-speaking parents' ratings with diagnostic definitions of ADHD.


METHODS
The children with ADHD and their parents were interviewed. The parents rated their children on the Farsi-speaking parents' ADHD rating questionnaire.


RESULTS
The principal components analysis extracted the two factors of inattention and hyperactivity- impulsivity. The items "often has trouble playing or enjoying leisure activities quietly," "Is often 'on the go' or often acts as if 'driven by a motor,'" and "Often talks excessively" were loaded on the impulsivity, not the hyperactivity factor.


CONCLUSIONS
The Farsi version of the items of the DSM-IV ADHD criteria consisted of two separate factors of hyperactivity-impulsivity and inattentiveness. In addition, the factor of hyperactivity-impulsivity consisted of two separate factors of hyperactivity and impulsivity. There are some differences in the items loading from previous studies in other cultures.
Ghanizadeh
Ahmad
A
Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Iran. ghanizad@sina.tums.ac.ir
Jafari
Peyman
P
D000293:Adolescent; D001289:Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000208:ethnology*; D002648:Child; D039721:Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007492:Iran; D008297:Male; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D010290:Parents; D025341:Principal Component Analysis; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires