title: The structure of psychopathology in a community sample of preschoolers.
abstract: Despite growing interest in the development of alternative diagnostic classification systems for psychopathology in young children, little is known about the adequacy of the DSM symptom structure for describing psychopathology in this population. This paper examines the fit of the DSM-IV emotional (ED) and disruptive behavior disorder (DD) symptom structure in a community sample of 796 4-year-old children. Using the parent-report Child Symptom Inventory (CSI), the best model fit for ED included separate factors for Social Phobia, Separation Anxiety Disorder, Generalized Anxiety Disorder, and Major Depressive Disorder. For DD, the best model included separate Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder-Inattentive type (ADHD-I), Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder-Hyperactive/Impulsive type (ADHD-HI), and Oppositional Defiant Disorder diagnoses. These findings support using DSM-IV nosology to classify EDs in a community sample of preschool children, and suggest differentiation of ADHD into ADHD-I and ADHD-HI.
authors.affiliation: College of Psychology, Illinois Institute of Technology, 3105 South Dearborn, Chicago, IL 60616, USA. jstrickl@iit.edu
authors.forename: Jennifer
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Strickland
authors.forename: Jennifer
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Keller
authors.forename: John V
authors.initials: JV
authors.lastname: Lavigne
authors.forename: Karen
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Gouze
authors.forename: Joyce
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hopkins
authors.forename: Susan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: LeBailly
mesh_terms: D002675:Child, Preschool; D039721:Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders; D005163:Factor Analysis, Statistical; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires