title: Parent Ratings of ADHD Symptoms in Chinese Urban Schoolchildren: Assessment With the Chinese ADHD Rating Scale-IV: Home Version.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The objective of this study was to assess the psychometric properties of the Chinese ADHD Rating Scale-IV (ADHD RS-IV): Home Version and to explore parent ratings of ADHD symptoms in a large sample of urban schoolchildren in China.
  
  
  METHODS
  Parents of a representative sample of 1,616 schoolchildren (aged 6-17) in 12 Chinese cities completed the ADHD RS-IV: Home Version.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The Chinese ADHD RS-IV: Home Version demonstrated satisfactory internal consistency, test-retest reliability, parent-teacher correlation, discriminant validity, and convergent validity. Factor analysis revealed the DSM-IV two-factor model with "inattention" and "hyperactivity-impulsivity" dimensions, accounting for equal variances. Parent ratings revealed lower/similar scores for Chinese schoolchildren compared with the U.S.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The ADHD RS-IV: Home Version is a reliable and valid ADHD rating scale in China. The factor structure is similar but not identical to the U.S.
  
  
  METHODS
  Normative data reveal cultural differences in some aspects of the parent ratings of ADHD.
authors.affiliation: Central South University, Changsha, China.
authors.forename: Yi Esther
authors.initials: YE
authors.lastname: Su
authors.affiliation: The 463 Hospital of People's Liberation Army, Shenyang, China.
authors.forename: Hong
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China.
authors.forename: Yao-Guo
authors.initials: YG
authors.lastname: Geng
authors.affiliation: Tianjin Anding Hospital and Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, China.
authors.forename: Ling
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.affiliation: Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.
authors.forename: Ya-Song
authors.initials: YS
authors.lastname: Du
authors.affiliation: South China Normal University, Guangzhou, China.
authors.forename: Fang
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Fan
authors.affiliation: Central South University, Changsha, China su-linyan@hotmail.com.
authors.forename: Lin-Yan
authors.initials: LY
authors.lastname: Su
mesh_terms: D044466:Asian People / Q000523:psychology*; D001289:Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000523:psychology; D002648:Child; D002681:China; D005163:Factor Analysis, Statistical; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006948:Hyperkinesis; D007802:Language; D008297:Male; D010290:Parents; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011594:Psychometrics / Q000379:methods / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D014505:Urban Population
keywords: ADHD; ADHD Rating Scale–IV: Home Version; China; parent rating; psychometrics; schoolchildren