title: Malaysian parent and teacher ratings of the oppositional defiant disorder symptoms: measurement invariance and parent-teacher agreement.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  This study evaluated the measurement invariance and agreement across parent and teacher ratings of the DSM-IV-TR oppositional defiant disorder (ODD) symptoms.
  
  
  METHODS
  Malaysian parents and teachers of 934 children (between 6 and 11 years of age) completed rating scales comprising the ODD symptoms.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Findings showed support for full measurement invariance (configural, metric and thresholds). Additional results indicated low parent-teacher agreement for all symptoms.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The theoretical and clinical and implications of these findings are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Federation University, Australia. Electronic address: rapson.gomez@federation.edu.au.
authors.forename: Rapson
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Gomez
mesh_terms: D019958:Attention Deficit and Disruptive Behavior Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology*; D002648:Child; D005178:Faculty; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008296:Malaysia; D008297:Male; D010290:Parents / Q000523:psychology*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
keywords: Measurement invariance; Oppositional defiant disorder; Parent and teacher ratings; Parent–teacher agreement