Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity symptoms in Icelandic schoolchildren: assessment with the Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Rating Scale-IV
Average rating
Cast your vote
You can rate an item by clicking the amount of stars they wish to award to this item.
When enough users have cast their vote on this item, the average rating will also be shown.
Star rating
Your vote was cast
Thank you for your feedback
Thank you for your feedback
Issue Date
1999-12-01
Metadata
Show full item recordCitation
Scand J Psychol. 1999, 40(4):301-6Abstract
Four hundred and twenty-seven normal Icelandic children, six and eight years of age, were rated by their parents and three hundred and sixteen children by their teachers with the Teacher and Parent versions of the Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder Rating Scale-IV (AD/HDRS-IV). For two hundred and sixty-five of the children both parent and teacher ratings were obtained. The factor structures of the AD/HDRS-IV for parents and teachers were in line with theoretical expectations. A Hyperactivity-Impulsivity factor and an Inattention factor were thus well supported. The subscale reliabilities were high. Boys scored higher than girls on all measures and there was a decrease of symptoms with age for boys, as expected. There was evidence of convergent validity for all scales, but discriminant validity of the AD/HDRS-IV subscales is less certain. Generally the instruments seem promising for further research. Some differences are noted in comparison with earlier studies. Thus scores obtained in this study were somewhat lower than those found in American studies, especially for teachers. Also the prevalence of ADHD based on rating scales was lower than in comparable previous studies. The similarity in symptom structure between this and previous studies is emphasized, but the possible role of cultural homogeneity in explaining different results with regard to teachers' ratings of symptoms is suggested.Description
To access publisher full text version of this article. Please click on the hyperlink in Additional Links fieldAdditional Links
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&AN=4335910&site=ehost-liveCollections
Related articles
- [Attention deficit/hyperactive disorders in children and adolescents as assessed by parents].
- Authors: Görtz-Dorten A, Döpfner M
- Issue date: 2009 May
- [ADHD Rating Scale-IV in a sample of Spanish schoolchildren: normative data and internal consistency for teachers and parents].
- Authors: Servera M, Cardo E
- Issue date: 2007 Oct 1-15
- German Validation of the Conners 3® Rating Scales for Parents, Teachers, and Children.
- Authors: Christiansen H, Hirsch O, Drechsler R, Wanderer S, Knospe EL, Günther T, Lidzba K
- Issue date: 2016
- Parent Ratings of ADHD Symptoms in Chinese Urban Schoolchildren: Assessment With the Chinese ADHD Rating Scale-IV: Home Version.
- Authors: Su YE, Wang H, Geng YG, Sun L, Du YS, Fan F, Su LY
- Issue date: 2015 Dec
- Parent and teacher ratings of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder symptoms: Factor structure and normative data.
- Authors: DuPaul GJ, Reid R, Anastopoulos AD, Lambert MC, Watkins MW, Power TJ
- Issue date: 2016 Feb