Abstract
Exploratory structural equation modeling (SEM) was applied to a multiple indicator (26 individual symptom ratings) by multitrait
(ADHD-IN, ADHD-HI and ODD factors) by multiple source (mothers, fathers and teachers) model to test the invariance, convergent
and discriminant validity of the Child and Adolescent Disruptive Behavior Inventory with 872 Thai adolescents and the ADHD
Rating Scale-IV and ODD scale of the Disruptive Behavior Inventory with 1,749 Spanish children. Most of the individual ADHD/ODD
symptoms showed convergent and discriminant validity with the loadings and thresholds being invariant over mothers, fathers
and teachers in both samples (the three latent factor means were higher for parents than teachers). The ADHD-IN, ADHD-HI and
ODD latent factors demonstrated convergent and discriminant validity between mothers and fathers within the two samples. Convergent
and discriminant validity between parents and teachers for the three factors was either absent (Thai sample) or only partial
(Spanish sample). The application of exploratory SEM to a multiple indicator by multitrait by multisource model should prove
useful for the evaluation of the construct validity of the forthcoming DSM-V ADHD/ODD rating scales.
(ADHD-IN, ADHD-HI and ODD factors) by multiple source (mothers, fathers and teachers) model to test the invariance, convergent
and discriminant validity of the Child and Adolescent Disruptive Behavior Inventory with 872 Thai adolescents and the ADHD
Rating Scale-IV and ODD scale of the Disruptive Behavior Inventory with 1,749 Spanish children. Most of the individual ADHD/ODD
symptoms showed convergent and discriminant validity with the loadings and thresholds being invariant over mothers, fathers
and teachers in both samples (the three latent factor means were higher for parents than teachers). The ADHD-IN, ADHD-HI and
ODD latent factors demonstrated convergent and discriminant validity between mothers and fathers within the two samples. Convergent
and discriminant validity between parents and teachers for the three factors was either absent (Thai sample) or only partial
(Spanish sample). The application of exploratory SEM to a multiple indicator by multitrait by multisource model should prove
useful for the evaluation of the construct validity of the forthcoming DSM-V ADHD/ODD rating scales.
- Content Type Journal Article
- Pages 1-12
- DOI 10.1007/s10802-012-9660-5
- Authors
- G. Leonard Burns, Department of Psychology, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164-4820, USA
- James A. Walsh, University of Montana, Missoula, MT, USA
- Mateu Servera, Department of Psychology & Research Institute on Health Sciences, University of the Balearic Islands, Palma, Spain
- Urbano Lorenzo-Seva, CRAMC (Research Center for Behavior Assessment), Department of Psychology, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Tarragona, Spain
- Esther Cardo, Son Llatzer Hospital & Research Institute on Health Sciences, University of Balearic Islands, Palma, Spain
- Antoni RodrÃguez-Fornells, Institucio Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats, Barcelona, Spain
- Journal Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology
- Online ISSN 1573-2835
- Print ISSN 0091-0627