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Construct Validity Of Adhd And Odd Rating Scales With Malaysian Children

A multitrait-multisource confirmatory factor analytic approach to the construct validity of ADHD and ODD rating scales with Malaysian children.
Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, April, 2005 by Rapson Gomez, G. Leonard Burns, James A. Walsh, Nina Hafetz

Although attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and oppositional defiant disorder (ODD) are considered distinct disorders (American Psychiatric Association [APA], 2000), the level of comorbidity between the two is high (e.g., Lahey, Miller, Gordon, & Riley, 1999). In addition, confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) yields high correlations (.68-.94) among the ADHD-inattention (IN),...

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