The Unity and Diversity of Inattention and Hyperactivity/Impulsivity in ADHD: Evidence for a General Factor with Separable Dimensions

Autor/inn/en	Toplak, Maggie E.; Pitch, Ashley; Flora, David B.; Iwenofu, Linda; Ghelani, Karen; Jain, Umesh; Tannock, Rosemary
Titel	The Unity and Diversity of Inattention and Hyperactivity/Impulsivity in ADHD: Evidence for a General Factor with Separable Dimensions
Quelle	In: Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 37 (2009) 8, S.1137-1150 (14 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0091-0627
DOI	10.1007/s10802-009-9336-y
Schlagwörter	Conceptual Tempo; Schizophrenia; Hyperactivity; Attention Deficit Disorders; Rating Scales; Adolescents; Factor Analysis; Symptoms (Individual Disorders); Interviews; Measures (Individuals); Models; Correlation + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Schizophrenie; Hyperaktivität; Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder; ADHS; Aufmerksamkeits-Defizit-Hyperaktivitäts-Störung; Aufmerksamkeitsstörung; Rating-Skala; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Faktorenanalyse; Psychiatrische Symptomatik; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Messdaten; Analogiemodell; Korrelation
Abstract	To examine the unity and diversity of inattention and hyperactivity/impulsivity symptom domains of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) in a clinical sample of adolescents with ADHD. Parents and adolescents were administered a semi-structured diagnostic interview, the Schedule for Affective Disorders and Schizophrenia for School-Age Children-Present and Lifetime Version (K-SADS-PL), to assess adolescent ADHD. Data from 201 parent interviews and 189 adolescent interviews were examined. Four potential factor structures for the 18 ADHD symptoms were tested using confirmatory factor analysis: two models with correlated factors and two bifactor models. A bifactor model with two specific factors best accounted for adolescent symptoms, according to both parent and adolescents' reports. Replication of these findings from behavioral rating scales completed for this sample by parents and teachers indicates that the findings are not method- or informant-specific. The results suggest that there is an important unitary component to ADHD symptoms and separable dimensional traits of Inattention and Hyperactivity/Impulsivity. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10