Invariance and Convergent and Discriminant Validity Between Mothers' and Fathers' Ratings of Oppositional Defiant Disorder Toward Adults, ADHD-HI, ADHD-IN, and Academic Competence Factors Within Brazilian, Thai, and American Children

Confirmatory factor analysis was used to test the invariance of an oppositional defiant disorder toward adults, attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder-hyperactivity/impulsivity, attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder-inattention, and an Academic Competence factor model between mothers' and...

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Main Authors: G. Leonard Burns, Marcela Alves de Moura, James A. Walsh, Chris Desmul, Chatchawan Silpakit, John Sommers-Flanagan
Other Authors: Washington State University
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Published: 2018
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Online Access:https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/123456789/19663
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Summary:Confirmatory factor analysis was used to test the invariance of an oppositional defiant disorder toward adults, attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder-hyperactivity/impulsivity, attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder-inattention, and an Academic Competence factor model between mothers' and fathers' ratings within Brazilian (n = 894), Thai (n = 2,075), and American (n = 817) children with the Child and Adolescent Disruptive Behavior Inventory (G. L. Burns, T. Taylor, & J. Rusby, 2001a, 2001b). The results showed invariance of item loadings, intercepts, and residuals, as well as factor variances, covariances, and means between mothers' and fathers' ratings within each sample. Convergent and discriminant validity was also observed for the between-parent factor correlations, thus providing additional support for the construct validity of the Child and Adolescent Disruptive Behavior Inventory. The confirmatory factor analysis invariance procedure provides a much better way to examine between-source ratings of behavior problems in children than do the simple correlation and raw discrepancy score procedures. © 2008 American Psychological Association.