Psychometric properties of the Conners-3 and Conners Early Childhood Indexes in a Spanish school population

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• 作者：Paula Morales-Hidalgo^a ; Carmen Herná ; ndez-Martí ; nez^a ; Magally Vera^a ; ^b ; Nú ; ria Voltas^a ; Josefa Canals^a ; ^{josefa.canals@urv.cat}
• 关键词：Conners ; ADHD ; School population ; Psychometric properties ; Descriptive survey study
• 刊名：International Journal of Clinical and Health Psychology
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：January-April 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：17
• 期：1
• 页码：85-96
• 全文大小：540 K
• 卷排序：17

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Ba#ckground/Obje#ctive: To examine the psychometric properties of the Conners 3 ADHD Index (Conners 3 AI) and the Conners Early Children Global Index (Conners ECGI) parents’ form (PF) and teachers’ form (TF) in Spanish schoolers. Method: Two-phase cross-sectional study. In the first phase, information was gathered from teachers (n = 1,796) and parents (n = 882) of 4-5 and 10-11 year-old children. In the second phase (n = 196), children at risk of ADHD and controls were individually assessed. Results: The results confirmed the two-factor structure of the Conners 3 ADHD Index, which contains hyperactive-impulsive and inattentive symptoms, and the two-factor structure of the Conners ECGI PF, consisting of emotional lability and restless-impulsive symptoms. In contrast with the original version, the Conners ECGI TF presented an additional inattentive factor. Moderate-to-high rates of evidence of convergent validity with Child Behavior Checklist and Kiddie-Schedule for Affective Disorders & Schizophrenia, and evidence of external validity (academic achievement) were found. Scores were significantly higher in boys than in girls, for both indexes. Raw scores corresponding to clinical T-scores were higher than the original version. Conclusions: The Conners indexes may be considered reliable and valid instruments for detecting ADHD symptoms in Spanish populations.