2004-10-01
Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD): Parents' judgment about school, teachers' judgment about home
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Publication
European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry , Volume 13 - Issue 5 p. 315- 320
Objective: The aim of this study was to separate sources of observer and situational variance in reporting attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) symptomatology. Method: In a sample of 30 children diagnosed with ADHD, ADHD symptomatology was assessed with the Diagnostic Interview Schedule for Children-Parent Version (DISC-P), with parents and teachers as informants. Both parents and teachers reported about the child's ADHD symptomatology at home as well as at school. Results: Parents and teachers showed high within-observer cross-situational presence of ADHD symptoms. However, the between-observer agreement on the presence of ADHD symptoms within the same situation (home or school) was low. This pattern held equally true for attention/concentration and hyperactivity/impulsivity symptom scores. Conclusions: In evaluating ADHD symptomatology, it is important to obtain independent reports about the child's behaviour at school from the teacher and about the child's behaviour at home from the parents.
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| doi.org/10.1007/s00787-004-0405-z, hdl.handle.net/1765/63791 | |
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| Organisation | Pediatric Psychiatry |
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de Nijs, P., Ferdinand, R., de Bruin, E., Dekker, M., van Duijn, C., & Verhulst, F. (2004). Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD): Parents' judgment about school, teachers' judgment about home. European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 13(5), 315–320. doi:10.1007/s00787-004-0405-z |
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