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

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, informati...

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Autores principales: Morales-Hidalgo, Paula, Hernández-Martínez, Carmen, Vera, Magally, Voltas, Núria, Canals, Josefa
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
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Publicado: Asociacion Espanola de Psicologia Conductual 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6236327/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30487884
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijchp.2016.07.003
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author Morales-Hidalgo, Paula
Hernández-Martínez, Carmen
Vera, Magally
Voltas, Núria
Canals, Josefa
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Hernández-Martínez, Carmen
Vera, Magally
Voltas, Núria
Canals, Josefa
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description 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.
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spelling pubmed-62363272018-11-28 Psychometric properties of the Conners-3 and Conners Early Childhood Indexes in a Spanish school population Morales-Hidalgo, Paula Hernández-Martínez, Carmen Vera, Magally Voltas, Núria Canals, Josefa Int J Clin Health Psychol Original article 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. Asociacion Espanola de Psicologia Conductual 2017 2016-10-25 /pmc/articles/PMC6236327/ /pubmed/30487884 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijchp.2016.07.003 Text en © 2016 Asociación Española de Psicología Conductual. Published by Elsevier España, S.L.U. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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Morales-Hidalgo, Paula
Hernández-Martínez, Carmen
Vera, Magally
Voltas, Núria
Canals, Josefa
Psychometric properties of the Conners-3 and Conners Early Childhood Indexes in a Spanish school population
title Psychometric properties of the Conners-3 and Conners Early Childhood Indexes in a Spanish school population
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title_fullStr Psychometric properties of the Conners-3 and Conners Early Childhood Indexes in a Spanish school population
title_full_unstemmed Psychometric properties of the Conners-3 and Conners Early Childhood Indexes in a Spanish school population
title_short Psychometric properties of the Conners-3 and Conners Early Childhood Indexes in a Spanish school population
title_sort psychometric properties of the conners-3 and conners early childhood indexes in a spanish school population
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6236327/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30487884
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijchp.2016.07.003
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