Parent ratings of the ADHD items of the disruptive behavior rating scale: Analyses of their IRT properties based on the generalized partial credit model

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 181-186

  Gomez, Rapson ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

ADHD; Generalized partial credit model; Item response theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 43649093120     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2008.04.001     Document Type: Article

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