Psychometric properties of the Chinese version of the Swanson, Nolan, and Pelham, version IV scale - Parent form

International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 35-44

  Gau, Susan Shur Fen ^a,b   Shang, Chi Yung ^a   Liu, Shih Kai ^c   Lin, Chien Ho ^d   Swanson, James M ^e   Liu, Yu Chih ^f   Tu, Chang Ling ^b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (Taiwan)

^c Taoyuan Mental Hospital   (Taiwan)

^d CHI MEI MEDICAL CENTER   (Taiwan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f BUDDHIST TZU CHI GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

ADHD; Chinese version; Parent report; Reliability; SNAP IV; Validity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; ATTENTION DISTURBANCE; CHILD BEHAVIOR CHECKLIST; COMORBIDITY; CONCURRENT VALIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISCRIMINANT VALIDITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERACTIVITY; IMPULSIVENESS; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPPOSITIONAL DEFIANT DISORDER; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOMETRY; RELIABILITY; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SWANSON NOLAN AND PELHAM IV SCALE; TAIWAN; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; ASIAN; CHILD; ETHNOLOGY; PARENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PARENTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 44449171545     PISSN: 10498931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mpr.237     Document Type: Article

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