Parent ratings of ADHD symptoms: Differential symptom functioning across Malaysian Malay and Chinese children

Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 955-967

  Gomez, Rapson ^a   Vance, Alasdair ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

ADHD symptoms; Differential symptom functioning; Malaysian children; MIMIC model; Parent ratings

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CHILD; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DIFFERENTIAL SYMPTOM FUNCTIONING; DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERACTIVITY; IMPULSIVENESS; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALAYSIA; MALE; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CHILD; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALAYSIA; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PARENTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 47549092602     PISSN: 00910627     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10802-008-9226-8     Document Type: Article

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