Item response theory analyses of parent and teacher ratings of the ADHD symptoms for recoded dichotomous scores

Journal of Attention Disorders

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 269-285

  Gomez, Rapson ^a   Vance, Alasdair ^b   Gomez, Andre ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

2PLM; ADHD rating scales; item response theory; parent and teacher ratings

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CHILD; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PARENT; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNIVERSITY;

ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CHILD; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FACULTY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PARENTS; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 79953710865     PISSN: 10870547     EISSN: 15571246     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1087054709356404     Document Type: Article

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