Parent-reported attention deficit/hyperactivity symptomatology in preschool-aged children: Factor structure, developmental change, and early risk factors

Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology

Volumn 40, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1301-1312

  Willoughby, Michael T ^a   Pek, Jolynn ^b   Greenberg, Mark T ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

^b University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder; Developmental change; Early childhood; Measurement invariance; Semi parametric finite mixture models

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD PARENT RELATION; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PARENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR;

ATTENTION DEFICIT AND DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84867888487     PISSN: 00910627     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10802-012-9641-8     Document Type: Article

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