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Assessing Culturally Different Students for Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Using Behavior Rating Scales |
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| Authors: | Robert Reid George J. DuPaul Thomas J. Power Arthur D. Anastopoulos Diana Rogers-Adkinson Mary-Beth Noll Cynthia Riccio |
| Affiliation: | (1) Department of Special Education and Communication Disorders, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska;(2) School Psychology Program, Lehigh University, Lehigh, Pennsylvania;(3) University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania;(4) Psychology Department, University of North Carolina-Greensboro, North Carolina;(5) Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Wichita State University, Wichita, Kansas;(6) Department of Special Education, Saint Cloud State University, Saint Cloud, Minnesota;(7) Department of Professional Studies, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama |
| Abstract: | Behavior rating scales are commonly used in the assessment of attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). However, there is little information available concerning the extent to which scales are valid with culturally different students. This study explored the use of the ADHD-IV Rating Scale School Version with male Caucasian (CA) and African American (AA) students from ages 5 to 18 years. Teachers rated AA students higher on all symptoms across all age groups. LISREL analysis indicated that scale does not perform identically across groups. This was supported by the results of multidimensional scaling with suggested that there is a different relation between items across groups. Implications for research and practice are discussed. |
| Keywords: | Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder cross-cultural assessment behavior rating scales |
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