| Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 353848 | Early Childhood Research Quarterly | 2012 | 9 Pages |
Several forms of assessment tools, including behavioral rating scales and objective tests such as the Continuous Performance Test (CPT), can be used to measure inattentive and hyperactive/impulsive behaviors associated with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). However, research with school-age children has shown that the correlations between parent ratings, teacher ratings, and scores on objective measures of ADHD-characteristic behaviors are modest at best. In this study, we examined the relations between parent and teacher ratings of ADHD and CPT scores in a sample of 65 preschoolers ranging from 50 to 72 months of age. No significant associations between teacher and parent ratings of ADHD were found. Parent-ratings of both inattention and hyperactivity/impulsivity accounted for variance in CPT omission errors but not CPT commission errors. Teacher ratings showed evidence of convergent and discriminant validity when entered simultaneously in a hierarchical regression. These tools may be measuring different aspects of inattention and hyperactivity/impulsivity.
► Correlations between different ADHD assessment tools were small. ► Parent-ratings were uncorrelated with teacher-ratings of ADHD-related behaviors. ► Teacher-ratings of ADHD-related behaviors were uncorrelated with errors on the CPT. ► Parent-ratings of ADHD-related behaviors were correlated with CPT omission errors.
