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Article: Some Psychometric properties of a system to measure ADHD among college students: Factor pattern, reliability, and one-year predictive validity. (Articles).(Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder )(Statistical Data Included)
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- Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development
- Article date:
- January 1, 2002
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This study obtained construct (factorial) validity, internal consistency reliability, and 1-year criterion coefficients for scores from the College Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) Response Evaluation (CARE), an evaluation tool examining ADHD behaviors as reported by college students and their parents. Among the CARE variables, parent ratings were better predictors of college achievement than student ratings.
Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) represents a psychopathology with an expanding national constituency (Barkley, 1998). Simultaneously, there is considerable disagreement about what behaviors and symptoms constitute ADHD, the ...