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The Validity of the ADHD Section of the Diagnostic Interview Schedule for Children

Ann M. McGrath

Father Flanagan’s Boys’ Home University of Kansas Medical Center

Michael L. Handwerk

Father Flanagan’s Boys’ Home

Kevin J. Armstrong

Mississippi State University

Cristopher P. Lucas

Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons

Patrick C. Friman

Father Flanagan’s Boys’Home University of Nevada

The purpose of this study was to assess the concurrent criterion validity of the attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) portion of the National Institute of Mental Health Diagnostic Interview Schedule for Children–IV (NIMHDISC-IV). Fifty-seven adolescent participants were divided into three groups on the basis of whether participants met criteria for ADHD on caretaker and adolescent responses on the DISC: (a) 18 participants for whom both the caretakers and adolescents endorsed ADHD, (b) 17 participants for whom the caretakers but not the youth endorsed ADHD, and (c) a clinical control group with no ADHD diagnosis (n = 22). These three groups were compared across parent, teacher, and adolescent checklists; clinician diagnosis; and three objective measures of behavior (continuous performance task, actigraphy monitoring, and a structured observation). Findings lend partial support to the concurrent criterion validity of the ADHD section of DISC.

Key Words: attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder • diagnostic interview schedule for children

Behavior Modification, Vol. 28, No. 3, 349-374 (2004)
DOI: 10.1177/0145445503258987
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