Validation of the French Version of Conners' Parent Rating Scale Revised, Short Version: Factorial Structure and Reliability.
- Fumeaux P Service de Neuropsychopathologie de l'enfant et de l'adolescent, Hôpital Neurologique Pierre Wertheimer, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Bron, France Service Universitaire de Psychiatrie de l'enfant et de l'adolescent (SUPEA), Département de Psychiatrie (DP), Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois (CHUV), Lausanne, Switzerland Université de Lausanne (UNIL), Lausanne, Switzerland Pierre.Fumeaux@svmed.ch.
- Mercier C Hospices Civils de Lyon, Service de Biostatistique, Lyon, France Université de Lyon, Lyon, France Université Lyon 1, Villeurbanne, France CNRS, UMR5558, Laboratoire de Biométrie et Biologie Evolutive, Equipe Biostatistique-Santé, Villeurbanne, France.
- Roche S Hospices Civils de Lyon, Service de Biostatistique, Lyon, France Université de Lyon, Lyon, France Université Lyon 1, Villeurbanne, France CNRS, UMR5558, Laboratoire de Biométrie et Biologie Evolutive, Equipe Biostatistique-Santé, Villeurbanne, France.
- Iwaz J Hospices Civils de Lyon, Service de Biostatistique, Lyon, France Université de Lyon, Lyon, France Université Lyon 1, Villeurbanne, France CNRS, UMR5558, Laboratoire de Biométrie et Biologie Evolutive, Equipe Biostatistique-Santé, Villeurbanne, France.
- Bader M Service Universitaire de Psychiatrie de l'enfant et de l'adolescent (SUPEA), Département de Psychiatrie (DP), Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois (CHUV), Lausanne, Switzerland Université de Lausanne (UNIL), Lausanne, Switzerland.
- Stéphan P Service Universitaire de Psychiatrie de l'enfant et de l'adolescent (SUPEA), Département de Psychiatrie (DP), Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois (CHUV), Lausanne, Switzerland Université de Lausanne (UNIL), Lausanne, Switzerland.
- Ecochard R Hospices Civils de Lyon, Service de Biostatistique, Lyon, France Université de Lyon, Lyon, France Université Lyon 1, Villeurbanne, France CNRS, UMR5558, Laboratoire de Biométrie et Biologie Evolutive, Equipe Biostatistique-Santé, Villeurbanne, France.
- Revol O Service de Neuropsychopathologie de l'enfant et de l'adolescent, Hôpital Neurologique Pierre Wertheimer, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Bron, France.
- 2016-06-03
Published in:
- Canadian journal of psychiatry. Revue canadienne de psychiatrie. - 2016
adolescent
attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder
child
confirmatory factor analysis
questionnaire
reliability
validation studies
validity
Adolescent
Adult
Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity
Child
Female
France
Humans
Male
Psychiatric Status Rating Scales
Psychometrics
Reproducibility of Results
Young Adult
English
OBJECTIVE
Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder is one of the most frequent neurodevelopmental disorders. Its diagnosis requires reference questionnaires such as the Conners' Parent Rating Scale (CPRS). Presently, in French-speaking countries, a few translations of the revised short CPRS have been put to use without previous formal validation. We sought here for the validation of a French version (Lausanne, Switzerland) of the revised short CPRS regarding construct validity, internal consistency, and item reliability in a sample of French schoolchildren.
METHOD
The study involved 795 children and adolescents aged 9 to 19 years from a single school. The factorial structure and item reliability were assessed with a confirmatory factor analysis for ordered categorical variables. The dimension internal consistency was assessed with Guttman's lambda 6 coefficient.
RESULTS
The results confirmed the original and strong 3-dimensional factorial structure (Oppositional, Cognitive Problems/Inattention, and Hyperactivity), showed satisfactory item reliability, and indicated a good dimension internal consistency (Guttman's lambda 6 coefficient: 0.87, 0.90, and 0.82, respectively, to the 3 dimensions).
CONCLUSIONS
Thus, the Lausanne French version of the revised short CPRS may be considered validated regarding construct validity and item and dimension reliability; it can be now more confidently used in clinical practice.
Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder is one of the most frequent neurodevelopmental disorders. Its diagnosis requires reference questionnaires such as the Conners' Parent Rating Scale (CPRS). Presently, in French-speaking countries, a few translations of the revised short CPRS have been put to use without previous formal validation. We sought here for the validation of a French version (Lausanne, Switzerland) of the revised short CPRS regarding construct validity, internal consistency, and item reliability in a sample of French schoolchildren.
METHOD
The study involved 795 children and adolescents aged 9 to 19 years from a single school. The factorial structure and item reliability were assessed with a confirmatory factor analysis for ordered categorical variables. The dimension internal consistency was assessed with Guttman's lambda 6 coefficient.
RESULTS
The results confirmed the original and strong 3-dimensional factorial structure (Oppositional, Cognitive Problems/Inattention, and Hyperactivity), showed satisfactory item reliability, and indicated a good dimension internal consistency (Guttman's lambda 6 coefficient: 0.87, 0.90, and 0.82, respectively, to the 3 dimensions).
CONCLUSIONS
Thus, the Lausanne French version of the revised short CPRS may be considered validated regarding construct validity and item and dimension reliability; it can be now more confidently used in clinical practice.
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- English
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- DOI 10.1177/0706743716635549
- PMID 27254416
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- https://folia.unifr.ch/global/documents/7998
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