Unique Variable Analysis of Redundancy in ADHD Items from the Conners Teacher Rating Scale - Revised: Short.

peer reviewed ; Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a neuropsychiatric disorder interfering with the normal development of the child. The disorder can be screened at school with the Conners Teacher Rating Scale Revised Short (CTRS-R:S). This scale goes beyond the disorder itself and covers a wider construct, that of abnormal child behavior. This can be understood as a complex system of mutually influencing entities. We analyzed a data set of 525 children in French-speaking primary schools from Belgium, and estimated a network structure, as well as to determine the local dependen... Mehr ...