Notes
• Vanderbilt ADHD assessment has not been used in big populations o Want to include in background o Want to see that it matches severity indices o Recognizing it fits into literature
• Continued literature review o Key words: Vanderbilt, ADHD, validity o Articles I narrowed down
Psychometric Properties of the Vanderbilt ADHD Diagnostic Parent Rating Scale in a Referred Population (Wolraich et al., 2003)
• Internal consistency and factor structure = acceptable, consistent with DSM-IV
• Good reliability
The Psychometric Properties of the Vanderbilt ADHD Diagnostic Parent Rating Scale in a Community Population (Bard et al., 2013)
• Complicated statistics
• Reasonable reliability, construct validity, criterion validity
Using Clinical Data to Predict Accurate ADHD Diagnoses Among Urban Children …show more content…
It does not seem like there is much literature out there on the Vanderbilt ADHD Diagnostic Parent Rating Scale, which is interesting because it is widely used in doctor’s offices for diagnostic purposes. I narrowed down to four articles, in which three discuss the Vanderbilt ADHD Diagnostic Parent Rating Scale. The articles by Wolraich et al. and Bard et al. concluded that the scale is reliable and valid. The article by Silverstein et al. demonstrated that the scale provides valuable information in addition to clinical data such as information about a child repeating a grade. Thus, the scale provides consistent and useful information with regard to ADHD diagnosis. Reliability and validity reminded me of my Psychology Research Methods class from last semester; now I can apply what I have learned in order to understand and explain articles about psychometric properties. Another article that I wish to connected to literature review is by Pescosolido et al. The article states that American adults generally have solid knowledge about children’s mental health, including
• Vanderbilt ADHD assessment has not been used in big populations o Want to include in background o Want to see that it matches severity indices o Recognizing it fits into literature
• Continued literature review o Key words: Vanderbilt, ADHD, validity o Articles I narrowed down
Psychometric Properties of the Vanderbilt ADHD Diagnostic Parent Rating Scale in a Referred Population (Wolraich et al., 2003)
• Internal consistency and factor structure = acceptable, consistent with DSM-IV
• Good reliability
The Psychometric Properties of the Vanderbilt ADHD Diagnostic Parent Rating Scale in a Community Population (Bard et al., 2013)
• Complicated statistics
• Reasonable reliability, construct validity, criterion validity
Using Clinical Data to Predict Accurate ADHD Diagnoses Among Urban Children …show more content…
It does not seem like there is much literature out there on the Vanderbilt ADHD Diagnostic Parent Rating Scale, which is interesting because it is widely used in doctor’s offices for diagnostic purposes. I narrowed down to four articles, in which three discuss the Vanderbilt ADHD Diagnostic Parent Rating Scale. The articles by Wolraich et al. and Bard et al. concluded that the scale is reliable and valid. The article by Silverstein et al. demonstrated that the scale provides valuable information in addition to clinical data such as information about a child repeating a grade. Thus, the scale provides consistent and useful information with regard to ADHD diagnosis. Reliability and validity reminded me of my Psychology Research Methods class from last semester; now I can apply what I have learned in order to understand and explain articles about psychometric properties. Another article that I wish to connected to literature review is by Pescosolido et al. The article states that American adults generally have solid knowledge about children’s mental health, including