Jennifer Greif Green1, Gerrit DeYoung1, Mary Ellen Wogan1, Erika J Wolf2, Kathleen Lynne Lane3, Lenard A Adler4. 1. Wheelock College of Education and Human Development, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. 2. Department of Psychiatry, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. 3. Department of Special Education, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, USA. 4. Departments of Psychiatry and Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, NYU School of Medicine, New York City, New York, USA.
Abstract
OBJECTIVES: There is a need for brief and publicly-available assessments of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) easily administered in large-scale survey efforts monitoring symptoms among adolescents. The ADHD Self-Report Scale v1.1 (ASRS; Kessler et al., 2005) Screener, a six-item measure of ADHD symptoms, is a valid and reliable screening instrument for ADHD among adults. The current study provides initial evidence for the reliability and validity of the ASRS Screener among a community sample of U.S. adolescents. METHODS: Middle and high school students in grades 6 through 12 (N = 2,472) completed the ASRS Screener, along with the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ; Goodman, 2001) and several questions about school functioning. RESULTS: The ASRS Screener demonstrated good internal consistency, with items captured by a single underlying latent variable, which was invariant across subsamples differing by gender. The ASRS Screener scores were associated with the SDQ subscale measuring hyperactivity/inattention (r = 0.58) and significantly less strongly associated with other SDQ subscale scores (r = -0.15-0.41). The ASRS Screener scores were also significantly associated with student-reported school functioning. CONCLUSION: Findings suggest directions for future research and provide preliminary support for use of the ASRS Screener as a brief tool for identifying symptoms of ADHD among adolescents.
OBJECTIVES: There is a need for brief and publicly-available assessments of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) easily administered in large-scale survey efforts monitoring symptoms among adolescents. The ADHD Self-Report Scale v1.1 (ASRS; Kessler et al., 2005) Screener, a six-item measure of ADHD symptoms, is a valid and reliable screening instrument for ADHD among adults. The current study provides initial evidence for the reliability and validity of the ASRS Screener among a community sample of U.S. adolescents. METHODS: Middle and high school students in grades 6 through 12 (N = 2,472) completed the ASRS Screener, along with the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ; Goodman, 2001) and several questions about school functioning. RESULTS: The ASRS Screener demonstrated good internal consistency, with items captured by a single underlying latent variable, which was invariant across subsamples differing by gender. The ASRS Screener scores were associated with the SDQ subscale measuring hyperactivity/inattention (r = 0.58) and significantly less strongly associated with other SDQ subscale scores (r = -0.15-0.41). The ASRS Screener scores were also significantly associated with student-reported school functioning. CONCLUSION: Findings suggest directions for future research and provide preliminary support for use of the ASRS Screener as a brief tool for identifying symptoms of ADHD among adolescents.
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