Abstract

SOTOMONTE ARIZA, Sonia Marcela; JIMENEZ MENDOZA, Gina Lorena  and  CARDENAS NINO, Lucila. Construction and validation of an instrument that is part of the exploratory process of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (adhd) in children from 7 to 10 years of population Tunja. Psychol. av. discip. [online]. 2011, vol.5, n.1, pp.95-105. ISSN 1900-2386.

The purpose of this investigation of psychometric technology type, was to construct and validate an instrument that is part of the exploratory process of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) called Scale of t Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ETDAH). The sample consisted of parents and teachers of 315 children from 7 to 10 years in six schools in Tunja. The instrument included a parent scale with a reliability of 0.93, construct validity of 0.96 and teacher scale of .97 and .97 respectively.Factor analysis suggested three factors in the scale of parents and two factors in the scale of teachers. The group comparisons showed the relevance of performing scales of interpretation according to age and gender.

Keywords : Attention deficit; construction; validation; inattention; impulsivity; hyperactivity.

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