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Validation of the French Version of Conners' Parent Rating Scale Revised, Short Version: Factorial Structure and Reliability.

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Title: Validation of the French Version of Conners' Parent Rating Scale Revised, Short Version: Factorial Structure and Reliability.
Authors: Fumeaux, P., Mercier, C., Roche, S., Iwaz, J., Bader, M., Stéphan, P., Ecochard, R., Revol, O.
Publication Year: 2025
Collection: Université de Lausanne (UNIL): Serval - Serveur académique lausannois
Subject Terms: Adolescent, Adult, Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity/diagnosis, Child, Female, France, Humans, Male, Psychiatric Status Rating Scales/standards, Psychometrics/instrumentation, Reproducibility of Results, Young Adult, attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, confirmatory factor analysis, questionnaire, reliability, validation studies, validity
Description: 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. 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. 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). 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.
Document Type: article in journal/newspaper
File Description: application/pdf
Language: English
ISSN: 1497-0015
Relation: The Canadian Journal of Psychiatry; https://iris.unil.ch/handle/iris/124321; serval:BIB_5C811A18C810; 000372022100006
DOI: 10.1177/0706743716635549
Availability: https://iris.unil.ch/handle/iris/124321
https://doi.org/10.1177/0706743716635549
Accession Number: edsbas.B1F3CE2A
Database: BASE
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Abstract: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. 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. 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). 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.
ISSN:14970015
DOI:10.1177/0706743716635549