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27-02-2021 | Original Article

Investigating the Measurement Invariance and Method-Trait Effects of Parent and Teacher SNAP-IV Ratings of Preschool Children

Auteurs: Patrícia Silva Lúcio, Michael Eid, Hugo Cogo-Moreira, Marina Leite Puglisi, Guilherme V. Polanczyk

Gepubliceerd in: Child Psychiatry & Human Development | Uitgave 3/2022

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Abstract

The Swanson, Nolan, and Pelham scale version IV (SNAP-IV) is widely used to assess symptoms of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and oppositional defiant disorder (ODD) in children and adolescents. Nevertheless, there is insufficient data to support its use in preschool children. The study had three goals: First, to test the factorial validity of the three correlated-factors model of ADHD and ODD items of the SNAP-IV. Second, to investigate the measurement invariance of the items over time (6-month longitudinal interval) and by sex. Third, to investigate the convergent validity and method-specific influences on ADHD/ODD assessments with respect to multiple raters (parents/teachers) of children’s symptoms. Participants were 618 preschool children (3.5–6 years) at baseline and 6-month follow-up. For model testing, we used confirmatory factor analysis for categorical observed variables. Method and trait effects were examined using the CT-C(M-1) model. The analyses showed partial measurement invariance over time and according to sex. Moreover, strong rater-specific effects were detected. The implication of the results for construct validation of the instrument and clinical assessment of ADHD and ODD traits are discussed.
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The parcels of the different rater groups differ in the items that were assigned to one parcel. This is due to the fact that the parcels were originally created independently for the different rating groups using the item loadings of separate factor analyses for the different rater groups. A reviewer asked the question whether this difference in the parcels might question the validity of the conclusions about convergent validity. Therefore, in all analyses were redone using the same parcels across raters. The majority of the results for parcels containing identical items differed in the second decimal value, what do not change the interpretability of our results (data upon request).
 
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The mean difference refers to the standardized solution, in which the factor variances equal 1. It expresses the mean differences in proportions of a standard deviation. It should not be interpreted as Cohen’s d, which is based on a latent difference model in which the mean differences are divided by the standard deviation of the difference variable. Because we do not analyze a latent difference model, we used this other form of standardization which is automatically provided by Mplus.
 
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Metagegevens
Titel
Investigating the Measurement Invariance and Method-Trait Effects of Parent and Teacher SNAP-IV Ratings of Preschool Children
Auteurs
Patrícia Silva Lúcio
Michael Eid
Hugo Cogo-Moreira
Marina Leite Puglisi
Guilherme V. Polanczyk
Publicatiedatum
27-02-2021
Uitgeverij
Springer US
Gepubliceerd in
Child Psychiatry & Human Development / Uitgave 3/2022
Print ISSN: 0009-398X
Elektronisch ISSN: 1573-3327
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10578-021-01145-2

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