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- Title
Confiabilidad y validez de la Escala de Déficit Atencional (EDAH) adaptada en estudiantes chilenos.
- Authors
Belmar Mellado, Marta; Holgado Tello, Francisco Pablo; Navas Martínez, Leandro; Parada, Benjamín Vicente
- Abstract
Background The needs of children's mental health care make it necessary to have epidemiological studies that serve as a basis to refine the interventions and enhance the diagnosis with reliable and appropriate tools. Objective The objective of this study was to analyze the psychometric properties of the scale for the assessment of the Attentional Deficit Disorder (ADHD) in primary and secondary schools in Chile. Method A sample of 508 students (144 with Attentional deficits, 110 with suspected autism and 254 common) was assessed through a test completed by their teachers. Results The factorial structure of the ADHD revealed that three factors explain together the 71.61 % of the total variance of the scale, with a coefficient alpha of 0,948. This allows us to conclude that the scale presents acceptable psychometric characteristics and adequate internal consistency, and that its elements have a suitable discriminatory power. Discussion and conclusion The present study of mental health in Chilean schoolchildren revealed that the ADHD adapted scale possesses a high discriminant capacity and adequate elements and factors reliability, as well as an optimal discriminant power among factors. We analyze the implications and possible contribution to the early detection of clinical diagnosis in mental health.
- Subjects
CHILE; CHILDREN with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder; CHILD psychology; MENTAL health; ATTENTION-deficit hyperactivity disorder; ATTENTION; CHILDREN'S health; CHILDREN
- Publication
Salud Mental, 2015, Vol 38, Issue 4, p245
- ISSN
0185-3325
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.17711/SM.0185-3325.2015.034