DISC Predictive Scales (DPS): Factor Structure and Uniform Differential Item Functioning Across Gender and Three Racial/Ethnic Groups for ADHD, Conduct Disorder, and Oppositional Defiant Disorder Symptoms

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• Alternative Title:
  Psychol Assess
• Personal Author:
  Wiesner, Margit ; Kanouse, David E. ; Elliott, Marc N. ; Windle, Michael ; Schuster, Mark A.
• Description:
  The factor structure and potential uniform differential item functioning (DIF) among gender and three racial/ethnic groups of adolescents (African American, Latino, White) were evaluated for attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), conduct disorder (CD), and oppositional defiant disorder (ODD) symptom scores of the DISC Predictive Scales (DPS; Leung et al., 2005; Lucas et al., 2001). Primary caregivers reported on DSM-IV ADHD, CD, and ODD symptoms for a probability sample of 4,491 children from three geographical regions who took part in the Healthy Passages study (mean age = 12.60 years, SD = 0.66). Confirmatory factor analysis indicated that the expected 3-factor structure was tenable for the data. Multiple indicators multiple causes (MIMIC) modeling revealed uniform DIF for three ADHD and 9 ODD item scores, but not for any of the CD item scores. Uniform DIF was observed predominantly as a function of child race/ethnicity, but minimally as a function of child gender. On the positive side, uniform DIF had little impact on latent mean differences of ADHD, CD, and ODD symptomatology among gender and racial/ethnic groups. Implications of the findings for researchers and practitioners are discussed.
• Subjects:
  Article Differential Item Functioning DISC Predictive Scales Factor Structure Measurement Invariance MIMIC Modeling
• Source:
  Psychol Assess. 27(4):1324-1336.
• Pubmed ID:
  25774639
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC4942111
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  U19 DP002664/DP/NCCDPHP CDC HHS/United States ; U19DP002665/DP/NCCDPHP CDC HHS/United States ; U48 DP000056/DP/NCCDPHP CDC HHS/United States ; U48DP000057/DP/NCCDPHP CDC HHS/United States ; U48DP000046/DP/NCCDPHP CDC HHS/United States ; U48 DP000046/DP/NCCDPHP CDC HHS/United States ; U19 DP002665/DP/NCCDPHP CDC HHS/United States ; U19DP002663/DP/NCCDPHP CDC HHS/United States ; CCU409679/PHS HHS/United States ; U48 DP000057/DP/NCCDPHP CDC HHS/United States ; CCU915773/PHS HHS/United States ; U19DP002664/DP/NCCDPHP CDC HHS/United States ; CCU609653/PHS HHS/United States ; U19 DP002663/DP/NCCDPHP CDC HHS/United States ; U48DP000056/DP/NCCDPHP CDC HHS/United States ; K05 AA021143/AA/NIAAA NIH HHS/United States
• Volume:
  27
• Issue:
  4
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:b5e17e5f340c843979d8b24000d83bf6ecfba530bce5ff6886a327f6c7d474bc
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/40344/cdc_40344_DS1.pdf
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