Frontiers in Psychology (Jun 2022)

Psychometric Properties of ADHD Rating Scale—5 for Children and Adolescents in Sudan—School Version

  • Abdulkarim Alhossein,
  • Abdulrahman Abdullah Abaoud,
  • David Becker,
  • Rashed Aldabas,
  • Salaheldin Farah Bakhiet,
  • Mohammed Al Jaffal,
  • Manar Alsufyani,
  • Nagda Mohamed Abdu Elrahim,
  • Nouf Alzrayer

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.883578
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13

Abstract

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The ADHD Rating Scale—5 for Children and Adolescents, School Version, has been adopted and validated to be used in assessing ADHD among school children within Western contexts. However, there are few assessment tools in use for identifying ADHD characteristics in children in Sudan. Therefore, this study aimed to investigate the psychometric properties of this rating scale in the context of Sudan. To accomplish this, data were collected on a sample of 3,742 school-aged children and adolescents as reported by their teachers. Psychometric properties can be classified as very good, with very high reliability (>0.90), and high construct validity tested by exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis. Thus, the ADHD Rating Scale—5 for Children and Adolescents, School Version, is valid, reliable, and suitable to use for assessing ADHD symptoms among children and adolescents in the Sudanese context.

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