TY - JOUR AU - Rapson Gomez AU - Alasdair Vance AU - Vasileios Stavropoulos PY - 2019/03/06 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - Measurement invariance of maternal ratings of ADHD symptoms across clinic referred children's with and without ADHD JF - Advances in Developmental and Educational Psychology JA - ADEP VL - 1 IS - 1 SE - Research Article DO - 10.25082/ADEP.2019.01.002 UR - https://www.syncsci.com/journal/ADEP/article/view/233 AB - The study examined the measurement invariance (configural, metric, scalar, and error variances) and factor mean scores equivalencies of a modified version of the Strengths and Weaknesses of ADHD-Symptoms and Normal Behavior Scale (SWAN-M) across ratings provided by mothers of clinic-referred children and adolescents, diagnosed with (N = 666) and without (N = 202) ADHD. Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) of these ratings provided support for the bi-factor model of ADHD [orthogonal general and specific factors for inattention (IA) and hyperactivity/impulsivity (HI) symptoms].  Multiple-group confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) of the bi-factor model supported full measurement invariance. Findings also showed that for latent mean scores, the ADHD group had higher scores than the non-ADHD group for the ADHD general and IA specific factors. The findings indicate that observed scores (based on maternal ratings of the SWAN-M) are comparable, as they have the same measurement properties. The theoretical, psychometric and clinical implications of the findings are discussed. ER -