Evidence for the reliability and preliminary validity of the Adult ADHD Self-Report Scale v1.1 (ASRS v1.1) Screener in an adolescent community sample
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OBJECTIVES: There is a need for brief and publicly-available assessments of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) easily administered in large-scale survey efforts monitoring symptoms among adolescents. The ADHD Self-Report Scale v1.1 (ASRS; Kessler et al., 2005) Screener, a six-item measure of ADHD symptoms, is a valid and reliable screening instrument for ADHD among adults. The current study provides initial evidence for the reliability and validity of the ASRS Screener among a community sample of U.S. adolescents. METHODS: Middle and high school students in grades 6 through 12 (N = 2,472) completed the ASRS Screener, along with the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ; Goodman, 2001) and several questions about school functioning. RESULTS: The ASRS Screener demonstrated good internal consistency, with items captured by a single underlying latent variable, which was invariant across subsamples differing by gender. The ASRS Screener scores were associated with the SDQ subscale measuring hyperactivity/inattention (r = 0.58) and significantly less strongly associated with other SDQ subscale scores (r = -0.15-0.41). The ASRS Screener scores were also significantly associated with student-reported school functioning. CONCLUSION: Findings suggest directions for future research and provide preliminary support for use of the ASRS Screener as a brief tool for identifying symptoms of ADHD among adolescents.
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Clinical samples or individuals seeking psychiatric care generally exhibit higher ADHD rates than community-based samples, reflecting selection bias.
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The Discussion reports higher ASRS screening scores in one treatment-seeking adolescent sample than in the paper’s school-based sample. It also reports higher scores in a nonclinical sample, and cautions that ASRS scores are not ADHD diagnoses. The paper therefore does not establish generally higher ADHD rates in clinical samples or attribute such a difference to selection bias. (LLM, conf=0.81)
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- Authors
- Green, J. G., DeYoung, G., Wogan, M. E., Wolf, E. J., Lane, K. L., & Adler, L. A.
- Affiliations
- Boston University (US)
- University of Kansas (US)
- NYU Langone Health (US)
- Venue
- International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 2018-11-08
- Volume
- 28
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- e1751-e1751
- ISSN
- 1049-8931 (ISSN-L)
- 1557-0657
- PMC
- PMC6877133
- OpenAlex
- W2899731021
- Cited by
- 70
- References
- 47
- Citations by year
- 2026: 10 · 2025: 18 · 2024: 13 · 2023: 14 · 2022: 8 · 2021: 5 · 2020: 1 · 2019: 1
- FWCI
- 1.38
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Locations
- International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research (publishedVersion)
- Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- Major League Baseball
- Sunovion
- Shire
- H. Lundbeck A/S
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Psychiatry and Mental health › Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
- Social Sciences › Decision Sciences › Management Science and Operations Research › Psychometric Methodologies and Testing
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology › Developmental and Educational Neuropsychology
- Keywords
- ADHD screening, adolescents, ADHD symptoms, psychometric validation, reliability statistics, internal consistency, Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire, hyperactivity/inattention, school functioning, gender invariance, community sample
- MeSH terms
- Adolescent, Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity, Child, Female, Humans, Male, Psychiatric Status Rating Scales, Reproducibility of Results, Self Report
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