Date of Award
1997
Document Type
Dissertation
Degree Name
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
Department
Psychology
Abstract
This study evaluated the relationship of six parent and eight teacher rating scales to the T.O.V.A. measures of Inattention, Impulsivity, Response Time and Variability. Subjects consisted of 88 children 6 through 14 years of age, referred by teachers and parents to a school psychologist in a small midwestern community for evaluation of ADHD symptomatology. These students attended school at four public elementary schools and three private religious elementary schools. Sixty-eight subjects were males and twenty subjects were females. Each child was administered the T.O.V.A. by a school psychologist. Parents filled out the BASC:PRS, CPRS-48, and the ADHD Rating Scale. Teachers completed the BASC:TRS, CTRS-28, the ADHD Rating Scale and the APRS. Results from correlational analyses of parent rating scales, teacher rating scales and the four T.O.V.A. variables are presented and discussed. Multiple regression analyses were used to evaluate sets of parent and teacher rating scales as predictors of the four T.O.V.A. variables. On the basis of the study it was concluded that the combination of the sets of parent and teacher rating scales accounted for approximately one-sixth of the variance of the T.O.V.A. Impulsivity measure. The combination of the sets of parent and teacher rating scales did not explain an important part of the variance of the T.O.V.A. Inattention, Response Time or Variability measures.
Recommended Citation
Kiger, Nancy Claire, "An Evaluation Of Parent And Teacher Rating Scales As Predictors Of The T.O.V.A. Measures Of Inattention, Impulsivity, Response Time And Variability" (1997). All-Inclusive List of Electronic Theses and Dissertations. 768.
https://scholars.indianastate.edu/etds/768