Philipps University Marburg, Germany.
TU Dortmund University, Germany.
J Atten Disord. 2021 Aug;25(10):1441-1454. doi: 10.1177/1087054720907955. Epub 2020 Mar 14.
The present study aimed to validate the German version of the Conners Early Childhood (EC)™ among German-speaking children. A total of 720 parental and 599 childcare provider ratings of 2- to 6-year-old children were surveyed throughout Germany. Validity was assessed by calculating exploratory factor analyses (EFAs) and confirmatory factor analyses (CFAs), and a series of multivariate analyses of variance (MANOVAs) to analyze associations between Conners EC™ symptom ratings and sociodemographic variables. In addition, parent and childcare provider ratings of Conners EC™ scales were correlated with a number of other well-validated German measures assessing preschoolers' behaviors. Although the EFA yielded different factors than the original scales, CFA revealed acceptable to good model fits. Overall, we confirmed the factor structure of the Conners EC's™ American original within the German validation. The use of the American factor structure is justified and can be recommended to facilitate international research on psychopathology in early childhood.
本研究旨在验证德文版康纳斯儿童(EC)™在德语儿童中的适用性。通过在德国各地调查了 720 名父母和 599 名儿童保育提供者对 2 至 6 岁儿童的评价,评估了有效性。通过计算探索性因素分析(EFAs)和验证性因素分析(CFAs),以及一系列多元方差分析(MANOVAs)来分析康纳斯 EC 症状评定与社会人口学变量之间的关联,对有效性进行了评估。此外,父母和儿童保育提供者对康纳斯 EC 量表的评定与许多其他经过良好验证的德国测量工具对学前儿童行为的评定进行了相关性分析。尽管 EFA 得出的因素与原始量表不同,但 CFA 显示出可接受到良好的模型拟合度。总的来说,我们在德国验证中确认了康纳斯 EC 的美国原始因素结构。使用美国的因素结构是合理的,并可以推荐用于促进儿童早期心理病理学的国际研究。