Mancini Vincent O, Rudaizky Daniel, Pearcy Benjamin T D, Marriner Angela, Pestell Carmela F, Gomez Rapson, Bucks Romola S, Chen Wai
Complex Attention and Hyperactivity Disorders Service (CAHDS), Child and Adolescent Health Service (CAHS), Department of Health Western Australia, Australia.
Discipline of Psychological Science, Australian College of Applied Psychology, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
Sleep Med X. 2019 Jul 12;1:100006. doi: 10.1016/j.sleepx.2019.100006. eCollection 2019 Dec.
To examine the factor structure of the Sleep Disorder Scale for Children (SDSC) in children and adolescents with attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).
The caregivers of 307 children with ADHD completed the SDSC. Standard and bifactor confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) evaluated the goodness-of-fit of competing factor structures.
The original and unidimensional factor structure produced sub-optimal fit. Bifactor exploratory factor analysis (EFA) was performed to examine the underlying structure of the SDSC. A revised bifactor solution comprising six-specific factors and a general factor was identified. A nested version of this model was deemed to be the preferred model, which also demonstrated good psychometric properties.
There is evidence of a 'general sleep difficulties' factor in children with ADHD. Four of the six original factors were replicated in this study. However, the revised factor structure suggests that clinicians should be cautious of the utility of subscale scores pending further validation in ADHD samples.
探讨注意缺陷多动障碍(ADHD)儿童及青少年的儿童睡眠障碍量表(SDSC)的因子结构。
307名ADHD儿童的照料者完成了SDSC。标准和双因素验证性因子分析(CFA)评估了竞争因子结构的拟合优度。
原始的单维因子结构产生了次优拟合。进行双因素探索性因子分析(EFA)以检验SDSC的潜在结构。确定了一个修订的双因素解决方案,包括六个特定因子和一个一般因子。该模型的嵌套版本被认为是首选模型,其也显示出良好的心理测量特性。
有证据表明ADHD儿童存在“一般睡眠困难”因子。本研究重复了六个原始因子中的四个。然而,修订后的因子结构表明,在ADHD样本中进行进一步验证之前,临床医生应谨慎使用分量表分数。