Yeungnam Univ J Med.  1997 Jun;14(1):123-136. 10.12701/yujm.1997.14.1.123.

The Development of the Korean Form of Childhoood Attention Problem(CAP) Scale: A Study on the Reliability and Validity

Affiliations
  • 1Department of Psychiatry College of Medicine, Yeungnam University Taegu, Korea.
  • 2Department of Psychiatry Bugok National Mental Hospital Bugok, Korea.
  • 3Department of Psychiatry College of Medicine, Dongguk University Kyungju, Korea.

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to examine the reliability and validity of a Korean form of Childhood Attention Problem(CAP) scale. CAP were administered to 98 normal elementary school students as control group and 98 attention deficit hyperactivity disorder patients. Male students showed high scores than female students in both subscale and total scores, but not statistically significant. There were no significant difference in CAP scale between male students and female students in attention deficit hyperactivity disorder patients. In the reliability test, the test-retest reliability coefficient was highly satisfactory and that of inattention subscale was 0.83, impulsivity subscale was 0.70 and total score was 0.82. In the reliability test by internal consistency, the Cronbach a coefficient was highly satisfactory and that of inattention subscale was 0.91, overactivity subscale was 0.89(p<0.05). The concurrent validity between CAP scale and ADDES-HV scale was 0.85 in attention deficit hyperactivity disorder patient group and 0.73 in normal control group(p<0.05). In discriminant validity test between attention deficit hyperactivity disorder patient group and normal control group, the patient group showed higher score(p<0.05). The total discriminant capacity of the patient group in CAP was 93.4%. In this point of view, CAP scale showed high reliability and validity in applying to Korean subjects and was proved to be the good and simple screening test tool for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder research and can help many young patient to treat early.

Keyword

Korean version of childhood attention problem scale; Reliability; Validity; Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder

MeSH Terms

Child
Male
Female
Humans
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