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KADDS
Knowledge of Attention Deficit Disorders Scale - deutsche Fassung
Short abstract
The KADDS is a questionnaire to measure a person's expertise on attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). It was developed by Sciutto and colleagues (2000) to assess existing and missing knowledge and misconceptions among parents of children with ADHD, their teachers and educators, and other educational and clinical professionals. The questionnaire can also be used by students and other adults. The KADDS contains 36 statements on ADHD, divided into the scales (1) Symptoms and diagnosis of ADHD, (2) Treatment of ADHD, (3) General aspects of the disorder in terms of cause or course. Reliability: The internal consistency is Cronbach's Alpha = .69 (total scale) or Alpha = .29-.52 (scale level). Validity (content and construct validity): During the development of the KADDS (original English version) only items were included in the scale whose content statements were empirically confirmed and sufficiently documented. The intercorrelations between the subscales are significant and moderately pronounced. Participants of a further training on ADHD scored significantly better on the KADDS items in the post- and follow-up test than before the workshop (= change sensitivity).
Leibniz Institute for Psychology (ZPID). (2019). Open Test Archive: KADDS. Knowledge of Attention Deficit Disorders Scale - deutsche Fassung. Available at: https://www.testarchiv.eu/en/test/9007370
Citation
Schmiedeler, S. (2017). KADDS. Deutsche Version der Knowledge of Attention Deficit Disorders Scale [Verfahrensdokumentation und Fragebogen mit Lösungen]. In Leibniz-Institut für Psychologie (ZPID) (Hrsg.), Open Test Archive. Trier: ZPID.
https://doi.org/10.23668/psycharchives.6551
Short information
Short Name KADDS
English Name Knowledge of Attention Deficit Disorders Scale - German version
Authors Schmiedeler, S.
Published in Test archive 2017
Copyright/Licence Copyright Autoren; CC-BY-NC-ND 3.0
Key words Attention Deficit Disorder, Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity, Health Knowledge, Parents, Teachers, Preschool Teachers, Knowledge Level
Language versions deu
Application age Adults (parents, educators, teachers, students, etc.)
Item number 36 items
Subscales (1) Symptoms and diagnosis of ADHD, (2) Treatment of ADHD, (3) General aspects of the disorder
Application Time 10-20 minutes
Interpretation time 5-10 minutes
Internal consistency: Cronbach's alpha = .69 (total scale) or alpha = .29-.52 (scale level).
Findings on content and construct validity; sensitivity to change.
None.
Applications Research
There is no abstract in English available. Short information about the measure can be found under Overview. More can be found on the German pages.
There is no review in English available. Short information about the measure can be found under Overview. More can be found on the German pages.
First published in
Schmiedeler, S. (2017). KADDS. Deutsche Version der Knowledge of Attention Deficit Disorders Scale. In Leibniz-Zentrum für Psychologische Information und Dokumentation (ZPID) (Hrsg.), Elektronisches Testarchiv. Trier: ZPID. https://doi.org/10.23668/psycharchives.778 PSYNDEX Dok.-Nr. 9007370
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Contact information
PD Dr. Sandra Schmiedeler, Universität Würzburg, Lehrstuhl für Psychologie IV, Röntgenring 10, D-97070 Würzburg