Abstract:

Introduction: The main objective was to investigate the norm study, transliteral equilivalance, the validity and reliability of the Turkish version of Adult ADD/ADHD DSM-IV Based Diagnostic Screening and Rating Scale devoloped by Prof.Dr..Atilla Turgay (1995). Method: In this study; Adult ADHD Scale,Adjective Check List,SCL 90-R and State Trait Anxiety Inventory were used. The subjects of the study were: 30 patients diagnosed as Adult ADHD, 30 Patients diagnosed as Bipolar Disorder, 30 patients with Alcohol and Substance Abuse, 47 students and 163 healthy individuals (control) Transliteral equivalence, internal reliability coefficient, correlation coefficient of item summary, repeated test reliability, item reliability, construct and criterion validitity were assessed. Findings : Transliteral assesment of Adult ADHD Scale did not reveal any significant difference in related t test analysis both for general and subdimensional asessments. General reliability are demonstrated with internal reliability coefficients;in which the highest reliability calculated with Cronbach Alpha (,9566) and less in Spearmann Brown (.9072) and Gutmann (,9072) technics.Kaiser Meyer Olkin value over ,50 indicating sampling size is large enough for factor analysis .Significant results in Barlett test showed that measured parameters are originated from a mulltidimensional variable .Factor analysis processed with Varimax –rotated method revealed 3 sub-dimension of the scale and related subdimensional variables. Results: Our study demonstrated that Adult ADHD Rating Scale Turkish version is transliterally equivallent, valid and reliable. Key words: Hyperactivity, validity, reliability, norm studies.

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