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Herzhoff, Kathrin; Tackett, Jennifer L.

Subfactors of oppositional defiant disorder: converging evidence from structural and latent class analyses

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  • Media type: E-Article
  • Title: Subfactors of oppositional defiant disorder: converging evidence from structural and latent class analyses
  • Contributor: Herzhoff, Kathrin; Tackett, Jennifer L.
  • imprint: Wiley, 2016
  • Published in: Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry
  • Language: English
  • DOI: 10.1111/jcpp.12423
  • ISSN: 0021-9630; 1469-7610
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  • Description: <jats:sec><jats:title>Background</jats:title><jats:p>Structural models of oppositional defiant disorder (<jats:styled-content style="fixed-case">ODD</jats:styled-content>) symptoms have gained empirical support but await greater empirical scrutiny on issues such as reconciliation between competing models, evidence for gender differences, and delineation of external correlates. More extensive validation evidence is particularly necessary in consideration of their incorporation in psychiatric nomenclature.</jats:p></jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Methods</jats:title><jats:p>We fitted previously proposed, but competing, models to <jats:styled-content style="fixed-case">ODD</jats:styled-content> symptoms assessed with the Computerized Diagnostic Interview Schedule for Children (Shaffer et al., 2000, <jats:italic>J. Am. Acad. Child Adolesc. Psychiatry</jats:italic>,<jats:italic> 39</jats:italic>, 28) in a community sample and then fitted the best‐fitting model in a replication sample (combined <jats:italic>N </jats:italic>=<jats:italic> </jats:italic>730, <jats:italic>M</jats:italic><jats:sub>age</jats:sub> = 9.89, <jats:italic><jats:styled-content style="fixed-case">SD</jats:styled-content></jats:italic> = 0.75). Analyses also examined potential classes based on resulting subfactors, gender differences, longitudinal associations with later behavioral problems, and concurrent personality associations.</jats:p></jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results</jats:title><jats:p>Burke's (2010) two‐factor model composed of Irritability and Oppositionality subfactors best fit the data. Irritability and Oppositionality showed convergent and divergent patterns of association with personality traits at T1 and with externalizing and internalizing problems at T2. Latent class analyses revealed three classes (low severity, irritable/combined, and oppositional) which showed parallel divergence in externalizing and internalizing problem comorbidity. These findings were largely robust across gender and samples.</jats:p></jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusions</jats:title><jats:p>These findings support Irritability/Oppositionality subfactors of <jats:styled-content style="fixed-case">ODD</jats:styled-content> in two mixed‐gender samples, demonstrate strong evidence for a lack of gender differences in such subfactors, and demonstrate their convergent and divergent validity in emergent latent classes, later behavioral problems, and personality correlates.</jats:p></jats:sec>