TY - JOUR T1 - Psychometric Properties of Persian Version of Conners’ Adult Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder Rating Scale (Screening Form-Self Reporting) TT - ویژگی‌های روان‌سنجی نسخه فارسی مقیاس ارزیابی اختلال بیش‌فعالی/ کم‌توجهی بزرگسالی کانرز (نسخه غربالگری- خودگزارشی) JF - ijpcp JO - ijpcp VL - 20 IS - 3 UR - http://ijpcp.iums.ac.ir/article-1-2239-en.html Y1 - 2014 SP - 243 EP - 251 KW - adult attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder KW - Conners’ Adult ADHD Screening Scale KW - validity KW - reliability N2 -   Objectives : The aim of this study was to assess the validity and reliability of the Persian version of the Conners’ Adult Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) Screening Scale (screening form-self reporting). Method: The Persian version of the scale was produced through translation to Persian, back-translation and confirming the accuracy of translation. The face and content validities of translated scale were checked by four child and adolescent psychiatrists. Afterwards, 100 parents of children with ADHD were chosen using convenience sampling method. Interview with these people was performed by a child and adolescent psychiatrist. The results of interviews for detecting affection with adult’s ADHD based on Utah criteria were compared with the results of Persian version of the Conners’ Adult ADHD Screening Scale, and criterion validity was calculated. For assessment of the test-retest reliability, 30 individuals from the participants completed the scale once more after three weeks. The data were analyzed using Pearson’s and Spearman’s correlation coefficients. Results: The mean age of the studied population was 36 (SD=5) of whom 67% were women. Intraclass correlation coefficients (ICC) for all subscales was higher than 0.7. The Cronbach’s alpha coefficient for all subscales was also higher than 0.8. The Pearson’s correlation matrix of subscales was significant (p M3 ER -