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THE TRAIT AND METHOD COMPONENTS OF RATINGS OF CONDUCT DISORDER—PART II. FACTORS RELATED TO THE TRAIT COMPONENT OF CONDUCT DISORDER SCORES
Author(s) -
Fergusson D. M.,
Horwood L. J.
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
journal of child psychology and psychiatry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.652
H-Index - 211
eISSN - 1469-7610
pISSN - 0021-9630
DOI - 10.1111/j.1469-7610.1987.tb00209.x
Subject(s) - trait , psychology , conduct disorder , component (thermodynamics) , clinical psychology , statistics , cohort , developmental psychology , mathematics , physics , computer science , thermodynamics , programming language
A theoretical model designed to estimate the associations of variables of interest with the trait component of maternal and teacher ratings of conduct disorder is outlined. This method was applied to data collected in a birth cohort of New Zealand children. The analysis showed marked differences between the correlations for various measures and observed conduct disorder scores and the corresponding correlations with the estimated trait components of these scores. In some cases correlations increased as a result of correction for measurement error whereas in other eases correlations declined as a result of correction for the effects of method factors.