TY - JOUR
T1 - Comparing the characteristics and outcomes of parent- and teacher-reported oppositional defiant disorder
T2 - findings from a national sample
AU - McNeilis, James
AU - Maughan, Barbara
AU - Goodman, Robert
AU - Rowe, Richard
PY - 2018/6/1
Y1 - 2018/6/1
N2 - Background: Parents and teachers often disagree on the presence of Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD) in children. It has been argued that ODD should be treated as an informant-specific disorder. This study compared the characteristics of children identified with ODD by parent- and teacher report. Methods: We used the 1999 British Child and Adolescent Mental Health Survey, including more than 10,000 observations aged 5–15 years, to investigate symptom profiles, risk factors, comorbidities and three-year outcomes of parent- and teacher-reported ODD. Results: Parents and teachers poorly agreed on ODD diagnosis. Parent-reported ODD was more strongly associated with a concurrent anxiety disorder at time1 and a successive diagnosis of ODD at time2. Beyond these differences, parent- and teacher- reported ODD showed similar symptom profiles, risk factors, comorbidities, and outcomes. Conclusions: Children identified by parent report and teacher report share more similarities than differences in the characteristics of their disorder. This does not support the formation of informant-specific ODD disorders.
AB - Background: Parents and teachers often disagree on the presence of Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD) in children. It has been argued that ODD should be treated as an informant-specific disorder. This study compared the characteristics of children identified with ODD by parent- and teacher report. Methods: We used the 1999 British Child and Adolescent Mental Health Survey, including more than 10,000 observations aged 5–15 years, to investigate symptom profiles, risk factors, comorbidities and three-year outcomes of parent- and teacher-reported ODD. Results: Parents and teachers poorly agreed on ODD diagnosis. Parent-reported ODD was more strongly associated with a concurrent anxiety disorder at time1 and a successive diagnosis of ODD at time2. Beyond these differences, parent- and teacher- reported ODD showed similar symptom profiles, risk factors, comorbidities, and outcomes. Conclusions: Children identified by parent report and teacher report share more similarities than differences in the characteristics of their disorder. This does not support the formation of informant-specific ODD disorders.
KW - diagnosis
KW - nosology
KW - Oppositional defiant disorder
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85047525918&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1111/jcpp.12845
DO - 10.1111/jcpp.12845
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85047525918
SN - 0021-9630
VL - 59
SP - 659
EP - 666
JO - Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines
JF - Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines
IS - 6
ER -