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. 2016 Oct 25;17(1):85–96. doi: 10.1016/j.ijchp.2016.07.003

Table 4.

Evidence of external and convergent validity of the Conners EC GI and the Conners 3 AI.

Conners EC Global Index
Conners 3 ADHD Index
Teacher’ Form
Parents’ Form
Teacher’ Form
Parents’ Form
IN RI EL TOT RI EL TOT IN HI TOT IN HI TOT
r r r r r r r r r r r r r
Academic achievement
 Self-care -.51** -.35** -.38** -.44** -.45** -.26* -.40** - - - - - -
 Social interaction -.38** -.23 -.38** -.35** -.35** -.21 -.32** - - - - - -
 Motor skills -.30* -.22 -.22 -.30* -.21 -.00 -.13 -.26** -.04 -.22* -.20* -.24** -.22**
 Science -.33* -.23 -.22 -.33* -.36** -.22 -.33* -.40** -.21* -.38** -.38** -.32** -.37**
 Art -.49** -.32** -.33** -.41** -.37** -.15 -.30** -.51** -.19* -.46** -.30** -.30** -.31**
 Mathematics -.47** -.19 -.34** -.34** -.38** -.17 -.32** -.44** -.14 -.39** -.29** -.24** -.28**
 Language -.31** -.08 -.22 -.20 -.32** -.20 -.30* -.47** -.26** -.45** -.33** -.26** -.31**
 Foreign language - - - - - - - -.45** -.20* -.42** -.28** -.26** -.28**
 Average achievement -.50** -.28* -.42** -.42** -.44** -.22 -.38** -.52** -.23** -.48** -.37** -.32** -.36**



Psychopathological measures
K-SADS ADHD
 Inattentive factor .48** .63** .58** .65** .58** .39** .55** .48** .38** .50** .66** .63** .67**
 Hyperactive-impulsive factor .45** .58** .42** .56** .71** .38** .62** .45** .42** .49** .61** .64** .64**
 Total score .49** .64** .53** .64** .69** .41** .63** .52** .44** .54** .70** .70** .72**



CBCL scales
 ADHD DSM scale .25* .41** .23* .35** .62** .43** .60** .50** .43** .52** .71** .77** .76**
 Internalizing problems .19 .17 .18 .20 .38** .51** .49** .10 .05 .09 .42** .46** .45**
 Externalizing problems .25* .46** .32** .41** .695* .58** .71** 41** .39** .41** .69** .70** .72**
 Total problems .26* .30* .24* .30** .57** .57** .64** .32** .25** .33** .69** .70** .71**

Note. IN: Inattentive; RI: Restless-impulsive; EL: Emotional lability; HI: Hyperactive-impulsive; TOT: Total. **p<.01; *p<.05.