2016
Measuring child maltreatment using multi-informant survey data: a higher-order confirmatory factor analysis
Salum G, DeSousa D, Manfro G, Pan P, Gadelha A, Brietzke E, Miguel E, Mari J, do Rosário M, Grassi-Oliveira R. Measuring child maltreatment using multi-informant survey data: a higher-order confirmatory factor analysis. Trends In Psychiatry And Psychotherapy 2016, 38: 23-32. PMID: 27007940, DOI: 10.1590/2237-6089-2015-0036.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsConfirmatory factor analysisChild maltreatmentOppositional defiant disorder/conduct disorderAttention deficit hyperactivity disorderHigher-order confirmatory factor analysisMulti-informant approachDeficit hyperactivity disorderLower-order factorsLarge community sampleMulti-informant survey dataHigher-order factorsFactor analysisMeasures of psychopathologyTeacher-reported scoresOverall child maltreatmentFear disordersProsocial measuresHyperactivity disorderBrief measureDistress disordersCommunity sampleConduct disorderEmotional abuseDivergent validitySexual abuse
2006
Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders and Rheumatic Fever: A Family Study
Hounie A, Pauls D, do Rosario-Campos M, Mercadante M, Diniz J, De Mathis M, De Mathis M, Chacon P, Shavitt R, Curi M, Guilherme L, Miguel E. Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders and Rheumatic Fever: A Family Study. Biological Psychiatry 2006, 61: 266-272. PMID: 16616727, DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2006.02.021.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdolescentAdultBacterial ProteinsCase-Control StudiesChildData Interpretation, StatisticalFamilyFemaleHumansInterview, PsychologicalLogistic ModelsMaleObserver VariationObsessive-Compulsive DisorderOdds RatioPsychiatric Status Rating ScalesRheumatic FeverRiskStreptococcal InfectionsStreptolysinsConceptsFirst-degree relativesRheumatic feverObsessive-compulsive spectrum disordersSydenham's choreaFDRs of controlsStructured psychiatric interviewUnderlying etiologic mechanismsCase-control family studyFamily studiesControl first-degree relativesBest-estimate diagnosesHigh rateRF patientsCompulsive spectrum disordersOdds ratioMorbid riskEtiologic mechanismsPsychiatric interviewSpectrum disorderLogistic regressionProbandsFeverPatientsChoreaDiagnosis