G. Leonard Burns
Professor
Ph.D. University of Connecticut, 1985
Contact Information:
Email: glburns@wsu.edu
Office: Johnson Tower 221C
Phone: (509) 335-8229
Classes Taught:
Psychology 440: Introduction to Clinical Psychology
Psychology 512: Correlation & Regression
Psychology 514: Psychometrics
Psychology 515: Applied Structural Equation Modeling
Professional Associations:
Fellow, Association for Psychological Science
Fellow, American Psychological Association (Divisions 5,12 and 53)
Research Interests:
I am currently using structural equation modeling procedures (e.g., confirmatory factor analysis, structural regression analysis, latent growth analysis, item response theory) to develop and validate parent and teacher rating scales of attention-deficit and conduct problem behaviors within and across countries. Current projects are comparing the similarities and differences in the organization of these symptoms across Brazilian, Thai, and American children. Other research focuses on the usefulness of the sluggish cognitive tempo symptoms to improve understanding of ADHD. Students who work with me have the opportunity to examine ethnic and cultural differences in child behavior problems as well as learn advanced measurement and analytic procedures.
Selected Publications :
Shipp, F., Burns, G. L., & Desmul, C. (2010) Construct validity of ADHD-IN, ADHD-HI, ODD toward Adults, academic and social competence dimensions with teacher rating of Thai adolescents. Journal of Pyschopathology and Behavioral Assessment, 32, 557-564.
Burns, G. L., Desmul, C., Walsh, J. A., Silpakit, C., & Ussahawanitchakit, P. (2009). A multitrait (ADHD-IN, ADHD-HI, ODD toward adults, academic and social Competence) by multisource (mothers and fathers) evaluation of the invariance and convergent/discriminant validity of the Child and Adolescent Disruptive Behavior Inventory with Thai Adolescents. Psychological Assessment, 21, 635-641.
Moura, M. A. & Burns, G. L. (2010). Oppositional defiant disorder toward adults and oppositional defiant disorder toward other children: Evidence for two separate constructs with mothers’ and fathers’ ratings of Brazilian children. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry.
Severa, M., Lorenzo-Seva, U., Cardo, E., Rodríguez-Fornells, A., & Burns, G. L. (2010). Understanding trait and source effects in ADHD and ODD rating scales: Mothers’, fathers’ and teachers’ ratings of children from the Balearic Islands. Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 39, 1-11.
Burns, G. L., Moura, M. A., Walsh, J. A., Desmul, C., Silpakit, C., & Sommers-Flanagan, J. (2008). Invariance and convergent and discriminant validity between mothers’ and fathers’ ratings of oppositional defiant disorder towards adults, ADHD-HI, ADHD-IN, and academic competence factors within Brazilian, Thai, and American children. Psychological Assessment, 20, 121-130.
Gomez, R., Burns, G. L., & Walsh, J. A. (2008). Parent ratings of oppositional defiant disorder symptoms: Item response theory analyses of cross-national and cross-racial invariance. Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment, 30, 10-19.
Oneal, B.J., Burns, G. L., Kahn, T. J., Rich, P., & Worling, J. A. (2008). Initial psychometric properties of a treatment planning and progress inventory for adolescents who sexually abuse. Sexual Abuse: A Journal of Research and Treatment, 20, 161-187.
Burns, G. L., Walsh, J. A., Gomez, R., & Hafetz, N. (2006). Measurement and structural invariance of parent ratings of ADHD and ODD symptoms across gender for American and Malaysian children. Psychological Assessment, 18, 452-457.
Taylor, T. K., Burns, G. L., Rusby, J., & Foster, E. M. (2006). Oppositional defiant disorder toward adults and oppositional defiant disorder toward peers: Initial evidence for two separate constructs. Psychological Assessment, 18, 439-443.
Burns, G. L., & Haynes, S. N. (2006). Clinical psychology: Construct validation with multiple sources of information and multiple settings. In M. Eid & E. Diener (Eds.), Handbook of Multimethod Measurement in Psychology. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
Gomez, R., Burns, G. L., Walsh, J. A., & Hafetz, N. (2005). A multitrait-multisource confirmatory factor analytic approach to the construct validilty of ADHD and ODD rating scales with Malaysian children. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 33, 241-254
Gomez, R., Burns, G. L., Walsh, J. A., & Moura, M. A. (2003). A multitrait-multisource factor analytic approach to the construct validity of ADHD rating scales. Psychological Assessment, 15, 3-16.
Burns, G. L., Gomez, R., Walsh, J. A., & Moura, M. A. (2003). Understanding source effects in ADHD rating scales: Reply to DuPaul. Psychological Assessment, 15, 118-119.
Burns, G. L., Walsh, J. A., & R. Gomez, R. (2003). Convergent and discriminant validity of trait and source effects in ADHD-Inattention and Hyperactivity/Impulsivity measures across a 3-month interval. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 15, 529-541.
Burns, G. L., & Walsh, J. A. (2002). The Influence of ADHD-Hyperactivity/Impulsivity symptoms on the development of oppositional defiant disorder symptoms in a two year longitudinal study. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 30, 245-256.
Burns, G. L., Walsh, J. A., Boe, B., Sommers-Flanagan, R., & Teegarden, L. A. (2001). A confirmatory factor analysis on the DSM-IV ADHD and ODD symptoms: What is the best model for the organization of these symptoms? Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 29, 339-349.
Burns, G. L., Walsh, J. A., Patterson, D. R., Holte, C. S., Sommers-Flanagan, R., & Parker, C. M. (2001). Attention-deficit and disruptive behavior disorder symptoms: Usefulness of a frequency count procedure to measure these symptoms. European Journal of Psychological Assessment, 17, 25-35.
Burns, G. L. (2000). Problem of item overlap between the Psychopathy Screening Device and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, oppositional defiant disorder, and conduct disorder rating scales. Psychological Assessment, 12, 447-450.
Burns, G. L., & Patterson, D. R. (2000). Factor structure of the Eyberg Child Behavior Inventory: A parent rating scale of oppositional defiant behavior toward adults, inattentive behavior, and conduct problem behavior. Journal of Clinical Child Psychology, 29, 569- 577.
Teegarden, L. A., & Burns, G. L. (1999). Twelve month stability of ADHD, oppositional defiant disorder, and conduct disorder symptoms in kindergarten through fifth grade children based on a single information source: Usefulness of teacher ratings for the creation and study of the ADHD subtypes. Child and Family Behavior Therapy, 21, 53-70.
Skansgaard, E. P., & Burns, G. L. (1998). Comparison of DSM-IV ADHD combined and predominantly inattention types: Convergent and discriminant validity between teacher ratings and direct observations of inattentive, hyperactivity/impulsivity, slow cognitive tempo, oppositional defiant, and overt conduct disorder symptoms. Child and Family Behavior Therapy, 20, 1-14.
Burns, G. L., Walsh, J. A., Patterson, D. R., Holte, C. S., Sommers-Flanagan, R., & Parker, C. M. (1997). Internal validity of the disruptive behavior disorder symptoms: Implications from parent ratings for a dimensional approach to symptom validity. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 25, 307-319.
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