If there was a perfect relationship between a diagnosis of conduct disorder in early adolescence and a diagnosis of antisocial personality disorder in adulthood, this would be evidence for the __________ of the first diagnosis.
A) sensitivity
B) predictive validity
C) concurrent validity
D) interrater reliability
E) reliability

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Predictive validity refers to the extent to which a diagnosis or measure is able to predict future outcomes or behaviors. So, if a diagnosis of conduct disorder in early adolescence was able to accurately predict a diagnosis of antisocial personality disorder in adulthood, this would be evidence of the predictive validity of the first diagnosis.

If There Was a Perfect Relationship Between a Diagnosis of Conduct