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Sex differences in young children who meet criteria for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.
Full Abstract
Examined sex differences in a mostly clinic-referred sample of 127 children (22 girls, 105 boys) who met Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (4th ed.; [DSM-IV], American Psychiatric Association, 1994) criteria for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and 125 comparison children (24 girls, 101 boys) matched on age, sex, and race-ethnicity. Children in both groups ranged in age from 3 years, 10 months to 7 years, 0 months. Both girls and boys who met criteria for ADHD were more impaired than same-sex controls on a variety of measures when intelligence and other types of psychopathology were controlled. Teachers reported that boys with ADHD were more inattentive and more hyperactive/impulsive than girls with ADHD. These findings suggest that the diagnosis of ADHD is valid for both girls and boys in this young age range. Young girls and boys who meet DSM-IV criteria for ADHD are more similar than different, but boys tend to display more symptoms of ADHD, particularly in school.
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Author information
Author/s: Hartung, Cynthia M (CM); Willcutt, Erik G (EG); Lahey, Benjamin B (BB); Pelham, William E (WE); Loney, Jan (J); Stein, Mark A (MA); Keenan, Kate (K);
Affiliation: Oklahoma State University, USA. cmhart@okstate.edu
Journal and publication information
Publication Type: Journal Article
Journal: Journal of clinical child and adolescent psychology : the official journal for the Society of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, American Psychological Association, Division 53 (J Clin Child Adolesc Psychol), published in United States. (Language: eng)
Reference: 2002-Dec; vol 31 (issue 4) : pp 453-64
Dates: Created 2002/10/29; Completed 2003/03/21; Revised 2004/11/17;
PMID: 12402565, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 11/6/2008)
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