PERSISTENCE OF HYPERACTIVITY SYMPTOMS FROM CHILDHOOD TO ADOLESCENCE AND ASSOCIATED OUTCOMES

Hyperactive boys and matched controls from a large-scale epidemiological study, followed for at least three years to age 12, were compared on parent and teacher reports and assessments of attention, achievement, and intellectual functioning. Three outcome groups, based on presence or absence of hype...

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Veröffentlicht in:	American journal of orthopsychiatry 1987-01, Vol.57 (1), p.22-32
Hauptverfasser:	Lambert, Nadine M., Hartsough, Carolyn S., Sassone, Dana, Sandoval, Jonathan
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Achievement Adolescent Adolescent Development Antisocial Personality Disorder - diagnosis Attention Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity - diagnosis Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity - psychology Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity - therapy Biological and medical sciences Child Child clinical studies Childhood Development Cognitive Ability Follow-Up Studies Human Humans Hyperactivity Intelligence Male Medical sciences Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry Psychopathology. Psychiatry Symptoms
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Zusammenfassung:	Hyperactive boys and matched controls from a large-scale epidemiological study, followed for at least three years to age 12, were compared on parent and teacher reports and assessments of attention, achievement, and intellectual functioning. Three outcome groups, based on presence or absence of hyperactivity symptoms, were derived and compared to the DSM-III description of ADD-H. Problem-free adolescents who were hyperactive in childhood were found to be more mature cognitively and behaviorally than those whose problems persisted.
ISSN:	0002-9432 1939-0025
DOI:	10.1111/j.1939-0025.1987.tb03505.x