Comprehensive Psychiatry
Volume 47, Issue 2 , Pages 116-122, March 2006

The relations between DISC-IV DSM diagnoses of ADHD and multi-informant CBCL-AP syndrome scores☆

  • Eske M. Derks

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biological Psychology, Vrije Universiteit, 1081 BT Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +31 20 598 8743; fax: +31 20 598 8832.
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  • Jim J. Hudziak

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Medicine, Division of Human Genetics, Center for Children, Youth and Families, Burlington, VT 05401, USA
    • College of Medicine, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT 05401, USA
    • ,
  • Conor V. Dolan

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychology, University of Amsterdam, 1018 WB Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    • ,
  • Robert F. Ferdinand

      Affiliations

    • Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Erasmus Medical Center/Sophia Children's Hospital, 3015 GJ Rotterdam, The Netherlands
    • ,
  • Dorret I. Boomsma

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biological Psychology, Vrije Universiteit, 1081 BT Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Abstract 

Background

Previous studies have examined the relation between attention problems (APs) obtained with the Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL) and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) assessed with the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM). We will examine this relation across sex using multi-informant data.

Methods

Parents of 12538 twins, aged 7, 10, and 12 years, and teachers of twins, aged 10 years, completed the questionnaires. The mothers of a sample of 283 boys and 291 girls who scored either low or high on longitudinal maternal CBCL-AP were interviewed.

Results

Children with a low AP score obtained a negative ADHD diagnosis in 96% of cases. Children with a high AP score obtained a positive diagnosis in 36% (girls) and 59% (boys) of cases. The association between paternal and maternal AP ratings and ADHD was the same, whereas the association between teacher AP ratings and ADHD was low.

Conclusions

The association between AP and ADHD is higher in boys than girls, possibly because of a bias toward the male manifestation of ADHD.

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☆ This work was supported by NWO grants 575-25-006, 575-25-012, and 904-57-94 (DI Boomsma, principal investigator), NIMH grant MH58799 (JJ Hudziak, principal investigator), and by the Center for Neurogenomics and Cognitive Research.

PII: S0010-440X(05)00077-5

doi:10.1016/j.comppsych.2005.05.006

Comprehensive Psychiatry
Volume 47, Issue 2 , Pages 116-122, March 2006

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