Year: 2006
Type: dissertation
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: Objective: To examine gender differences in symptoms of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and associated factors as rated by parents and teachers in a sample of normal Icelandic children. Method:A school-based sample of 115 children (68 boys and 47 girls), aged 6 to 11 years old, was evaluated by their parents and teachers with the Behavior Assessment System for Children (BASC).Results: Parents and teachers rated boys significantly higher than girls on hyperactivity/ impulsivity and aggression symptoms.Teachers rated boys higher than girls on inattention symptoms but parents did not.Externalizing problems best predicted hyperactivity/ impulsivity symptoms and internalizing problems and learning problems best predicted inattention symptoms in both boys and girls.There was a significant correlation between parents' and teachers' ratings of ADHD symptoms in boys but not in girls.Conclusion: More externalizing behaviours of boys than girls may be inflating their ratings of ADHD symptoms, especially among teachers.The clinical relevance of the observed poor concordance between parents and teachers in their reports of ADHD symptoms in girls is discussed.Chapter Two Gender differences in symptoms of ADHD 1 **.Correlation is significant at the 0.01 level (2-tailed) *.Correlation is significant at the 0.05 level (2-tailed) ¹ADHD symptoms = Hyperactivity and Attention Problems scales combined Bongers, I.L., Koot, H.M., van der Ende, J., & Verhulst, F.C. (2004).Developmental trajectories of externalizing behaviors in childhood and adolescence.Child Development, 75, 1523-1537.Bohlin G., & Janols, L.O. (2004).Behavioural problems and psychiatric symptoms in 5-13 year-old Swedish children-a comparison of parent ratings on the FTF (Five to Fifteen) with the ratings on CBCL (Child Behavior Checklist).European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, Suppl 3, 14-22.Brewis, A. (2002).Social and biological measures of hyperactivity and inattention: Are they describing similar underlying constructs of child behavior?Social Biology, 49, 99-115.Brewis, A., & Schmidt, K.L. (2003).Gender variation in the identification of Mexican children's psychiatric symptoms.
Author: Sólveig Jónsdóttir
Language: English
Subfield: Psychiatry and Mental health
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W827974025