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Are attentional-hyperactivity deficits unidimensional or multidimensional syndromes? Empirical findings from a community survey
- Source :
- Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. 31(3)
- Publication Year :
- 1992
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Abstract
- Factor analysis on teacher ratings of symptoms in a probability community sample of children aged 6 to 16 years (N = 614) yielded two factors: Inattention and Hyperactivity-Impulsivity. Subsequent cluster analyses on the scores of factorially derived scales for a subsample of 170 children with a diagnosis of attention deficit disorder with (ADDH) and without hyperactivity (ADDWO), or normals, resulted in five clusters that accounted for 88% of the variance. The existence of these clusters was confirmed using external validating criteria. The data support a bidimensional conceptualization of attention deficit disorder with hyperactivity, one dimension consisting of symptoms of inattention and another of symptoms of hyperactivity-impulsivity. The data also suggests that a condition very similar to the DSM-III-R description of undifferentiated attention-deficit disorder also exists as a distinct entity.
- Subjects :
- Nosology
Male
Psychiatric Status Rating Scales
Conceptualization
Adolescent
Cross-sectional study
Attention deficit disorder
Incidence
Puerto Rico
Motor Activity
Developmental psychology
Psychiatry and Mental health
Analisis factorial
Cross-Sectional Studies
Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity
Child, Preschool
Developmental and Educational Psychology
Humans
Statistical analysis
Attention
Female
Motor activity
Community survey
Psychology
Child
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 08908567
- Volume :
- 31
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....3f18cda7edc25b24fae8bcde8078eabd