A Case Control Study of Behavioral Problems in Children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder / 中国临床心理学杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective: To analyse the behavioral problems of children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.Methods: 70 boys fulfilled ADHD criteria of DSM-IV were further divided into 3 subtypes: predominantly inattentive(PI,44 cases),predominantly hyperactive-impulsive(HI,6 cases) and combined type(CT,20 cases).Compare the behavioral problems of subtypes of ADHD and 63 normal children.Results: The incidence of behavioral problems in boys with ADHD(48.57%) was significantly higher than that in control group(12.70%),and significant differences in incidence of behavioral problems were found among the three subtypes of ADHD.ADHD CT subtype had the highest rate of behavioral problems.PI subtype had more fissility than HI;CT and HI subtypes had more aggressive behaviors,and HI had more delinquence than PI and CT.Conclusion: Boys with ADHD had more behavioral problems than normal ones.CT subtype had the highest rate.The characteristics of behaviors were different among three subtypes.