Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder Symptoms and Externalizing Progression in the LAMS Study: A Test of Trait Impulsivity Theory.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To test differential prospective prediction of growth in externalizing behavior, including oppositional defiant disorder, conduct disorder, and substance use disorders, by earlier hyperactive-impulsive (HI) vs inattentive (IN) symptoms of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).

Method

Participants in the Longitudinal Assessment of Manic Symptoms (LAMS) Study (N = 685 at study entry), including 458 boys and 227 girls ages 6-12, completed full parent report and self-report assessments every year for 8 years on the Schedule for Affective Disorders and Schizophrenia for School-Age Children. Three sets of analyses were conducted. First, hierarchal regression (block entry) was used to test independent associations between HI symptoms and later externalizing outc

SUBMITTER: Bell ZE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8642493 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature