Parent reported preschool attention deficit hyperactivity: measurement and validity
Abstract
This is a two stage community study of 320 preschool children aged between two and a half to five years. An Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Scale (ADH-P) was constructed. A first stage sample was screened by asking parents to fill in the ADH-P and the Behaviour Check List (BCL) for behaviour problems; 116 children were included in the second stage. Reliability of the ADH-P was tested and found to be satisfactory. Its validity was also supported by teacher's report and clinical observation. Based on the parent report, the children were divided into four groups: pure hyperactive, pure behaviour problem, mixed and no problem groups. External correlates and psychopathology were examined among them. The mixed group had more symptoms, poor maternal mental health, high social adversities, poor prosocial behaviour and high help seeking. Whilst significant associations were also present between these correlates and pure behaviour problems, the situation was substantially worse when hyperactivity co-existed with behaviour problems.
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- Authors
- Pavuluri, M. N., Luk, S.-L., & McGee, R.
- Affiliations
- Rush University Medical Center (US)
- Monash University (AU)
- University of Otago (NZ)
- Venue
- European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
- Published
- 1999-06-30
- Volume
- 8
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 126-133
- ISSN
- 1018-8827 (ISSN-L)
- 1435-165X
- OpenAlex
- W1971797188
- Cited by
- 24
- References
- 1
- Citations by year
- 2026: 1 · 2019: 1 · 2016: 1 · 2013: 2 · 2012: 2
- FWCI
- 0.71
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Licence
- www.springer.com/tdm (tdm)
- Locations
- European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Psychiatry and Mental health › Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Autism Spectrum Disorder Research
- Keywords
- attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, preschool children, parent report, scale validity, reliability statistics, hyperactivity, behavioral problems, comorbidities, maternal mental health, social adversity, prosocial behavior, help-seeking, psychopathology
- MeSH terms
- Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity, Electronic Data Processing, Child Behavior Disorders, Child, Preschool, Humans, Maternal Age, Parents, Surveys and Questionnaires, Schools, Severity of Illness Index, Reproducibility of Results
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