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Among a sample of Iranian students, adult attention deficit hyperactivity disorder is related to childhood ADHD, but not to age, gender, socioeconomic status, or birth order - an exploratory study
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Among a sample of Iranian students, adult attention deficit hyperactivity disorder is related to childhood ADHD, but not to age, gender, socioeconomic status, or birth order - an exploratory study
Journal
International journal of psychiatry in clinical practice
Volume
17
Number
4
Pages / Article-Number
273-278
Mesh terms
Adolescent; Adult; Age of Onset; Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity, epidemiology, psychology; Birth Order, psychology; Child; Cross-Sectional Studies; Female; Humans; Interview, Psychological; Iran, epidemiology; Logistic Models; Male; Prevalence; Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; Risk Factors; Self Report; Sex Distribution; Socioeconomic Factors; Students, psychology; Young Adult
Abstract
The aim of the present study was to explore the prevalence of adult attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in young adult Iranian students and to examine gender, birth order, socioeconomic status (SES), and history of ADHD as potential predictors of adult ADHD.; A total of 387 young adult students (mean age: 19.6 years; 66.3% females) completed the Adult ADHD Self-Report Scale-V1.1 symptom checklist to assess current symptoms of ADHD and the Wender Utah Rating Scale to assess symptoms of ADHD in childhood and adolescence. Experts' ratings were based on Wender-Reimherr Interview.; Self-rated and expert-rated prevalence rates were 16.5% and 13.4%, respectively. Past symptoms of ADHD were correlated with current symptoms. Childhood ADHD, current hyperactivity, and disorganization predicted current ADHD.; Among a sample of Iranian students, the prevalence rates of ADHD were higher than estimated rates worldwide. Data also show child ADHD to be associated with adult ADHD; gender, age, birth order, and SES did not seem to influence current symptomatology.
