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. 1991 Sep;30(5):752-61.
doi: 10.1016/s0890-8567(10)80010-3.

Adolescents with ADHD: patterns of behavioral adjustment, academic functioning, and treatment utilization

R A Barkley  1 , A D Anastopoulos, D C Guevremont, K E Fletcher
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Adolescents with ADHD: patterns of behavioral adjustment, academic functioning, and treatment utilization

R A Barkley et al. J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 1991 Sep.

Abstract

Adolescents with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) were compared with a control group on a comprehensive assessment battery. More ADHD teenagers had oppositional defiant disorder (68%) and conduct disorder (39%) and were rated as more impaired in social competence, behavioral and emotional adjustment, and school performance by parents and teachers than control teens. The ADHD youths, however, rated themselves as better adjusted than did their parents and teachers, differing only from controls in depressive symptoms and antisocial acts. Poorer performances in verbal learning and vigilance and greater ADHD behaviors during a math task also distinguished the ADHD from control teenagers.

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