Conceptual Structure of the Symptoms of Adult ADHD According to the "DSM-IV" and Retrospective Wender-Utah Criteria

Autor/inn/en	Glockner-Rist, Angelika; Pedersen, Anya; Rist, Fred
Titel	Conceptual Structure of the Symptoms of Adult ADHD According to the "DSM-IV" and Retrospective Wender-Utah Criteria
Quelle	In: Journal of Attention Disorders, 17 (2013) 2, S.114-127 (14 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1087-0547
DOI	10.1177/1087054711427397
Schlagwörter	Symptoms (Individual Disorders); Adults; Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder; Evaluation Criteria; Factor Analysis; Depression (Psychology); Correlation; Structural Equation Models; Conceptual Tempo; Behavior Problems; Measures (Individuals); Children; Foreign Countries; Goodness of Fit; Evaluation Methods; College Students; Surveys; Germany + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Psychiatrische Symptomatik; Faktorenanalyse; Korrelation; Messdaten; Child; Kind; Kinder; Ausland; Collegestudent; Survey; Umfrage; Befragung; Deutschland
Abstract	Objective: Adult "Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders" (4th ed.; "DSM-IV") and retrospective childhood Wender-Utah ADHD criteria are implemented in self-report measures to assess adult ADHD and its required onset in childhood. Yet their dimensional structure and relationship to adult ADHD depressivity is still at debate. Therefore, both aspects were investigated, applying two respective German instruments (ADHD--Self-Report [ADHD-SR] and Wender Utah Rating Scale--German [WURS-G]) to two student samples. Method: ADHD-SR and WURS-G dimensions were identified by nonlinear confirmatory factor analyses, and their interrelations and relationship with adult depressivity were identified by structural equation modeling. Results: Adult ADHD-SR symptoms were organized into inattention, hyperactivity, and impulsivity, and WURS-G symptoms were organized into inattention/hyperactivity, affect lability, depressivity, and conduct problems. Yet only the first two WURS factors directly affected adult ADHD facets, though childhood depressivity influenced them indirectly via adult depressivity. Conclusion: Only criteria of the first two WURS factors can be considered valid childhood ADHD indicators. Thus, only they should be used as an aid in the retrospective assessment of ADHD symptoms. (Contains 5 tables.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10