Significance of childhood conduct problems to later development of conduct disorder among children with ADHD: A prospective follow-up study

摘要: This study investigates whether low to moderate levels of childhood oppositional defiant disorder (ODD) and conduct (CD) behaviors contribute the development clinically diagnosed CD in adolescence, children with attention deficit hyperactivity (ADHD). Participants were 207 White boys (ages 6-12) ADHD free diagnoses. Parent teacher ratings obtained. assessed at mean age 18 by clinicians blind status. A non-ADHD group (recruited adolescence) was also studied. ODD behavior did not predict whereas did. No single or predicted adolescent outcome. probands very (Not all, Just a little) parents teachers on all still significantly increased risk for compared controls. The same relationships found between behaviors, antisocial personality adulthood (mean age, 25). We conclude that is developmental precursor later disorder, even absence comorbid childhood. However, CD-type problems are innocuous, because they among without CD.