Standardized observational assessment of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder combined and predominantly inattentive subtypes. I. Test session observations

摘要: Test examiners used the Test Observation Form (McConaughy & Achenbach, 2004) to rate test session behavior of 177 6- to 11-year-old children during administration of the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children—Fourth Edition (WISC-IV) and Wechsler Individual Achievement Tests—Second Edition (WIAT-II). Participants were assigned to four groups based on a parent diagnostic interview and parent and teacher rating scales: attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)—Combined type (n = 74); ADHD—Inattentive type (n = 25); clinically referred without ADHD (n = 52); and controls (n = 26). The ADHD—Combined type group scored significantly higher than the other three groups on six Test Observation Form scales: (1) Attention Problems; (2) Oppositional; (3) Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Problems scale; (4) Inattention subscale; (5) Hyperactivity-Impulsivity subscale; and (6) Externalizing. The two ADHD …