Abstract
This study compared adult women with childhood ADHD to adult women without childhood ADHD and to adult men with childhood
ADHD. The participants, all from a larger longitudinal study, included 30 women and 30 men (approximately age 23 to 24) with
childhood ADHD, and 27 women without ADHD. Women with childhood ADHD were matched to comparison women on age, ethnicity, and
parental education, and to men with childhood ADHD on age, ethnicity, and IQ. Self- and parent-reports of internalizing, interpersonal,
academic, and job impairment, as well as substance use and delinquency indicated group differences on measures of self-esteem,
interpersonal and vocational functioning, as well as substance use. Follow-up planned comparison tests revealed that almost
all of these differences emerged by diagnostic status, and not by gender. This study adds to research on the negative adult
outcomes of ADHD and demonstrates that the outcomes of men and women with childhood ADHD are relatively similar.
ADHD. The participants, all from a larger longitudinal study, included 30 women and 30 men (approximately age 23 to 24) with
childhood ADHD, and 27 women without ADHD. Women with childhood ADHD were matched to comparison women on age, ethnicity, and
parental education, and to men with childhood ADHD on age, ethnicity, and IQ. Self- and parent-reports of internalizing, interpersonal,
academic, and job impairment, as well as substance use and delinquency indicated group differences on measures of self-esteem,
interpersonal and vocational functioning, as well as substance use. Follow-up planned comparison tests revealed that almost
all of these differences emerged by diagnostic status, and not by gender. This study adds to research on the negative adult
outcomes of ADHD and demonstrates that the outcomes of men and women with childhood ADHD are relatively similar.
- Content Type Journal Article
- Pages 1-10
- DOI 10.1007/s10862-011-9247-4
- Authors
- Dara E. Babinski, Center for Children and Families, Florida International University, AHC 1, Room 146, 11200 SW 8th Street, Miami, FL 33186, USA
- William E. Pelham, Center for Children and Families, Florida International University, AHC 1, Room 146, 11200 SW 8th Street, Miami, FL 33186, USA
- Brooke S. G. Molina, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
- Daniel A. Waschbusch, Center for Children and Families, Florida International University, AHC 1, Room 146, 11200 SW 8th Street, Miami, FL 33186, USA
- Elizabeth M. Gnagy, Center for Children and Families, Florida International University, AHC 1, Room 146, 11200 SW 8th Street, Miami, FL 33186, USA
- Jihnhee Yu, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, USA
- Margaret H. Sibley, Center for Children and Families, Florida International University, AHC 1, Room 146, 11200 SW 8th Street, Miami, FL 33186, USA
- Aparajita Biswas, Center for Children and Families, Florida International University, AHC 1, Room 146, 11200 SW 8th Street, Miami, FL 33186, USA
- Journal Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment
- Online ISSN 1573-3505
- Print ISSN 0882-2689