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Psychology in Spain, 2005, Vol. 9. No 1, 63-74 |
Colegio Oficial de Psicólogos |
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This paper examines the comorbidity profile of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and Behaviour Disorder (BD), exploring the pattern that predicts this psychopathological association. A sample of 90 ADHD subjects aged 6 to 16 was analyzed. Using a differential methodology, ADHD+BD was compared with the absence of co-morbidity. ADHD was assessed according to DSM-IV criteria, and comorbidity by means of CSI. Intellectual profile (as measured by WISC-R), academic performance, the relational dimension, psychiatric antecedents and family conditions were taken into account. Descriptive and exploratory statistics were used and a logistic regression was carried out. The differential profile implies that ADHD+BD subjects present significantly higher deterioration in the relational dimension and academic performance and present higher percentage of separated parents. The pattern predicting ADHD+BD includes the relational dimension, whilst the pattern for ADHD + Dissocial Disorder includes the relational dimension and separated parents (p <.05).
El estudio analiza el perfil de comorbilidad del Trastorno
por Déficit de Atención con Hiperactividad (TDAH) y trastornos
del comportamiento (TC), explorando el modelo que predice esta asociación
psicopatológica.
Metodología de investigación: Se analiza una muestra de 90 casos
con TDAH (6-16 años). Mediante investigación diferencial se compara
la agrupación TDAH+TC con la ausencia de esta comorbilidad. El caso de
TDAH se valoró según criterios DSM-IV y la comorbilidad mediante
el CSI. Se consideraron las variables perfil intelectual (WISC-R), resultados
académicos, dimensión relacional, antecedentes psiquiátricos
y núcleo de convivencia. Se utilizaron estadísticos descriptivos
y exploratorios, implementando un procedimiento de regresión logística.
Resultados: El perfil diferencial implica que los casos TDAH+TC presentan, significativamente,
mayor deterioro en dimensión relacional, resultados académicos
y proporción de padres separados. El modelo que predice TDAH+TC está
formado por el factor relacional, mientras que en TDAH + Trastorno Disocial
incluye factor relacional y padres separados (p<0.05).
The original Spanish version of this paper has been previously
published in Clinica y Salud, 2004, Vol. 15, No 1, 9-31
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Correspondence concerning this article should be addressed to José Antonio
López Villalobos. E-mail: Villalobos@correo.cop.es
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