Publication: Assessment of hyperactivity-impulsivity and attention déficit in adolescentes by self-report and its association with psychopatology and academic performance
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Saura-Garre, P. ; Vicente-Escudero, J. L. ; Checa Solueta, S. ; Fernandez Fernandez, M. V. ; Alcantara Lopez, M. V. ; Martinez Perez, A. M. ; Lopez-Soler, C. ; Castro Sáez, Maravillas
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© 2022 The authors. This manuscript version is made available under the CC-BY 4.0 license http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
This document is the Published Manuscript version of a Published Work that appeared in final form in Frontiers in Psychology. To access the final edited and published work see DOI:10.3389/fpsyg.2022.989610
Abstract
The scientific literature highlights the risk of the appearance of internalizing
and externalizing symptoms, together with difficulties in the academic area,
linked to diagnosis of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). This
is normally assessed by teachers and primary caregivers, disregarding the
self-perception of the adolescents themselves, which limits detection of this
disorder at an evolutionary stage. Our aim was to analyze the psychometric
properties of a self-report for ADHD in adolescence and its relationship
with psychopathology and academic performance. This study assessed an
incidental sample of 267 students from secondary schools in the Region
of Murcia, Spain, using the EDAH questionnaire adapted for self-report, in
order to analyze its psychometric properties in assessing ADHD. The Youth
Self-Report (YSR) and the Brief Self-Control Scale (BSCS) were also used
to determine their association with psychopathological, self-control and
academic performance variables. An ADHD prevalence of between 3.7 and
13.1% was observed depending on the established cut-off point. The adapted
EDAH showed adequate reliability indices (α = 0.818; ω = 0.817) and explained
a high variance percentage (50.655%). Adolescents with anxiety/depression
difficulties, dissocial behavior, aggressiveness, and poor performance in
mathematics showed a higher amount of ADHD symptoms. Moreover, selfcontrol, dissocial behavior, age, and performance in Social Sciences acted
as predictors of the disorder. The good psychometric properties of this
questionnaire and its adequate correspondence with other variables of
interest suggest it is an appropriate self-report instrument to assess ADHD
in adolescence.
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Frontiers in Psychology 13:989610.
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