TY - JOUR
T1 - The relationship in children between the inattention and impulsivity components of attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder and psychopathic tendencies
AU - Colledge, E.
AU - Blair, R. J.R.
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported by a Medical Research Council grant [ref. G9716841] and the Department of Health [Virtual Institute for Personality Disorders]. We thank the staff and pupils at Boxmoor House, Falconer, and Larwood schools.
PY - 2001/5
Y1 - 2001/5
N2 - This study investigated the relationship between the inattention and impulsivity components of Attention-Deficit-Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and psychopathic tendencies in children with emotional and behavioural difficulties. Teachers rated 71 children on the Psychopathy Screening Device (Frick & Hare, 2000: Frick, P. J., & Hare, R. D. (2000). The psychopathy screening device. Toronto: Multi-Health Systems (in press)), the DuPaul's ADHD rating scale (DuPaul, 1991: DuPaul, G. J. (1991). Parent and teacher ratings of ADHD symptoms: Psychometric properties in a community-based sample. Journal of Clinical Child Psychology, 20, 245-253), and the Conners' Abbreviated Symptoms Questionnaire (Conners, 1973: Conners, C. K. (1973). Rating scales for use in drug studies with children. Pharmacotherapy of children [Special Issue]. Psychopharmacology Bulletin, 24-84). Significant inter-correlations between teachers' ratings of children's inattention and impulsivity and psychopathic tendencies were found. There were significant inter-correlations between teachers' ratings of the inattention and impulsivity components of ADHD and the Callous and Unemotional (C/UN) and Impulsivity and Conduct (I/CP) problems components of psychopathy. Further analysis revealed that the inter-correlations between these four components were mainly due to the association between the impulsivity component of ADHD and the antisocial behaviour (I/CP) component of psychopathy. The inattention component of ADHD was not related to either of the psychopathy risk measures. Equally, the distinguishing factor of the psychopathy (C/UN) was not related to either of the ADHD measures. A categorical analysis of the data revealed a higher than chance level of comorbidity of ADHD and psychopathic tendencies.
AB - This study investigated the relationship between the inattention and impulsivity components of Attention-Deficit-Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and psychopathic tendencies in children with emotional and behavioural difficulties. Teachers rated 71 children on the Psychopathy Screening Device (Frick & Hare, 2000: Frick, P. J., & Hare, R. D. (2000). The psychopathy screening device. Toronto: Multi-Health Systems (in press)), the DuPaul's ADHD rating scale (DuPaul, 1991: DuPaul, G. J. (1991). Parent and teacher ratings of ADHD symptoms: Psychometric properties in a community-based sample. Journal of Clinical Child Psychology, 20, 245-253), and the Conners' Abbreviated Symptoms Questionnaire (Conners, 1973: Conners, C. K. (1973). Rating scales for use in drug studies with children. Pharmacotherapy of children [Special Issue]. Psychopharmacology Bulletin, 24-84). Significant inter-correlations between teachers' ratings of children's inattention and impulsivity and psychopathic tendencies were found. There were significant inter-correlations between teachers' ratings of the inattention and impulsivity components of ADHD and the Callous and Unemotional (C/UN) and Impulsivity and Conduct (I/CP) problems components of psychopathy. Further analysis revealed that the inter-correlations between these four components were mainly due to the association between the impulsivity component of ADHD and the antisocial behaviour (I/CP) component of psychopathy. The inattention component of ADHD was not related to either of the psychopathy risk measures. Equally, the distinguishing factor of the psychopathy (C/UN) was not related to either of the ADHD measures. A categorical analysis of the data revealed a higher than chance level of comorbidity of ADHD and psychopathic tendencies.
KW - Attention-deficit-hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
KW - Psychopathy
KW - Psychopathy screening device (PSD)
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U2 - 10.1016/S0191-8869(00)00101-X
DO - 10.1016/S0191-8869(00)00101-X
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0007593262
SN - 0191-8869
VL - 30
SP - 1175
EP - 1187
JO - Personality and Individual Differences
JF - Personality and Individual Differences
IS - 7
ER -