title: Developmental and disruptive behavior disorders among delinquents.
abstract: Medical histories, psychological tests, psychiatric examinations, and social investigations were reviewed to determine the frequency of independent diagnoses of retardation, attention deficit disorder with hyperactivity (ADD-H), and attention deficit disorder without hyperactivity (ADD). In a sample of 1,956 (384 females and 1,572 males) adjudicated delinquents with a mean age of 13.9 +/- 1.9 years, 9% had ADD-H, 15% were retarded, and 46% had ADD. The reliabilities of the diagnoses were 0.95 for retardation, 0.91 for ADD-H, and 0.94 ADD. Retarded delinquents had the greatest scholastic delays followed by the ADD-H and ADD-adolescent offenders.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Zagar
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Arbit
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Hughes
authors.forename: R E
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: Busell
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Busch
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001289:Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity / Q000523:psychology; D002648:Child; D002653:Child Behavior Disorders / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008607:Intellectual Disability / Q000523:psychology; D007604:Juvenile Delinquency / Q000523:psychology*; D008297:Male; D010553:Personality Development; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors