title: Attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder among mentally retarded children.
abstract: Teachers completed the Connors' Teacher Rating Scale (CTRS-39) on 100 boys assigned to one of four groups based on an IQ screen and scores on a DSM-III-R checklist of the symptoms for Attention Deficit-Hyperactivity Disorder (AD-HD). The groups included children rated high on AD-HD, mentally retarded children, mentally retarded children rated high on AD-HD, and a normal control group. Using the CTRS-39, there were no significant differences between the normal IQ AD-HD group and the mentally retarded AD-HD group on all but one of the factors. Mentally retarded children in general were found to be more anxious than their normal peers, whereas normal IQ AD-HD children were rated higher than the other groups on the Asocial factor. Implications of these data and future directions are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Mississippi State University.
authors.forename: V E
authors.initials: VE
authors.lastname: Fee
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Matson
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Benavidez
mesh_terms: D001289:Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D008607:Intellectual Disability / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D007360:Intelligence; D008297:Male; D010552:Personality Assessment / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011594:Psychometrics; D015203:Reproducibility of Results