title: Characteristics of Children With ADHD and Comorbid Anxiety.
abstract: The following comorbid subgroups of ADHD have been proposed: ADHD Only, ADHD + anxiety disorders (ANX), ADHD + oppositional defiant disorder/conduct disorder (ODD/CD), and ADHD + ODD/CD + ANX. The current study examined a subset of these groups.
  
  
  
  A total of 134 children and adolescents (M age = 9.92; range = 6-17) from a clinic-referred sample (n = 407) were grouped based on a semistructured diagnostic interview: ADHD only (n = 41), ADHD + ANX (n = 31), and ANX Only (n = 62).
  
  
  
  Findings supported greater parent-reported anxiety symptoms in anxiety groups, and greater parent- and teacher-reported attention problems in ADHD groups. ADHD groups performed worse on a continuous performance test, whereas ADHD + ANX performed worse on working memory than ADHD Only. ADHD + ANX reported more physical anxiety symptoms than ADHD Only.
  
  
  
  Comorbid anxiety should be considered in ADHD assessment and treatment.
authors.affiliation: University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL, USA majarrett@ua.edu.
authors.forename: Matthew A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Jarrett
authors.affiliation: Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI, USA.
authors.forename: Jennifer C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Wolff
authors.affiliation: Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, USA.
authors.forename: Thompson E
authors.initials: TE
authors.lastname: Davis
authors.affiliation: Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, USA.
authors.forename: Maria J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Cowart
authors.affiliation: Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, USA.
authors.forename: Thomas H
authors.initials: TH
authors.lastname: Ollendick
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D001008:Anxiety Disorders / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D001289:Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D019958:Attention Deficit and Disruptive Behavior Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis; D002648:Child; D019955:Conduct Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male