title: [Concurrent validity in Mexican college population of the adult ADHD self report scale].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  In order to make a valid adult ADHD diagnostic, the clinician must overcome a series of difficulties, the main of which may be the fact that the current DSM-IV diagnostic criteria for ADHD were designed for children, hence having valid and reliable instruments in order to screen for possible patients be very helpful.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To validate the ASRS for its use on Mexican college population through concurrent validity with the FASCT scale.
  
  
  METHODS
  We evaluated 447 (287 women, average age 23.59 years) undergraduate students from 4 universities in Mexico City. All participants answered the ASRS and FASCT scales.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Positive and statistically significant correlations were found between the ASRS and FASCT (r = 0.79) and the agreement in diagnostic was moderate (k = 0.58).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  ASRS seems to have adequate concurrent validity with the FASCT, nevertheless further research comparing it with a semi-structured or highly structured interview is needed.
authors.affiliation: Instituto Nacional de Psiquiatria Ramón de la Fuente Muñiiz, Universidad del Valle de México, Campus Coyoacán. errezam@gmail.com
authors.forename: Ernesto
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Reyes-Zamorano
authors.forename: Karina Lucero
authors.initials: KL
authors.lastname: García-Vargas
authors.forename: Lino
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Palacios-Cruz
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D001289:Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology; D059026:Diagnostic Self Evaluation; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008403:Mass Screening; D008800:Mexico / Q000453:epidemiology; D008875:Middle Aged; D057566:Self Report; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D014495:Universities; D055815:Young Adult