title: Adult ADHD Symptoms and Satisfaction With Life: Does Age and Sex Matter?
abstract: To investigate adult ADHD symptoms and satisfaction with life, with a focus on age and sex differences.
  
  
  
  This study is based on parents in the Norwegian Mother and Child Cohort Study (MoBa). The Adult Self-Report Scale (ASRS-6) and Satisfaction With Life Scale (SWLS) scores were analyzed from 33,210 men and 41,983 women from young to middle adulthood.
  
  
  
  Mean ASRS total score was significantly higher in men, where 5.1% scored above cutoff, compared with 2.9% in women. Factor loadings supported the two ASRS subscales: Inattention (Inatt) and Hyperactivity-Impulsivity (HyImp) in both sexes. A significant decline with age was found on HyImp, whereas Inatt scores were reasonably stable in men and u-curved in women. High ASRS scores were associated with lower SWLS, but poor satisfaction with life was found only in high-scoring women.
  
  
  
  Our findings suggest caution to age and sex when using the ASRS-6.
authors.affiliation: 1 Oslo University Hospital, Norway.
authors.forename: Beate
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Oerbeck
authors.affiliation: 1 Oslo University Hospital, Norway.
authors.forename: Kristin
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Overgaard
authors.affiliation: 1 Oslo University Hospital, Norway.
authors.forename: Are Hugo
authors.initials: AH
authors.lastname: Pripp
authors.affiliation: 2 Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway.
authors.forename: Heidi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Aase
authors.affiliation: 2 Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway.|3 University of Oslo, Norway.
authors.forename: Ted
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Reichborn-Kjennerud
authors.affiliation: 1 Oslo University Hospital, Norway.
authors.forename: Pål
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Zeiner
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D001289:Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology*; D015331:Cohort Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007175:Impulsive Behavior / Q000502:physiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009664:Norway / Q000453:epidemiology; D010290:Parents / Q000523:psychology; D010549:Personal Satisfaction; D011446:Prospective Studies; D057566:Self Report; D012737:Sex Factors; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: ADHD; ASRS; MoBa; satisfaction with life; sex differences