title: Females With ADHD Report More Severe Symptoms Than Males on the Adult ADHD Self-Report Scale.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate gender differences in self-reported ADHD symptoms in a group of adults with ADHD and a control group.
  
  
  METHODS
  A total of 682 adults with ADHD (49.9% females) and 882 controls (59.2% females) completed the Adult ADHD Self-Report Scale (ASRS), listing the 18 symptoms included in the diagnostic criteria of ADHD.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Within the ADHD group, females reported more severe symptoms of inattention and hyperactivity/impulsivity than males. This higher symptom report of females was not found in the control group, where the number of severe inattention symptoms rather was higher in males.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The results suggest that childhood symptoms of ADHD may have gone unnoticed in girls, emphasizing the need for longitudinal studies of ADHD symptoms across the life span.
authors.affiliation: 1 Department of Biological and Medical Psychology, University of Bergen, Norway.
authors.forename: Victoria U
authors.initials: VU
authors.lastname: Vildalen
authors.affiliation: 1 Department of Biological and Medical Psychology, University of Bergen, Norway.|2 Division of Psychiatry, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway.|3 K. G. Jebsen Centre for Research on Neuropsychiatric Disorders, University of Bergen, Norway.
authors.forename: Erlend J
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Brevik
authors.affiliation: 2 Division of Psychiatry, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway.|3 K. G. Jebsen Centre for Research on Neuropsychiatric Disorders, University of Bergen, Norway.|4 Department of Biomedicine, University of Bergen, Norway.
authors.forename: Jan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Haavik
authors.affiliation: 1 Department of Biological and Medical Psychology, University of Bergen, Norway.|3 K. G. Jebsen Centre for Research on Neuropsychiatric Disorders, University of Bergen, Norway.
authors.forename: Astri J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Lundervold
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001289:Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity; D002648:Child; D003071:Cognition; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007175:Impulsive Behavior; D008297:Male; D057566:Self Report; D012737:Sex Factors
keywords: ADHD; ASRS; Adult ADHD Self-Report Scale; gender