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Correlates, Associated Impairments and Patterns of Service Utilization of Children with Attention Deficit Disorder: Findings from the Ontario Child Health Study
Author(s) -
Szatmari Peter,
Offord David R.,
Boyle Michael H.
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
journal of child psychology and psychiatry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.652
H-Index - 211
eISSN - 1469-7610
pISSN - 0021-9630
DOI - 10.1111/j.1469-7610.1989.tb00235.x
Subject(s) - psychology , psychosocial , attention deficit disorder , developmental psychology , mental health , developmental disorder , social competence , conduct disorder , social environment , psychiatry , clinical psychology , social change , autism , economics , economic growth , political science , law
The objective of this paper is to report on the correlates of attention deficit disorder with hyperactivity (ADDH), the associated impairments of ADDH children, and to describe briefly their utilization of services. Our results suggest that household, family, parental, and developmental variables are associated with this disorder. However, children I red, rather than psychosocial, variables emerge as important if one controls for the presence of other disorders. Compared to children without any disorder, ADDH children art‐ also impaired in their relationships with others, their school performance, and competence in extra‐curricular activities. ADDH children utilized mental health, social, and special education services more than non‐ADDH children. Nevertheless, it was found that only a minority of ADDH children had received specialized mental health or social services in the past 6 months.