[Differences in the way parents and teachers identify the symptoms of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in Mexican children].

INTRODUCTION

Parents and teachers have been considered as reliable sources to identify attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) symptoms in children, Conners scales have been useful for that purpose.

AIM

To determine how parents and teachers attest ADHD behaviors in children, as well as to analyze if there are differences between them attending to school grade and/or genre.

SUBJECTS AND METHODS

A total of 13 teachers (12 women and 1 man), that teach over the three first grades of elementary school and 139 mothers participated, their age ranged between 21 and 58 years old. All of them answered the Conners scales of 139 children; in an individual way with the mothers and in a grouped one with teachers.

RESULTS AND CONCLUSIONS

Research results indicate that teachers so as mothers attest ADHD behaviors more in boys than in girls, especially on those of second grade, they also pointed out in a significantly way the hyperactivity and inattention behaviors more than behavior disturbances. Discrepancies between mothers and teachers were observed in respect the school grade of children.