McKee Tara E
Hamilton College, Department of Psychology, Clinton, NY 13323, USA.
J Atten Disord. 2008 May;11(6):677-88. doi: 10.1177/1087054707308501. Epub 2007 Dec 13.
The prevalence of ADHD symptomatology in college students is unclear because rates can vary depending on the methodology that is employed. Gender differences in college prevalence have also remained unexplored.
Self-reported ADHD symptomatology was assessed in 1,096 college students using the College ADHD Response Evaluation, a measure that has been normed on college students and that also contains the 18 criteria currently used for diagnosis.
Almost 20% met the threshold for a modified diagnosis if the 97th percentile was used, whereas 7.48% reported the number of symptoms required for current diagnostic criteria. Few women reported extreme levels of impulsivity, whereas both men and women reported excessive inattention. However, men exceeded women in number and severity of inattentive symptoms.
These findings suggest that rates of ADHD symptomatology are higher when college students are compared to their peers, which has implications for using current diagnostic criteria with this population.
大学生中注意缺陷多动障碍（ADHD）症状的患病率尚不清楚，因为患病率会因所采用的方法不同而有所差异。大学生中ADHD患病率的性别差异也尚未得到探讨。
使用《大学生ADHD反应评估量表》对1096名大学生自我报告的ADHD症状进行评估，该量表已在大学生群体中进行了标准化，并且包含目前用于诊断的18项标准。
如果采用第97百分位数，则近20%的学生达到了修正诊断的阈值，而7.48%的学生报告了当前诊断标准所要求的症状数量。很少有女性报告有极端冲动水平，而男性和女性均报告存在过度注意力不集中的情况。然而，男性在注意力不集中症状的数量和严重程度上超过了女性。
这些研究结果表明，与同龄人相比，大学生中ADHD症状的发生率更高，这对于将当前诊断标准应用于该人群具有启示意义。
