Rodríguez Celestino, García Trinidad, Areces Débora, Rodríguez Javier, Arteaga-Henriquez Gara, Ramos-Quiroga Antoni
Department of Psychology, University of Oviedo, Oviedo, Spain.
Department of Psychiatry, Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron, Barcelona, Spain.
Scand J Psychol. 2021 Jun;62(3):301-311. doi: 10.1111/sjop.12716. Epub 2021 Mar 11.
People who suffer from ADHD in their childhood are more likely to be involved in criminal acts in late adolescence and adulthood. This study analyses the association between retrospective ADHD symptoms and associated problems (somatic and learning difficulties), and current symptoms in a sample of adults from imprisoned and clinical populations. Four hundred and fifty-seven participants, aged between 17 and 69 years, were divided into four groups: ADHD prison group without clinical history of symptoms (n = 61), prison group (n = 162), ADHD clinical group (n = 176) and clinical group (n = 58). The ADHD-IV scale and Wender Utah Rating Scale (WURS) were administered to the four groups and demonstrated high rates of persistence of ADHD symptoms into adulthood. ADHD groups reported significantly higher impairment both during childhood (symptoms, somatic and learning difficulties) and at present, with the ADHD clinical group being the most severely impaired. Finally, current symptoms of ADHD, along with childhood ADHD symptoms and learning difficulties, significantly predicted current impairments, but only in the clinical group. These findings represent some initial steps into the identification of predictors of ADHD symptomatology in adulthood in order to elucidate its etiopathogenesis and better identify high-risk groups for targeted prevention.
患有儿童多动症的人在青少年晚期和成年期更有可能卷入犯罪行为。本研究分析了回顾性多动症症状及相关问题（躯体和学习困难）与来自监狱人群和临床人群的成年样本中当前症状之间的关联。457名年龄在17至69岁之间的参与者被分为四组：无临床症状病史的多动症监狱组（n = 61）、监狱组（n = 162）、多动症临床组（n = 176）和临床组（n = 58）。对这四组进行了ADHD-IV量表和温德犹他评定量表（WURS）测试，结果显示多动症症状持续到成年期的比例很高。多动症组报告称，在童年时期（症状、躯体和学习困难）以及目前，受损程度都明显更高，其中多动症临床组受损最为严重。最后，多动症的当前症状，连同童年多动症症状和学习困难，显著预测了当前的受损情况，但仅在临床组中如此。这些发现代表了在确定成年期多动症症状预测因素方面迈出的一些初步步骤，以便阐明其病因发病机制，并更好地识别高危人群进行有针对性的预防。
