Hechtman Lily, Weiss Gabrielle, Perlman Terrye
Department of Psychiatry.
Am J Orthopsychiatry. 1984 Jul;54(3):415-425. doi: 10.1111/j.1939-0025.1984.tb01507.x.
In a ten-year prospective follow-up study, young adults who had been diagnosed as hyperactive in childhood were found to have had greater involvement with alcohol and drug use and with courts and police than did matched controls during the five years preceding evaluation. However, differences between groups were generally not significant in the year prior to evaluation, and tests indicate that they had attained similar levels of moral development. Results suggest a more encouraging adult outcome than has previously been expected for hyperactive children.
在一项为期十年的前瞻性随访研究中，发现童年时期被诊断为多动的年轻人在评估前的五年里，与匹配的对照组相比，饮酒、吸毒以及涉及法庭和警方的情况更多。然而，在评估前一年，两组之间的差异通常并不显著，并且测试表明他们达到了相似的道德发展水平。结果表明，多动儿童的成年结局比之前预期的更令人鼓舞。
