Stability of mothers' recall of the age of onset of their child's attention and hyperactivity problems

J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 1991 Jan;30(1):135-7. doi: 10.1097/00004583-199101000-00020.

Abstract

The stability of mothers' recall of age of onset of attention deficit and hyperactive behaviors was assessed over a 1-year interval. The paper reports on which behaviors have the highest stability and the stability of a psychiatric diagnosis of attention deficit hyperactive disorder using different age cut-offs. The data showed a moderate degree of stability over a 1-year period, with school-related symptoms showing the least amount of change. An argument is made for keeping the current DSM-III-R diagnostic cut-off at age 6.

Publication types

  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity / diagnosis*
  • Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity / psychology
  • Attention*
  • Child
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Mental Recall*
  • Mother-Child Relations
  • Mothers / psychology*
  • Personality Development*
  • Retrospective Studies