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Breuer, Dieter, von Wirth, Elena ORCID: 0000-0003-2461-4966, Mandler, Janet, Schurmann, Stephanie and Doepfner, Manfred . Predicting delinquent behavior in young adults with a childhood diagnosis of ADHD: results from the Cologne Adaptive Multimodal Treatment (CAMT) Study. Eur. Child Adolesc. Psych.. NEW YORK: SPRINGER. ISSN 1435-165X

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Abstract

The aim of this study was to investigate which factors predict lifetime reports of delinquent behavior in young adults who had received adaptive multimodal treatment of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) starting at ages 6-10 years. Participants were reassessed 13-24 years (M = 17.6, SD = 1.8) after they had received individualized ADHD treatment in the Cologne Adaptive Multimodal Treatment Study (CAMT). Their behavior was classified as non-delinquent (n = 34) or delinquent (n = 25) based on self-reports regarding the number of police contacts, offenses, and convictions at follow-up. Childhood variables assessed at post-intervention (e.g., externalizing child behavior problems, intelligence, and parenting behavior) that were significantly associated with group membership were entered as possible predictors of delinquency in a Chi-squared automatic interaction detector (CHAID) analysis. Delinquent behavior during adolescence and adulthood was best predicted by (a) meeting the symptom count diagnostic criteria for conduct disorder (CD) according to parent ratings, in combination with a nonverbal intelligence of IQ <= 106 at post-intervention, and (b) delinquent behavior problems (teacher rating) at post-intervention. The predictor variables specified in the CHAID analysis classified 81% of the participants correctly. The results support the hypothesis that a childhood diagnosis of ADHD is only predictive of delinquent behavior if it is accompanied by early conduct behavior problems. Low nonverbal intelligence was found to be an additional risk factor. These findings underline the importance of providing behavioral interventions that focus on externalizing behavior problems to children with ADHD and comorbid conduct problems.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Breuer, Dieter UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED von Wirth, Elena UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0003-2461-4966 UNSPECIFIED Mandler, Janet UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Schurmann, Stephanie UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Doepfner, Manfred UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-308677
DOI:	10.1007/s00787-020-01698-y
Journal or Publication Title:	Eur. Child Adolesc. Psych.
Publisher:	SPRINGER
Place of Publication:	NEW YORK
ISSN:	1435-165X
Language:	English
Faculty:	Unspecified
Divisions:	Unspecified
Subjects:	no entry
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Keywords Language ATTENTION-DEFICIT/HYPERACTIVITY DISORDER; DEFICIT-/HYPERACTIVITY DISORDER; CONDUCT DISORDER; PSYCHOMETRIC PROPERTIES; HYPERACTIVITY DISORDER; FOLLOW-UP; CHILDREN; PREVALENCE; METAANALYSIS; ADOLESCENTS Multiple languages Psychology, Developmental; Pediatrics; Psychiatry Multiple languages
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/30867