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Prospective Study of Delinquency in 110 Adolescent Boys With Attention Deficit Disorder and 88 Normal Adolescent Boys

NCJ Number
82928
Journal
American Journal of Psychiatry Volume: 139 Issue: 6 Dated: (June 1982) Pages: 795-798
Author(s)
J H Satterfield; C M Hoppe; A M Schell
Date Published
1982
Length
4 pages
Annotation
The authors studied official arrests from childhood through adolescence in two groups of boys; one group (N=110) was diagnosed in childhood as suffering from attention deficit disorder (ADD), and the second group (N=88) consisted of normal control adolescents.
Abstract
Rates of single and multiple serious offenses and of institutionalization for delinquency were significantly higher in the ADD subjects. These findings suggest a strong relationship between childhood ADD and later arrests for delinquent behavior. (Publisher abstract)