Title:
Gender differences in children identified with attention deficit and hyperactivity disorders
Author:
Nicole P. Glick
Thesis Advisor:
Amanda Thomas
Committee Member:
Faith Gilroy
Committee Member:
Vincent Culotta
Degree Granting Institution:
Loyola University Maryland--College of Arts and Sciences
Place:
Baltimore (Md.)
Publisher:
Loyola University Maryland
Date Created:
2001
Type of Resource:
text
Genre:
thesis
Language:
eng
Format:
application/pdf
Physical Form:
electronic
Digital Source:
reformatted digital
Abstract:
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder is a highly prevalent disorder among school children. This disorder is diagnosed significantly more frequently in males than in females. The purpose of this study was to further clarify the differences in symptom presentation between girls and boys diagnosed with ADHD. It was hypothesized that girls would display more internalizing behaviors, have lower performances on measures of cognitive functioning, and have more language difficulties than males. It was also predicted that males would display more externalizing behaviors than females. Data were gathered from a clinical sample and included multiple methods of assessment and multiple informants. No significant differences were found on any of the measures of cognitive functioning, language abilities, externalizing behaviors, or internalizing behaviors. However, it was found that females had significantly higher frequencies of comorbid diagnoses characteristic of internalizing behaviors and males had significantly higher frequencies of comorbid diagnoses characterized by externalizing behaviors. This study was limited by referral biases, lack of inter-rater reliability with regard to diagnosis, and selection biases based on measures given to children. Suggestions are made for future research.
Subject:
Attention-deficit-disorderd children
Subject:
Sex differences (Psychology) in children
Subject:
Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder
Subject:
Behavior disorders in children
Degree:
Doctor of Psychology
Level:
Doctoral
Discipline:
Psychology
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Identifier:
GlickNP-01