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
• Grant Number(s): MH-35498
• Sponsoring Agency: US Dept of Health, Education, and Welfare
• Sale Source: National Institute of Justice/
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

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)