Neurobehavioral Assessment of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder in a Colombian Sample

Abstract

We present a factor analytic study of the Conners Rating Scales for parents and teachers in this article. A comparison is established with the original factor analytic studies (Conners, 1979a, 1979b) and the results obtained by Farré-Riba and Narbona (1997), using a Spanish sample. Five hundred and forty children, ages 4 to 17, were randomly selected in Manizales, Colombia. The shortened Spanish version of the Conners Parents Rating Scale (CPRS; Conners, 1979a) and the Conners Teacher Rating Scale (CTRS; Conners, 1979b) were used. Parsimonious factor analyses for both scales were developed. Three stable factors were found in the CPRS: hyperactivity, somatic symptoms, and inattention. Twenty-two out of 48 items were significantly saturated by these 3 factors. In the CTRS, 4 different factors were found that accounted for 63.5% of the total variance: uncontrolled temperament, inattention, hyperactivity, and difficulties in social relationships. Twenty out of 28 items were significantly saturated by these 3 factors. Factor structure was closer to the Spanish Farré-Riba and Narbona report than to the original findings. We concluded that the CPRS and the CTRS Spanish versions, when used by Colombian children and adolescents, do not seem to evaluate exactly the same underlying behavioral dimensions. We propose selecting only 22 items of the CPRS and 20 items of the CTRS (brief versions) for further epidemiological and clinical use.

Predicting aggression in children with ADHD

“…Our findings reveal that children with lower cognitive function show more aggressive behaviors both at school and at home. This finding is consistent with many other studies in the literature, which also report that aggressive children have problems in social cognitive areas [10,11] and have lower IQ scores [12-14]. However, in our study, the correlation between cognitive factors and aggression at school and at home is less influential than family factors.…”

“…Previous data regarding the interaction between cognition and aggression reveal such general cognitive predictors of aggression as lower intelligence quotients, reading difficulties, and problems associated with attention and hyperactivity [10]. Many studies suggest that aggressive children experience problems in social cognitive areas [11,12] and have lower IQ scores [13,14]. In a meta-analysis of twenty-seven studies, seventeen studies reported negative associations between cognitive functions and disruptive behaviors [15].…”

Prevalence Estimations of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder: Differential Diagnoses and Comorbidities in a Colombian Sample

“…ADHD and hyperactive children (combined type) generally have learning disabilities, which can appear in 20 to 25% of cases (Riccio & Hynd, 1995;Pliszka 2000), and around 30 to 40% of them have some type of language development disorder, which has a frequent co-occurrence with ADHD (Riccio & Hynd, 1995;Westby & Cutler, 1994;Lahey 1988;Pineda et al, 2000). Some authors have reported that children with ADHD combined type and ADHD inattentive type, with normal FSIQ, have low scores on controlled task of narratives, low scores on a task of inferences, and low phonologic verbal fluency (Pineda, et al, 1999f;Restrepo, Gutiérrez-Clellen, Pineda, & Sánchez, 2000).…”

“…Maximum total expected score = 54. Conners Rating Scales Colombian version (Pineda, Rosselli, Henao, & Mejía, 2000). The short versions of the Conners Parent Rating Scale (CPRS) and Conners Teachers Rating Scale (CTRS) were administered using Colombian norms.…”

The Relation of Conners Rating Scale with Executive Functions

“…Bu sonuçlar Pineda ve çalışma ark.nın CDÖ/Ö için bulduğu dikkat eksikliği, hiperaktivite ve kontrol edilemeyen mizaç faktörleri ile de uyumludur. 68 Öğretmen formu için elde edilen bulgular, öğretmenlerin çocuklardaki bilişsel sorunlar konusunda daha güvenilir ve analitik bilgiler sağladığı yolundaki bulgularla uyumludur. 41,45 ARAŞTIRMANIN KISITLILIKLARI DEHB; çalışmada belirtildiği gibi erkek çocuklarda kız çocuklara kıyasla daha fazla görülmektedir.…”