SynthesisJournal of abnormal child psychology2017
Sex Differences in the Prevalence of Oppositional Defiant Disorder During Middle Childhood: a Meta-Analysis.
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- Prevalence, comorbidity, and demographic patterns of oppositional defiant disorder and conduct disorder in Chinese children and adolescents: a systematic review.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Pooled it
- A systematic review and meta-analysis on the prevalence of mental disorders among children and adolescents in Europe.European child & adolescent psychiatry · 2024Pooled it
- Dynamic Resting-State Network Markers of Disruptive Behavior Problems in Youth.Biological psychiatry global open science · 2026Article
- Time Trends in the Comorbid Psychiatric Disorders Among Children and Adolescents With Intellectual Disability in Korea: A Nationwide Study From 2012-2021.Journal of Korean medical science · 2026Article
- Game changer: How middle childhood sport predicts reduced oppositional-defiant behavior by early adolescence.European child & adolescent psychiatry · 2026Article
- Indirect associations between adolescent ADHD and/or oppositional defiant disorder symptoms and adult incomes: the mediating roles of education and co-occurring psychiatric disorders.European child & adolescent psychiatry · 2026Article
- Do Children's Mental Health Symptoms Impact Their Access to Unlocked Guns at Home?Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry · 2026Article
- Applying a Network Approach To Characterize Gender Differences in Conduct Problems and Callous-Unemotional Traits among Children from Two Countries.Research on child and adolescent psychopathology · 2026Article
- Oppositional Defiant Disorder in Autism and ADHD.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2025Article
- You are a Mirror of My Childhood: Pathways Through Family Dyadic Interactions and Gender Preference in the Intergenerational Association of ODD Symptoms.Research on child and adolescent psychopathology · 2025Article
- Oppositional defiant disorder, internet gaming disorder, and suicidal ideation among Saudi adolescents: a moderated mediation model of gender and self-control.BMC psychology · 2024Article
- Interpersonal Competence: A Mediator Between ODD Problems and Parent-Child Relationship Discord.Child psychiatry and human development · 2023Article
- Psychiatric conditions in autistic adolescents: longitudinal stability from childhood and associated risk factors.European child & adolescent psychiatry · 2023Article
- Discussant: Distilling symptom heterogeneity in youth with ODD: a commentary on Leadbeater et al., 2023.Journal of the Canadian Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry = Journal de l'Academie canadienne de psychiatrie de l'enfant et de l'adolescent · 2023Article
- A pragmatic, clinically optimized approach to characterizing adolescent irritability: Validation of parent- and adolescent reports on the Multidimensional Assessment Profile Scales-Temper Loss Scale.International journal of methods in psychiatric research · 2023Article
- Suicidal Risk Behaviors in Adolescents With Rare Neurodevelopmental Disorders: The Role of Sex, Autistic Traits, and Mental Health Difficulties.Journal of pediatric psychology · 2023Article
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- Oppositional defiant disorder.Nature reviews. Disease primers · 2023Review
- The genetics of a "femaleness/maleness" score in cardiometabolic traits in the UK biobank.Scientific reports · 2023Article
- Latent classes of oppositional defiant disorder in adolescence and prediction to later psychopathology.Development and psychopathology · 2023Article
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Abstract
This review provides a meta-analysed male:female prevalence ratio of oppositional defiant disorder (ODD) during middle childhood in non-referred children. It also analyses sex differences in prevalence across cultures and over time. A systematic search for studies via the following sources was conducted: PsycInfo, Web of Knowledge, Medline Complete, Scopus, EMBASE, InfoRMIT, Psychological and Behavioural Sciences Collection, Cochrane Library, PubMed and ProQuest Health. The studies presented in two previous systematic reviews were also added to the search results. Inclusion/exclusion criteria were then applied and final studies were appraised for their methodological quality. Nineteen independent effect sizes met full inclusion criteria (aggregated sample N = 44,107). Overall, the prevalence of ODD was significantly higher in boys than girls (RR = 1.59, 95 % CI [1.36, 1.86], p < 0.001), with the male:female prevalence ratio found to be 1.59:1. Sex differences in prevalence were significant in Western (RR = 1.80, 95 % CI [1.55, 2.10], p < 0.001) but not non-Western cultures (RR = 1.08, 95 % CI [0.76-1.53], p > 0.05). Sex differences in prevalence were significant in studies published prior to and post the year 2000 (RR = 1.57, 95 % CI [1.22, 2.02], p < 0.001; RR = 1.64, 95 % CI [1.35, 2.00], p < 0.001), and were consistent between these two periods (Q, 1 = 0.36, p = > 0.05). The sex differences in ODD prevalence are discussed within the context of (i) predominant theories of sex differences in externalising behaviours, and (ii) departure from the sex-differences pattern found for other disruptive behavioural disorders.
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