Predicting delinquent behavior in young adults with a childhood diagnosis of ADHD: results from the Cologne Adaptive Multimodal Treatment (CAMT) Study.

Dieter Breuer, Elena von Wirth, Janet Mandler, Stephanie Schürmann, Manfred Döpfner

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Article in European child & adolescent psychiatry, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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The Link between ADHD Symptoms and Antisocial Behavior: The Moderating Role of the Protective Factor Sense of Coherence.Brain sciences · 2022
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Dieter Breuer *School for Child and Adolescent Cognitive Behavior Therapy (AKiP), University of Cologne, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, Pohligstr. 9, 50969, Cologne, Germany.

Elena von Wirth *School for Child and Adolescent Cognitive Behavior Therapy (AKiP), University of Cologne, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, Pohligstr. 9, 50969, Cologne, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2461-4966

Janet MandlerSchool for Child and Adolescent Cognitive Behavior Therapy (AKiP), University of Cologne, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, Pohligstr. 9, 50969, Cologne, Germany.

Stephanie SchürmannSchool for Child and Adolescent Cognitive Behavior Therapy (AKiP), University of Cologne, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, Pohligstr. 9, 50969, Cologne, Germany.

Manfred DöpfnerSchool for Child and Adolescent Cognitive Behavior Therapy (AKiP), University of Cologne, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, Pohligstr. 9, 50969, Cologne, Germany. manfred.doepfner@uk-koeln.de.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7929-0463

University of Cologne · DE

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Abstract

The aim of this study was to investigate which factors predict lifetime reports of delinquent behavior in young adults who had received adaptive multimodal treatment of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) starting at ages 6-10 years. Participants were reassessed 13-24 years (M = 17.6, SD = 1.8) after they had received individualized ADHD treatment in the Cologne Adaptive Multimodal Treatment Study (CAMT). Their behavior was classified as non-delinquent (n = 34) or delinquent (n = 25) based on self-reports regarding the number of police contacts, offenses, and convictions at follow-up. Childhood variables assessed at post-intervention (e.g., externalizing child behavior problems, intelligence, and parenting behavior) that were significantly associated with group membership were entered as possible predictors of delinquency in a Chi-squared automatic interaction detector (CHAID) analysis. Delinquent behavior during adolescence and adulthood was best predicted by (a) meeting the symptom count diagnostic criteria for conduct disorder (CD) according to parent ratings, in combination with a nonverbal intelligence of IQ ≤ 106 at post-intervention, and (b) delinquent behavior problems (teacher rating) at post-intervention. The predictor variables specified in the CHAID analysis classified 81% of the participants correctly. The results support the hypothesis that a childhood diagnosis of ADHD is only predictive of delinquent behavior if it is accompanied by early conduct behavior problems. Low nonverbal intelligence was found to be an additional risk factor. These findings underline the importance of providing behavioral interventions that focus on externalizing behavior problems to children with ADHD and comorbid conduct problems.

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Attention Deficit Disorder with HyperactivityChild Behavior DisordersConduct DisorderProblem BehaviorAdolescentAdultChildCombined Modality TherapyHumansYoung AdultAttention-deficitDelinquent behaviorHyperactivity disorderLongitudinal studyPrediction

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PMID33277675

DOI10.1007/s00787-020-01698-y

PMCPMC9035006

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