ArticleEuropean child & adolescent psychiatry2023
Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder from preschool to school age: change and stability of parent and teacher reports.
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- Parent-teacher agreement on ADHD symptom ratings: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2026Pooled it
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- White Matter Microstructural Abnormalities in Children with Familial vs. Non-Familial Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD).Biomedicines · 2025Article
- Functional Impairment Related to ADHD From Preschool to School Age.Journal of attention disorders · 2025Article
- Where do neurodevelopmental conditions fit in transdiagnostic psychiatric frameworks? Incorporating a new neurodevelopmental spectrum.World psychiatry : official journal of the World Psychiatric Association (WPA) · 2024Article
- Early and repeated screening detects children with persistent attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder.European child & adolescent psychiatry · 2024Article
- Anxiety and depression from age 3 to 8 years in children with and without ADHD symptoms.Scientific reports · 2023Article
- Prenatal organophosphate ester exposure and executive function in Norwegian preschoolers.Environmental epidemiology (Philadelphia, Pa.) · 2023Article
- Gestational organophosphate ester exposure and preschool attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder in the Norwegian Mother, Father, and Child cohort study.International journal of hygiene and environmental health · 2023Article
- Brief Report: Stability of ADHD Symptoms in Early Childhood.Journal of clinical child and adolescent psychology : the official journal for the Society of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, American Psychological Association, Division 53Article
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Abstract
Identifying attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in pre-schoolers may improve their development if treated, but it is unclear whether ADHD symptoms from this age are stable enough to merit treatment. We aimed to investigate the stability of parent- and teacher-reported ADHD symptoms and ADHD classified above the diagnostic symptom thresholds, including for hyperactivity-impulsivity (HI), inattention and combined presentations from age 3 to 8 years. This study is part of the longitudinal, population-based Norwegian Mother, Father and Child Cohort Study. At child age 3 years, parents were interviewed and teachers rated ADHD symptoms. At age 8 years, parents (n = 783) and teachers (n = 335) reported ADHD symptoms by the Child Symptom Inventory-4. We found a significant reduction in the mean number of parent-reported ADHD and HI symptoms from age 3 to 8 years, but otherwise similar mean numbers. Parent-reported ADHD symptoms were moderately correlated between ages, while correlations were low for teachers. A total of 77/108 (71%) of the children classified with parent-reported HI presentation at age 3 years were no longer classified within any ADHD presentation at age 8 years, the only clear trend across time for either informant. There was a low to moderate parent-teacher-agreement in the number of reported symptoms, and very low informant agreement for the classified ADHD presentations. Overall, clinicians should exercise caution in communicating concern about HI symptoms in preschool children. Age 3 years may be too early to apply the ADHD diagnostic symptom criteria, especially if parents and teachers are required to agree.
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