Personality assessment of children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
- 1 January 1995
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Journal of Clinical Psychology
Abstract
The present research was designed to assess several potentially important factors in the personality structure of a sample of children with attention deficit hyperactive disorder (ADHD) as compared to normal control children. Three questionnaires were administered to a group of 28 ADHD boys and to a control group of 83 boys: (1) The Locus of Control Scale for Children; (2) The Revised Children's Manifest Anxiety Scale; and (3) The Persistence Scale for Children. Results showed that the ADHD children had significantly higher external locus of control, were significantly less persistent, and reported an elevated level of “concentration/social worry” (an anxiety subscale). Such findings can help to clarify both the personality structure and the coping styles of the ADHD child.Keywords
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