Prevalence of hyperactivity in elementary school children as a function of social system definers.
- 1 July 1978
- journal article
- Published by American Psychological Association (APA) in American Journal of Orthopsychiatry
- Vol. 48 (3), 446-463
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1939-0025.1978.tb01334.x
Abstract
This study seeks to reconcile the widely varying estimates of prevalence of hyperactivity in children. Parents, teachers, and physicians were asked to identify hyperactive children in a sample of some 5000 elementary school children. Approximately five percent were considered hyperactive by at least one defining system; only one percent were considered hyperactive by all three definers. Prevalence rates were relatively constant from kindergarten through fifth grade.Keywords
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