Family structure, birth order, and aggressive behaviors among school-aged boys with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
- 07.12.2018
- Original Paper
Erschienen in:
- Verfasst von
- Yuan-Chang Hsu
- Chih-Tsai Chen
- Hao-Jan Yang
- Pesus Chou
- Erschienen in
- Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology | Ausgabe 6/2019
Abstract
Purpose
To evaluate the associations between family structure, birth order, and aggressive behaviors among school-aged boys with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).
Methods
We conducted a matched case–control study. Data were retrieved from medical records at a psychiatry center in northern Taiwan. School-aged boys with ADHD who first visited the outpatient department at the psychiatric center between 2000 and 2011 were identified. The Child Behavior Checklist was used for aggressive behavior assessment. Boys with ADHD with T scores higher than 70 on the aggressive subscale were classified as cases and others with T scores lower than 70 were classified as controls at a 1:4 ratio. After controlling for other familial, personal, and parental factors, a multivariate conditional logistic regression was performed to evaluate the effects of family structure and birth order on aggressive behaviors of boys with ADHD.
Results
277 cases and 1108 controls were included in the final analysis. Compared with living in a traditional family with both parents, living in a non-traditional family in which one or both parents were absent increased the risk of aggressive behaviors by 1.47-fold, with the highest risk for those in single parent families. Being the firstborn increased risk by 1.45-fold and the risk was higher when the firstborn had siblings.
Conclusions
Living in non-traditional families in which one or both parents were absent, and being the firstborn increased risk of aggression in school-aged boys with ADHD. Identification of this high-risk population and development of adequate preventive strategies are warranted.
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- Titel
- Family structure, birth order, and aggressive behaviors among school-aged boys with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
- Verfasst von
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Yuan-Chang Hsu
Chih-Tsai Chen
Hao-Jan Yang
Pesus Chou
- Publikationsdatum
- 07.12.2018
- Verlag
- Springer Berlin Heidelberg
- Erschienen in
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Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology / Ausgabe 6/2019
Print ISSN: 0933-7954
Elektronische ISSN: 1433-9285 - DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s00127-018-1624-9
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