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A Four-Year Follow-up of Hyperactive Boys with and without Conduct Disorder

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

Gerald J. August ,
Mark A. Stewart  and
Clarissa S. Holmes
Gerald J. August
Affiliation:
University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas 77550
Mark A. Stewart
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, Iowa 52242
Clarissa S. Holmes
Affiliation:
Child Development Clinic, University of Iowa
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Summary

A four-year follow-up of clinically selected hyperactive boys with and without associated conduct disorder investigated their outcome during early adolescence and was taken from a structured behavioural interview and standard psychological testing.

Boys originally diagnosed as “purely” hyperactive continued to be inattentive and impulsive at follow-up, but showed very few aggressive and antisocial behaviours. Hyperactive boys who had earlier been undersocialized and aggressive continued to have problems with attention and impulsivity, were reported to be aggressive, noncompliant, egocentric, exhibiting antisocial behaviours and using alcohol. These findings suggest that antisocial and delinquent behaviour often reported in follow-up studies of hyperactive boys may be linked to childhood aggression and unsocialized behaviour, rather than the syndrome of hyperactivity.

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Research Article
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 143 , Issue 2 , August 1983 , pp. 192 - 198
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Copyright © 1983 The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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