The intellectual characteristics of children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder

CEN Chao-qun; DENG Hong-zhu; CHEN Kai-yun; LIANG Ya-yong; ZOU Xiao-bing

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Chinese Journal of Child Health Care ›› 2013, Vol. 21 ›› Issue (9) : 905-908.

The intellectual characteristics of children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder

CEN Chao-qun,DENG Hong-zhu,CHEN Kai-yun,LIANG Ya-yong,ZOU Xiao-bing

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Objective To explore the intellectual profiles of children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder(ADHD). Methods Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-Chinese Edition(C-WISC) was used to examined the intelligence of 154 6~14-year-old children with ADHD diagnosed according to DSM-Ⅳ and 102 6~14-year-old typically developing children.Results The FIQ of children with ADHD was raged from 70~129,with none(0.0%)in very superior range,6(3.90%)in superior range,112(72.73%) in average range and 36(23.37%) in borderline range;The VIQ,PIQ and FIQ and scales on three Kaufman factors of children with ADHD were lower than those of typically developing children(P＜0.01);Children with ADHD had lower scales than those of typically developing children on 10 subtests out of all 11 subtests(P＜0.01);There was no statistically difference between VIQ and PIQ in both ADHD and typically developing children(P＞0.01);The proportion of VIQ-PIQ discrepancy >15 in ADHD children was not statistically different from that in typically developing children(P＞0.01);There were no statistically differences between scores on three Kaufman factors in both ADHD and typically developing children(P＞0.01). Conclusion Children with ADHD generally have lower IQ than chose of typically developing children,but they show no differences in the structure of intelligence.

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attention deficit hyperactivity disorder / intellectual characteristics / children

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CEN Chao-qun,DENG Hong-zhu,CHEN Kai-yun,LIANG Ya-yong,ZOU Xiao-bing. The intellectual characteristics of children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder[J]. Chinese Journal of Child Health Care. 2013, 21(9): 905-908

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