In a national sample of young Danish adults, all three maltreatment latent classes showed significantly increased risk of probable ADHD relative to the non-abused class, strongest for the overall abuse class (OR=5.08), then emotional abuse (OR=3.09) and sexual abuse (OR=2.07)¶
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q3 i3 The overall abuse class showed over a fivefold increase in probable ADHD relative to the non-abused class (OR=5.08). → Sanderud K. 2016
q3 i2 The emotional abuse class was over three times more likely (OR=3.09) and the sexual abuse class twice as likely (OR=2.07) to report probable ADHD relative to the non-abused class. → Sanderud K. 2016
Evidence¶
Sanderud K. 2016¶
Sanderud K., Murphy S., Elklit A. (2016). Child maltreatment and ADHD symptoms in a sample of young adults. European Journal of Psychotraumatology. https://doi.org/10.3402/ejpt.v7.32061
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Binary logistic regression in the Danish national survey (2,980 interviews, 63% response rate) with probable ADHD as dependent variable, gender and three abuse latent classes as predictors, non-abuse class as reference. Table 3 prints OR=5.08 (overall), OR=3.09 (emotional), OR=2.07 (sexual); the "strongest effect was evident in the overall abuse class".
"The three abuse classes showed a significantly increased risk of developing ADHD symptoms relative to the non-abused class. The strongest effect was evident in the overall abuse class with over a fivefold increase in probable ADHD."
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Related Claims¶
- Males were significantly more likely than females to report probable ADHD in the young adult sample (OR=1.56)
- Abuse typology groups differed significantly on overall ADHD symptom scores, with only the non-abused group differing significantly from the three abuse groups in post hoc analysis
- The authors interpret the maltreatment–ADHD association as partly complicated by symptom overlap between ADHD and PTSD, which may make the two conditions difficult to distinguish
- 14.5% of the sample scored above the ASRS cutoff for probable ADHD, and the overall abuse latent class was especially associated with ADHD symptoms (35.9% above cutoff vs 10.1% of the non-abused group) — related
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In a national sample of young Danish adults, all three maltreatment latent classes showed significantly increased risk of probable ADHD relative to the non-abused class, strongest for the overall abuse class (OR=5.08), then emotional abuse (OR=3.09) and sexual abuse (OR=2.07) |
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In a national sample of young Danish adults, all three maltreatment latent classes showed significantly increased risk of probable ADHD relative to the non-abused class, strongest for the overall abuse class (OR=5.08)... |
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