TY - JOUR
T1 - The Impact of Emotional Lability Symptoms During Childhood in Adults With ADHD
AU - Gisbert, Laura
AU - Richarte, Vanesa
AU - Corrales, Montserrat
AU - Ibáñez, Pol
AU - Bosch, Rosa
AU - Casas, Miquel
AU - Ramos-Quiroga, Josep Antoni
PY - 2018/4/1
Y1 - 2018/4/1
N2 - © 2017, © The Author(s) 2017. Objective: To determine whether emotional lability (EL) in adult ADHD patients can already be identified during their childhood and the extent to which this childhood symptomatology can predict EL in adulthood. Method: Seven hundred eighteen adults with ADHD were examined. EL in adulthood was assessed using the Conners’ Adult ADHD Rating Scales (CAARS). According to Conners’ definition of EL, seven items from the Wender Utah Rating Scale (WURS) were used to determine this symptomatology in childhood. Results: EL was identified in 31.1% of the participants, and 29.6% of this subgroup reported EL symptoms in childhood. Childhood EL was the strongest predictor of these symptoms in adulthood (odds ratio [OR] = 6.18). ADHD subtype, female sex, family history of ADHD, psychiatric comorbidities, and physical abuse were also related to EL development/persistence. Conclusion: Screening for EL symptoms in children with ADHD is important, as they are the strongest predictor of this symptomatology in adulthood.
AB - © 2017, © The Author(s) 2017. Objective: To determine whether emotional lability (EL) in adult ADHD patients can already be identified during their childhood and the extent to which this childhood symptomatology can predict EL in adulthood. Method: Seven hundred eighteen adults with ADHD were examined. EL in adulthood was assessed using the Conners’ Adult ADHD Rating Scales (CAARS). According to Conners’ definition of EL, seven items from the Wender Utah Rating Scale (WURS) were used to determine this symptomatology in childhood. Results: EL was identified in 31.1% of the participants, and 29.6% of this subgroup reported EL symptoms in childhood. Childhood EL was the strongest predictor of these symptoms in adulthood (odds ratio [OR] = 6.18). ADHD subtype, female sex, family history of ADHD, psychiatric comorbidities, and physical abuse were also related to EL development/persistence. Conclusion: Screening for EL symptoms in children with ADHD is important, as they are the strongest predictor of this symptomatology in adulthood.
KW - ADHD
KW - emotional dysregulation
KW - emotional lability
KW - life impairments
U2 - 10.1177/1087054717719534
DO - 10.1177/1087054717719534
M3 - Article
SN - 1087-0547
VL - 22
SP - 581
EP - 590
JO - Journal of Attention Disorders
JF - Journal of Attention Disorders
IS - 6
ER -