Multimethod attention diagnostics in children

The guideline-compliant diagnosis of attention deficit disorder in children is multi-methodological and includes structured exploration and anamnesis of the child and their social environment and living conditions, self-assessments by the child, assessments by parents and teachers and objective tests. The advantages and disadvantages of each source of information should be balanced out by the others. The results of studies on the correlation and predictive power of different methods are inconsistent. We investigate the accuracy with which diagnostic procedures can predict the ICD-10 diagnosis of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (AD(H)D) in children aged between 6 and 13 years. For this purpose, we use questionnaires from the parent, teacher and self-report perspective as well as two so-called objective test procedures (Gameboy and laptop test). For a better assessment of accuracy, we include a clinical sample of children who have been diagnosed with AD(H)D and a norm sample of children without AD(H)D.

Contact person:
Luisa Himmelmeier

0521/10667534

Lhimmelmeier@uni-bielefeld.de