Internet Archive Scholar

Differential personality features in adult ADHD subtypes
Variables diferenciales de personalidad en los subtipos de TDAH en la edad adulta

Yolanda Martínez Ortega, Rosa Bosch Munsó, Montserrat Gomà-i-Freixanet, Sergi Valero Ventura, Josep Antoni Ramos-Quiroga, Mariana Nogueira, Miguel Casas Brugué
2010 Psicothema  

Preserved Fulltext

fulltext thumbnail
Web Archive Capture PDF (96.7 kB)
https://web.archive.org/web/20200321102947/http://grupsderecerca.uab.cat/zkpq/sites/grupsderecerca.uab.cat.zkpq/files/tdahAdultszkpq.pdf

A copy of this work was available on the public web and has been preserved in the Wayback Machine. The capture dates from 2020; you can also visit the original URL. The file type is application/pdf.

Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and personality traits are relatively stable from childhood and across life span. The purpose of this study was to identify differential and discriminative personality traits between clinical subtypes of ADHD in adults. The Zuckerman-Kuhlman Personality Questionnaire (ZKPQ) and the Millon Multiaxial Clinical Inventory-II (MCMI-II) were administered to a sample of 146 adults with ADHD. Activity and Aggression-Hostility dimensions from the ZKPQ
more » ... ed us to properly classify 75.8% of the inattentive and combined subtypes. Data indicates that ADHD is not a homogeneous entity, but rather, there are significant differences in personality characteristics among clinical subtypes. The results have theoretical implications about the connection between ADHD and personality, and clinical implications regarding diagnosis and treatment designs better tailored to the characteristics of each subtype.
pmid:20423627 fatcat:uzrepgyh5befbpgb5fcqnfvuvy
DOAJ Szczepanski lang:es
Citation

Yolanda Martínez Ortega, Rosa Bosch Munsó, Montserrat Gomà-i-Freixanet, Sergi Valero Ventura, Josep Antoni Ramos-Quiroga, Mariana Nogueira, Miguel Casas Brugué. "Differential personality features in adult ADHD subtypes." Psicothema 22.2 (2010) 236-41