Citation

Lahey BB, Loeber R, Burke JD, Applegate B. J. Consult. Clin. Psychol. 2005; 73(3): 389-399.

Affiliation

Department of Psychiatry, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA. blahey@yoda.bsd.uchicago.edu

Copyright

(Copyright © 2005, American Psychological Association)

DOI

10.1037/0022-006X.73.3.389

PMID

15982137

Abstract

It is essential to identify childhood predictors of adult antisocial personality disorder (APD) to target early prevention. It has variously been hypothesized that APD is predicted by childhood conduct disorder (CD), attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), or both disorders. To test these competing hypotheses, the authors used data from a single childhood diagnostic assessment of 163 clinic-referred boys to predict future APD during early adulthood. Childhood Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (3rd ed., rev.; American Psychiatric Association, 1987) CD, but not ADHD, significantly predicted the boys' subsequent APD. An interaction between socioeconomic status (SES) and CD indicated that CD predicted APD only in lower SES families, however. Among children who met criteria for CD, their number of covert but not overt CD symptoms improved prediction of future APD, controlling for SES.

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