Citation

Bilgiç A, Tufan AE, Yilmaz S, Ozcan O, Ozmen S, Oztop D, Türkoğlu S, Akca OF, Yar A, Işık Ü, Çolak Sivri R, Polat H, Irmak A, Dönmez YE, Çon Bayhan P, Uçur Ö, Cansiz MA, Savci U. Child Psychiatry Hum. Dev. 2016; 48(2): 283-297.

Affiliation

Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, School of Medicine, Izzet Baysal University, Bolu, Turkey.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2016, Holtzbrinck Springer Nature Publishing Group)

DOI

10.1007/s10578-016-0640-9

PMID

27033363

Abstract

This study evaluates the associations among the symptoms of anxiety, depression, and disruptive behavioral disorders (DBD) in the context of their relationships with reactive-proactive aggression and anxiety sensitivity in children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). The sample consisted of 342 treatment-naive children with ADHD. The severity of ADHD and DBD symptoms were assessed via parent- and teacher-rated inventories. Anxiety sensitivity, reactive-proactive aggression and severity of anxiety and depression symptoms of children were evaluated by self-report inventories. According to structural equation modeling, depression and anxiety scores had a relation with the DBD scores through reactive-proactive aggression.

RESULTS also showed a negative relation of the total scores of anxiety sensitivity on DBD scores, while conduct disorder scores had a positive relation with anxiety scores. This study suggests that examining the relations of reactive-proactive aggression and anxiety sensitivity with internalizing and externalizing disorders could be useful for understanding the link among these disorders in ADHD.

Language: en