Psychosocial Profiles of Adults with ADHD: A Comparative Study of Prison and Outpatient Psychiatric Samples

The European Journal of Psychology Applied to Legal Context Pub Date : 2018-12-20 DOI:10.5093/EJPALC2018A14

T. García, C. Rodríguez, Javier Rodríguez, Asunción Fernández Suarez, V. Richarte, J. Ramos-Quiroga

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This study aimed to describe and compare the educational, social, and family profiles of adults with and without ADHD from two different settings: a prison and an outpatient psychiatric setting. A total of 542 participants, aged between 17 and 69 years, took part in the study. The participants consisted of four groups: a prison sample with ADHD (n = 69) and without ADHD (n = 183), and an outpatient psychiatric sample with ADHD (n = 218) and without ADHD (n = 72). The results showed that, firstly, there were some statistically significant differences between the groups in academic history, social and family situation, and the adoption of risk behaviors during adolescence and early adulthood. Secondly, some of these differences were related to diagnosis (ADHD versus non-ADHD) while others were related to the sample being examined (prison versus psychiatric). The findings from the study showed the presence of significant implications in social, family, educational, and employment achievements both for adults with ADHD (both prison and psychiatric samples) and for adults without ADHD.

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成人多动症的社会心理特征:监狱和门诊精神病学样本的比较研究

本研究旨在描述和比较两种不同环境下患有和没有多动症的成年人的教育、社会和家庭概况:监狱和门诊精神病院。共有542名年龄在17岁到69岁之间的参与者参加了这项研究。参与者包括四组:患有多动症的监狱样本(n = 69)和没有多动症的监狱样本(n = 183)，以及患有多动症的门诊精神病样本(n = 218)和没有多动症的精神病样本(n = 72)。结果表明:第一，两组学生在学业经历、社会家庭状况、青少年及成年早期危险行为的采取等方面存在显著差异;其次，其中一些差异与诊断有关(ADHD与非ADHD)，而另一些差异与被检查的样本有关(监狱与精神病院)。研究结果表明，无论是对患有多动症的成年人(包括监狱和精神病院的样本)，还是对没有多动症的成年人，在社会、家庭、教育和就业成就方面，都存在着重大的影响。

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