Extending the ADHD Phenotype and Parsing Heterogeneity Via Emotional Dysregulation and Personality: A Latent Profile Analysis in College Students.

IF 2.7 3区医学 Q2 PSYCHIATRY

Journal of Attention Disorders Pub Date : 2025-03-27 DOI:10.1177/10870547251326676

Patrick K Goh, Da Eun Suh, Ashlyn W W A Wong, Elizabeth A Bodalski, Will H Canu

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Abstract

Objective: Past work has provided support for the relevance of personality traits and emotional dysregulation (ED), individually, for characterizing ADHD phenotypes beyond symptoms in college-aged populations. Yet, no studies have attempted to integrate these constructs into current ADHD conceptualizations within the context of one another. The current study thus sought to determine whether personality traits and ED dimensions, together, could facilitate meaningful differentiation of college students meeting symptom and impairment criteria for ADHD.

Method: Participants included 1,858 college students aged 18 to 29 years (M = 19.4 years, 70.4% female) with either self-reported ADHD diagnoses and/or clinical levels of symptoms and impairment.

Results: Latent profile analyses provided support for a three-profile solution comprised of a Primarily Inattentive/ED Present/Emotionally Unstable profile, a Moderate ADHD Severity/ED Absent/Normative Personality Traits profile, and a High ADHD Severity/ED Absent/Normative Personality Traits profile. Consideration of ED dimensions and personality traits, namely Emotional Stability, meaningfully enriched profiles beyond ADHD sum scores. Concurrent validation of profiles suggested significant differences with respect to impairment domains and internalizing problems.

Conclusion: Additional work is needed to characterize the integration of personality and ED into ADHD conceptualizations to inform more comprehensive assessment and treatment practices.

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情绪失调与人格对ADHD表型的扩展与异质性分析：一项大学生的潜在特征分析。

目的：过去的工作已经为人格特质和情绪失调（ED）的相关性提供了支持，单独用于表征大学年龄人群中ADHD症状以外的表型。然而，没有研究试图将这些结构整合到当前的ADHD概念中。因此，目前的研究试图确定人格特征和ED维度是否可以共同促进符合ADHD症状和损害标准的大学生的有意义的区分。方法：参与者包括1858名年龄在18至29岁之间的大学生（M = 19.4岁，70.4%为女性），他们要么自我报告ADHD诊断和/或临床症状和损害水平。结果：潜在特征分析为三特征解决方案提供了支持，包括主要注意力不集中/ED存在/情绪不稳定特征，中度ADHD严重程度/ED缺失/规范人格特征，以及高度ADHD严重程度/ED缺失/规范人格特征。考虑到ED维度和人格特征，即情绪稳定性，有意义地丰富了ADHD总和分数之外的概况。档案的并发验证表明，在损伤域和内化问题方面存在显著差异。结论：需要进一步的工作来描述ADHD概念中人格和ED的整合，以便为更全面的评估和治疗实践提供信息。

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Journal of Attention Disorders PSYCHIATRY-

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7.60

自引率

6.70%

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审稿时长

6-12 weeks

期刊介绍： Journal of Attention Disorders (JAD) focuses on basic and applied science concerning attention and related functions in children, adolescents, and adults. JAD publishes articles on diagnosis, comorbidity, neuropsychological functioning, psychopharmacology, and psychosocial issues. The journal also addresses practice, policy, and theory, as well as review articles, commentaries, in-depth analyses, empirical research articles, and case presentations or program evaluations.