Validity of DSM-IV ADHD in African Americans

DSM-IV ADHD 在非裔美国人中的有效性

• 批准号: 7221652
• 负责人: MICHELLE A SHANAHAN
• 金额: $ 4.01万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF DENVER (COLORADO SEMINARY)
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2006
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2006-09-15 至 2007-09-14
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/7221652
• 关键词: African American; adolescence (12-20); attention; attention deficit disorder; behavioral /social science research tag; caucasian American; child psychology; clinical research; developmental psychology; diagnosis quality /standard; disease /disorder classification; functional ability; gender difference; human subject; mental disorder diagnosis; middle childhood (6-11); neuropsychological tests; predoctoral investigator; psychomotor reaction time; racial /ethnic difference; short term memory

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The overall goal of the proposed research project is to test for ethnic differences in the internal and external validity of DSM-IV ADHD in an African American (AA) sample. In order to test for ethnic differences in the internal validity of DSM-IV ADHD, this study will examine symptom dimensions and DSM-IV subtypes in two community samples of African American (AA) and Caucasian American (CA) subjects, divided by ethnic group and gender within each group. In order to test for ethnic differences in the external validity of DSM-IV ADHD, the current study will examine whether important clinical correlates of ADHD, namely functional impairment, academic achievement, and comorbidities with other psychiatric disorders, vary by ethnic group or gender. In addition, this study will examine whether there are ethnic or gender group differences in the neuropsychological profiles of children with ADHD. We will compare the performance of participants by group and by gender within group on measures of behavioral inhibition, sustained attention and vigilance, working memory, processing speed, delay aversion, and affective decision making to determine whether the same deficits exist, in the same proportions, in an AA sample as in a CA sample.

描述（由申请人提供）：拟议研究项目的总体目标是在非裔美国人 (AA) 样本中测试 DSM-IV ADHD 的内部和外部有效性的种族差异。为了测试 DSM-IV ADHD 内部有效性的种族差异，本研究将检查非裔美国人 (AA) 和白种人美国人 (CA) 受试者的两个社区样本中的症状维度和 DSM-IV 亚型，按种族组划分以及每个组内的性别。为了测试 DSM-IV ADHD 外部效度的种族差异，本研究将检查 ADHD 的重要临床相关性，即功能障碍、学业成绩以及与其他精神疾病的合并症，是否因种族群体或性别而异。此外，这项研究还将探讨多动症儿童的神经心理学特征是否存在种族或性别差异。我们将按组别和组内性别比较参与者在行为抑制、持续注意力和警惕性、工作记忆、处理速度、延迟厌恶和情感决策方面的表现，以确定是否存在相同比例的相同缺陷，在 AA 样本中与在 CA 样本中一样。