Naslov
Comorbidity of ADHD in children and adolescents in Croatia

Autori
Cvitković Daniela ; Plentaj Rafaela

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u zbornicima skupova, cjeloviti rad (in extenso), znanstveni

Izvornik
5thInternational Conference „Transformation Towards Sustainable and Resilient Society for Persons with disabilities“, 2018, Conference proceeding / - Skopje, 2018, 565-574

ISBN
978-608-238-145-9

Skup
5th international conference Transformation towards sustainable and resilient society for persons with disabilities

Mjesto i datum
Ohrid, Sjeverna Makedonija, 13.09.2018. - 15.09.2018

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Poster

Vrsta recenzije
Međunarodna recenzija

Ključne riječi
ADHD, comorbidity, WISC IV, children, adolescents

Sažetak
Most of the people that suffer from ADHD have at least one additional diagnosis. ADHD can have any condition or disorder as its comorbidity but certain conditions appear more often than others. Those are learning difficulties, depression, anxiety, conduct disorder, oppositional defiant disorder, tic disorder and Tourette syndrome, eating disorder, sleeping disorder (Robin & Barkley, 1998.). The first aim of this research was to examine comorbidity of ADHD among children and adolescents who came to Centre for rehabilitation of Faculty of Education and Rehabilitation Sciences of University of Zagreb. The second aim was to get insight about cognitive profile (WISC IV Scale) of children with ADHD. The sample consists of 183 children and adolescents with ADHD diagnose who came to Centre for rehabilitation of Faculty of Education and Rehabilitation Sciences of University of Zagreb. Through reading assessment reports of children and adolescents it was examined whether they have additional diagnosis, if so, what are they and how many are there. About 50% of children have some working memory problems and 40% have problems in speed information processing. Results of this study were compared with research results from other countries.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Edukacijsko-rehabilitacijske znanosti

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