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Table 2 Behavioral and emotional problems, perceived family function and adjustments in different severity trajectories among three symptom-domain groups

From: One-year trajectory analysis for ADHD symptoms and its associated factors in community-based children and adolescents in Taiwan

Variablesb

IA group

HI group

OD group

Low (N = 372)

Intermittent (N = 749)

High (N = 160)

Low (N = 520)

Intermittent (N = 672)

High (N = 89)

Low (N = 437)

Intermittent (N = 735)

High (N = 109)

Gender, n (%)a

 Male

140 (37.74)

396 (53.73)

111 (69.81)

229 (44.21)

351 (53.02)

67 (77.01)

203 (46.67)

383 (52.83)

61 (57.01)

 Female

231 (62.26)

341 (46.27)

48 (30.19)

289 (55.79)

311 (46.98)

20 (22.99)

232 (53.33)

342 (47.17)

46 (42.99)

Grade

 Grade 3

51 (13.71)

177 (23.63)

36 (22.50)

53 (10.19)

171 (25.45)

40 (44.94)

60 (13.73)

171 (23.27)

33 (30.28)

 Grade 5

81 (21.77)

159 (21.23)

43 (26.88)

99 (19.04)

155 (23.07)

29 (32.58)

87 (19.91)

162 (22.04)

34 (31.19)

 Grade 8

240 (64.52)

413 (55.14)

81 (50.62)

368 (70.77)

346 (51.49)

20 (22.47)

290 (66.36)

402 (54.69)

42 (38.53)

SDQ, mean (SD)

 Conduct problems

1.71 (0.87)

1.98 (1.08)

3.00 (1.66)

1.75 (0.88)

2.12 (1.19)

3.28 (1.81)

1.77 (0.91)

1.99 (1.13)

3.41 (1.56)

 Hyperactivity

3.43 (1.03)

3.72 (1.43)

4.35 (1.47)

3.37 (1.1)

3.82 (1.42)

5.07 (1.34)

3.52 (1.25)

3.74 (1.38)

4.34 (1.39)

 Emotional symptoms

1.37 (1.59)

2.07 (1.86)

3.21 (2.21)

1.59 (1.66)

2.21 (1.99)

3.14 (2.28)

1.50 (1.66)

2.13 (1.87)

3.33 (2.37)

 Peer problems

4.45 (1.23)

4.4 (1.31)

4.54 (1.53)

4.49 (1.27)

4.32 (1.34)

4.80 (1.42)

4.56 (1.30)

4.33 (1.29)

4.50 (1.51)

 Prosocial

8.14 (1.89)

7.31 (2.02)

6.41 (2.11)

7.85 (1.98)

7.22 (2.08)

6.54 (2.02)

8.18 (1.89)

7.16 (2.00)

6.13 (2.07)

 Family APGAR, mean (SD)

7.85 (2.6)

6.83 (2.99)

6.08 (3.28)

7.45 (2.67)

6.74 (3.12)

6.81 (3.20)

7.52 (2.76)

6.88 (3.03)

6.08 (3.11)

SAICA, mean (SD)

 School function

11.89 (2.00)

13.94 (3.48)

18.88 (5.10)

12.41 (2.31)

14.59 (4.06)

19.30 (5.85)

12.47 (2.58)

14.19 (3.80)

18.6 (5.79)

 Home behaviors

20.74 (5.67)

21.95 (6.60)

25.41 (7.45)

21.2 (5.72)

22.56 (6.89)

23.80 (8.78)

20.34 (5.50)

22.35 (6.47)

27.17 (8.33)

  1. SD standard deviation, IA inattention, HI hyperactivity–impulsivity, OD oppositional-defiance, SDQ Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire, Family APGAR family adaptation, partnership, growth, affection, and resolve, SAICA social adjustment instrument for children and adolescents
  2. a14 students with missing value in gender variable were found
  3. bOnly first wave data of were used in the analysis
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