Multiple Measurement, Transsituational Diagnosis, and the Concept of Generalized Overactivity

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Abstract
A group of 68 children referred to a developmental clinic for assessment of activity level were compared on a number of dimensions presumed to be related to their eventual diagnosis of hyperactivity. These dimensions included demographic and educational variables, developmental diagnoses, activity level scores in a standardized free-play situation, parent questionnaires, and the impressions of parents, teachers, referring agencies, and professionals doing the evaluation of the children. The eventual diagnosis of hyperactivity was not significantly related to most of these variables when examined individually. Children diagnosed as hyperactive were significantly younger and of lower IQ than those not diagnosed as hyperactive. The overlap in agreement of impressions of parents, teachers, and professionals of the child's behavior at home, in school, and in the clinic was highly related to a child's eventual diagnosis as hyperactive.

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