Betsy Hoza

TL;DR: Type or intensity of 14 months of treatment for ADHD in childhood does not predict functioning 6 to 8 years later, and early ADHD symptom trajectory regardless of treatment type is prognostic, implying that children with behavioral and sociodemographic advantage, with the best response to any treatment, will have the best long-term prognosis.

TL;DR: A six-item dispositional self-report index called the Children's Hope Scale is introduced and validated for use with children ages 8-16 and suggests that the scale evidence internal consistency, and is relatively stable over retesting.

TL;DR: These secondary analyses confirm the primary findings and clarify clinical decisions about the choice between multimodal and unimodal treatment with medication.

TL;DR: Three clinical profiles are indicated, ADHD co-occurring with internalizing disorders (principally parent-reported anxiety disorders) absent any concurrent disruptive disorder (ADHD + ANX), ADHD Co-occurred with ODD/CD but no anxiety (AD HD + ODD /CD), and ADHD with both anxiety and O DD/CD may be sufficiently distinct to warrant classification as ADHD subtypes different from "pure" ADHD with neither comorbidity.

TL;DR: The Friendship Qualities Scale as discussed by the authors is a multidimensional measurement instrument to assess the quality of children's and early adolescents' relationships with their best friends according to five conceptually meaningful aspects of the friendship relation.