Differences in Parents and Teachers' Perceptions of Behavior Manifested by Gifted Children with ADHD Compared to Gifted Children Without ADHD and Non-Gifted Children with ADHD Using the Conners 3 Scale

Overview

Journal Brain Sci

Publisher MDPI

Date 2022 Nov 24

PMID 36421895

Authors

Juliette Francois-Sevigny

Mathieu Pilon

Laurie-Anne Gauthier

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Abstract

The potential for the misdiagnosis of giftedness as attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) has been well documented, as has the clinical diagnostic profile of individuals with both giftedness and ADHD. This study aimed to examine parents' and teachers' responses to the Conners 3 behavioral rating scale of gifted students with ADHD compared to gifted students without ADHD and non-gifted students with ADHD. Ninety-two children aged 6 to 16 years were included in the study. On the basis of clinical assessments utilizing the K-SADS, the WISC-V, and other neurocognitive tests, the students were split into three groups: gifted/ADHD ( = 35), ADHD ( = 35), and gifted ( = 22). The results revealed that mothers', fathers', and teachers' responses to the Conners 3 rating scale distinguished well between the gifted group and the other two groups, but not between the gifted/ADHD and ADHD groups. The learning difficulties observed by teachers was the most significant element that distinguished gifted/ADHD students from non-gifted ADHD students. Other results indicated that mothers and fathers reported more inattention problems in their gifted/ADHD children than teachers. Additionally, mothers tended to observe more learning and executive function problems in their gifted/ADHD children than teachers did. These findings highlight the importance of multiple informants complementing each other in the assessment process for ADHD in a gifted context to counteract the masking effect between giftedness and ADHD.

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