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Article: Arithmetic Disabilities and ADD Subtypes: Implications for DSM-IV.(attention-deficit disorder, Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders)
- Article from:
- Journal of Learning Disabilities
- Article date:
- May 1, 1999
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Abstract
This study investigated whether specific academic deficits were associated with attention-deficit disorder (ADD) subtypes. Twenty students (ages 8-12) with attention-deficit disorder with hyperactivity (ADD/H) were compared to 20 students with attention-deficit disorder without hyperactivity (ADD/noH). Group differences were compared using a MANCOVA, and paired t tests were used to compare within-group differences. Dependent variables for the within-group differences were four achievement subtest scores from the Woodcock-Johnson Psycho-Educational Battery-Revised: Letter-Word Identification, Passage Comprehension, Calculation, and Applied Problems. ...