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Romo L, Ladner J, Kotbagi G, Morvan Y, Saleh D, Tavolacci MP, Kern L. Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder and addictions (substance and behavioral): Prevalence and characteristics in a multicenter study in France. J Behav Addict 2018; 7:743-751. [PMID: 30010409 PMCID: PMC6426372 DOI: 10.1556/2006.7.2018.58] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
Abstract
AIM The aim of this study is to determine the possible links between attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and the presence of concomitant addictions with or without substance use in a French student population. MEASURES A battery of questionnaire measuring socioeconomic characteristics, university curriculum, ADHD (Wender Utah Rating Scale and Adult ADHD Self-Report Scale), substance consumptions (alcohol, tobacco, and cannabis), and behavioral addictions [(eating disorders (SCOFF)], Internet addiction (Internet Addiction Test), food addiction (Yale Food Addiction Scale), compulsive buying (Echeburua's), and problem gambling (The Canadian Problem Gambling Index)] and measures of physical activity (Godin's Leisure Time Exercise Questionnaire) was filled up by university students in Rouen and Nanterre in France. RESULTS A total of 1,517 students were included (472 from Paris Nanterre and 1,042 from Rouen). The mean age was 20.6 years (SD = 3.6) and the sex ratio male to female was 0.46. The prevalence of ADHD among the students (current ADHD with a history of ADHD in childhood) was 5.6%. A quarter (25.7%) of students had already repeated their university curriculum, compared to 42.2% among the students with ADHD. Students with possible ADHD had repeated classes more often and believed to have a lower academic level than the students without ADHD. Significant differences were found as students with ADHD were less likely to succeed in their studies (repeated classes more often) than non-ADHD students, and considered their academic level to be lower. They also had significantly higher scores on substance (alcohol, cannabis, and tobacco) as well as behavioral addictions (gambling, compulsive buying disorder, eating disorders, and Internet addiction). CONCLUSION It seems essential to determine students' problems and propose interventions adapted to students' needs, in order to reduce the negative impact on their future academic and global successes.
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Affiliation(s)
- Lucia Romo
- Department of Psychology, University Paris Nanterre EA 4430 CLIPSYD, Nanterre, France,GHT Psychiatrie et Neuroscience, CMME, Centre Hospitalier Sainte Anne, Paris, France,Corresponding author: Lucia Romo; Université Paris Nanterre UFR SPSE, EA 4430 CLIPSYD, 200 avenue de la république 92001 Nanterre Cedex, Unité Inserm U894 CH Sainte Anne, Paris, France; GHT Psychiatrie et Neuroscience, CMME, Centre Hospitalier Sainte Anne, Paris, France; Phone: +33 6 87 51 12 71; Fax: +33 01 40 97 71 58; E-mail:
| | - Joel Ladner
- Epidemiology and Health Promotion Hospital, Rouen University Hospital, Rouen, France,INSERM UMR 1073, Normandy University Hospital, Rouen, France,INSERM UMR 1073, School of Medicine, Rouen University, Rouen, France
| | - Gayatri Kotbagi
- Department of Psychology, University Paris Nanterre EA 4430 CLIPSYD, Nanterre, France,Department of Sports Sciences, Grenoble Alpes University, EA 3742 SENS, France
| | - Yannick Morvan
- Department of Psychology, University Paris Nanterre EA 4430 CLIPSYD, Nanterre, France,INSERM UMR 894, Laboratoire de Physiopathologie des Maladies Psychiatriques, Centre de Psychiatrie et Neurosciences, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Paris Descartes University, Paris, France
| | - Dalia Saleh
- Department of Psychology, University Paris Nanterre EA 4430 CLIPSYD, Nanterre, France,Counseling Psychology, Tishreen University, Latakia, Syria
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- INSERM UMR 1073, Normandy University Hospital, Rouen, France,Clinical Investigation Center 1404, Rouen University Hospital, Rouen, France
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- Department of Psychology, University Paris Nanterre EA 4430 CLIPSYD, Nanterre, France,University Paris Nanterre EA 2931, CeSRM, Nanterre, France
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