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Table 3 Prevalence of specific personality disorders and conduct disorder in adolescents with ADHD (N = 153)

From: Personality disorders and Axis I comorbidity in adolescent outpatients with ADHD

Personality Disorder (PD)

Boys with ADHD (N = 9)

Boys without ADHD (N = 50)

χ 2

p-value*

Girls with ADHD (N = 12)

Girls without ADHD (N = 82)

χ 2

p-value*

Paranoid

0

0

–

–

0

0

–

–

Schizoid

0

1

0.183

1.000

0

0

–

–

Schizotypal

0

0

–

–

0

0

–

–

Antisocial

1

1

–

–

3

0

21.176

0.002

Borderline

1

0

1.933

0.284

3

4

6.150

0.042

Histrionic

0

0

5.651

0.153

2

3

3.517

0.121

Narcissistic

0

0

–

–

0

1

0.148

1.000

Avoidant

0

3

0.569

1.000

0

6

0.938

0.598

Dependent

0

0

–

–

0

1

0.148

1.000

Obsessive-compulsive

0

0

–

–

0

6

0.938

0.598

Self-defeating

0

0

–

–

0

0

–

–

Depressive

0

2

0.373

1.000

0

8

1.280

0.383

Negativistic

0

0

–

–

1

1

2.544

0.240

At least one PD

1

7

0.054

1.000

6

19

3.860

0.076

More than one PD

1

0

5.651

0.153

2

8

0.526

0.611

Conduct disorder

3

8

1.107

0.369

6

8

11.887

0.003

  1. *p-values from exact chi square tests