Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD) replaced Hyperkinetic Reaction of Childhood as a category in DSM-III. This study evaluates the validity of the new terminology by determining whether clinical diagnoses of ADD could be predicted from scores on a number of widely used psychometric and behavioral instruments. Results suggest that ADD is an inadequately specified category. Some implications of this finding are considered.

ADD is an inadequately specified diagnostic category, as it cannot be predicted from scores on widely used psychometric and behavioral instruments.

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An evaluation of the validity of the diagnostic category of attention deficit disorder.

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