The American Journal of Psychiatry

American Psychiatric Association

VOL. 168, No. 11

Childhood Trajectories of Inattention and Hyperactivity and Prediction of Educational Attainment in Early Adulthood: A 16-Year Longitudinal Population-Based Study
Jean-Baptiste Pingault, Ph.D.; Richard E. Tremblay, Ph.D.; Frank Vitaro, Ph.D.; René Carbonneau, Ph.D.; Christophe Genolini, Ph.D.; Bruno Falissard, M.D., Ph.D.; Sylvana M. Côté, Ph.D.

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Abstract

This longitudinal study of 2,000 children revealed that inattention, but not hyperactivity, is related to whether children graduate from high school.