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Prevalence of Oppositional Defiant Disorder in a Sample of Spanish Schoolchildren

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 August 2013

Victoria Meisel ,
Mateu Servera ,
Esther Cardo  and
Gloria García-Banda
Victoria Meisel
Affiliation:
Universitat de les Illes Balears (Spain)
Mateu Servera*
Affiliation:
Universitat de les Illes Balears (Spain)
Esther Cardo
Affiliation:
Hospital Son Llatzer (Spain)
Gloria García-Banda
Affiliation:
Universitat de les Illes Balears (Spain)
*
*Correspondence concerning this article should be addressed to Mateu Servera. Departmento de Psicología. Universitat de les Illes Balears (UIB). Ctra. Valldemossa Km 7.5. 07122. Palma de Mallorca. Islas Baleares (Spain). Email: mateus@uib.es
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Abstract

The aim of this study is to determine the prevalence rate of ODD in school age children, and analyze the variability of the prevalence rates per informant, according to the sources of information, sex, age, and level of agreement between teachers and parents. This is an epidemiological study conducted using a community sample extracted by means of multi-stage stratified sampling. The sample consisted of 1,295 children of both sexes from 6 to 8 years old. For diagnostic evaluation, the Oppositional Defiant Disorder Rating Scale (ODDRS-IV) was used. The estimated global prevalence of ODD, detected by all sources is 16.1%. But if we consider the percentage of subjects detected by only one informant, the prevalence rate is 9.5%. The prevalence according to teachers is 5.1% (95% CI = 3.88–6.31), according to fathers is 9% (95% CI = 7.38–10.54), and according to mothers is 9.7% (95% CI = 8.02–11.29). Teachers report more boys with ODD than girls. Results support the idea of high variability in ODD prevalence rates. Our findings suggest that parents are more prone to detect the disorder than teachers, and that boys present ODD more frequently than girls, only when they are evaluated by their teachers.

Keywords

oppositional defiant disorderprevalencechildren
Type
Research Article
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The Spanish Journal of Psychology , Volume 16 , 2013 , E63
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Copyright © Universidad Complutense de Madrid and Colegio Oficial de Psicólogos de Madrid 2013 

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Footnotes

This work was supported by a grant of the Spanish Government (DGESYC, BSO2000-1200).

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