Handwriting in children with Attention Deficient Hyperactive Disorder: role of graphology
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- Handwriting in children with Attention Deficient Hyperactive Disorder: role of graphology
- Autore
- R. Cohen
- Batia Cohen-Kroitoru
- A. Halevy
- S. Aharoni
- Irena Aizenberg
- A. Shuper
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- 2019
- Lingua
- English
- Tipo
- Journal Article
Dublin Core
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- Journal Article
- DOI
- 10.1186/s12887-019-1854-3
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- BackgroundHandwriting difficulties are common in children with attention deficient hyperactive disorder (ADHD). The aim of our study was to find distinctive characteristics of handwriting in children with ADHD by using graphology to analyze physical characteristics and patterns, and to evaluate whether graphological analysis is an effective ADHD diagnostic tool for clinicians.MethodThe cohort included 49 children aged 13–18 years attending a tertiary neurology and epilepsy center in 2016–2017; 22 had a previous DSM-IV/V diagnosis of ADHD. The children were asked to write a 10–12-line story in Hebrew on a blank sheet of paper with a blue pen over a 20-min period. The samples were analyzed by a licensed graphologist blinded to the clinical details of the children against a predetermined handwriting profile of individuals with ADHD. Each ADHD characteristic identified in each sample was accorded 1 point, up to a total of 15 points. Patients with a graphology score of 9–15 were considered to have ADHD.ResultsThere were 21 boys (43%) and 28 girls (57%) in the cohort; 15 boys (71.4%) and 7 girls (25%) had a DSM-IV/V diagnosis of ADHD. The mean graphology score was significantly higher in the children who had a DSM-IV/V diagnosis of ADHD than in the children who did not (9.61 + 3.49 vs. 5.79 + 4.01, p = 0.002, respectfully). Using a score of 9 as the cutoff, in the girls, graphology had a specificity of 80% (95% CI 59.2–92.8) and a of sensitivity 71.4% for predicting ADHD. Corresponding values in the boys were 75.0 and 76.2%.ConclusionThe handwriting of children with ADHD has specific characteristics. Graphology may serve as a clinically useful tool in the diagnosis of ADHD.
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- 2019
- Lingua
- English
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- Semantic Scholar
- Publication Title
- BMC Pediatrics
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- Handwriting in children with Attention Deficient Hyperactive Disorder
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- Handwriting in children with Attention Deficient Hyperactive Disorder: role of graphology
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R. Cohen et al., “Handwriting in children with Attention Deficient Hyperactive Disorder: role of graphology,” Grafoteca - Biblioteca Grafologica Digitale, ultimo accesso il 05 aprile 2025, https://www.grafoteca.com/items/show/972.