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We interviewed 81 subjects who had been diagnosed as having the “hyperactive child syndrome” two to five years previously, and who were 12 to 16 years old at follow-up. About half of them reported that they were restless, impatient, irritable and impulsive, and found it hard to study. In general the subjects' reports agreed well with their mothers', but there was obvious disagreement over whether they were liked by others. Two out of five subjects had low self-esteem, but this characteristic was not associated with antisocial behavior.
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Stewart, M.A., Mendelson, W.B. & Johnson, N.E. Hyperactive children as adolescents: How they describe themselves. Child Psych Hum Dev 4, 3–11 (1973). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01434179
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