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Journal of Attention Disorders
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The Wender Utah Rating Scale

Adult ADHD Diagnostic Tool or Personality Index?

B.D. Hill

Louisiana State University, bdhill{at}lsu.edu

Russell D. Pella

Louisiana State University

Ashvind N. Singh

Metropolitan State Hospital, Norwalk, California

Glenn N. Jones

Lousiana State University Health Services Center

Wm. Drew Gouvier

Louisiana State University

Objective: The Wender Utah Rating Scale (WURS) is used to retroactively assess ADHD symptoms. This study sought to determine whether the WURS actually functions as an index of dysfunctional personality traits. Method: Five hundred twenty-two adult participants completed the WURS and at least one of the following measures: Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale—III (WAIS-III), Trails Making Test (Forms A and B), Conners' Continuous Performance Test, d2 Test of Attention, and the Personality Assessment Inventory (PAI). Results: The WURS correlated significantly with all PAI clinical and treatment scales; however, of the neuropsychological measures, only the CPT significantly correlated with the WURS score. Multiple regression analyses revealed a significant model that included clinical and treatment scales from the PAI as well as working memory and processing speed indexes from the WAIS-III that accounted for 39% of the variance in WURS scores. Conclusion: Performance on the WURS was more related to dysfunctional personality traits than to actual attentional performance in this young adult sample. (J. of Att. Dis. 2009; 13(1) 87-94)

Key Words: ADHD • Wender Utah Rating Scale • Personality Assessment Inventory (PAI) • neuropsychology • personality

This version was published on July 1, 2009

Journal of Attention Disorders, Vol. 13, No. 1, 87-94 (2009)
DOI: 10.1177/1087054708320384
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