Correlation between anxiety levels and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder in Children from 6 to 8 years old

Abstract

This research work analyses the correlation between anxiety levels an Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD).
The studied population was 85 children that were diagnosed with ADHD and attend to a Psychological treatment in the Desarrollo Humano IDEAS center, in Cuenca-Ecuador from 6 to 8 ages. For the investigation to carried out there was made an analysis and a selection of cases that were diagnosed with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) by means of interpretation of the DSM-V diagnosis criteria and the participants’ personal background, related to the anxiety level there was applied a children’s anxiety questionnaire. The children’s age and gender are considered among the factors for the analysis of the study. The interpretation of the results was developed based on a descriptive and exploratory statistics, getting a significant relation between the medium and high anxiety levels and the Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, and in the same way it is evident that there is greater rate of children with anxiety level an ADHD than girls.