NEO PI-R PROFILES OF ADULTS WITH ATTENTION-DEFICIT DISORDER

The personality functioning of adults diagnosed with attention deficit disorder (ADD) without comorbid psychiatric illness was examined. NEO PI-R profiles in a group of 25 adults referred for ADD evaluation mee ting criteria for this diagnosis without any history of other psychiat ric disturbance were compared to profiles from a control group of 23 n onpsychotic adult outpatients being treated with psychotherapy. All pa rticipants completed self-report measures of ADD symptoms as well as t he NEO PI-R (Form S). The ADD adult group obtained significantly highe r scores in the Neuroticism domain and significantly lower scores in t he Conscientiousness domain than the outpatient comparison group. The NEO PI-R appears useful to the understanding of ADD in adulthood.