Table 2.
Sexual orientation and sexual experiences in individuals with and without ADHD.
| Whole sample | Women | Men | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ADHD | HCs | Sig. | ADHD | HCs | Sig. | ADHD | HCs | Sig. | |
| (n = 139) | (n = 67) | (n = 89) | (n = 42) | (n = 44) | (n = 21) | ||||
| Age at first sexual experience | 15.3 years | 17.1 years | T = −1.73 | 14.3 years | 17.0 years | T = −3.02 | 15.8 years | 16.5 years | T = −0.37 |
| SD = 7.25 | SD = 6.92 | p = 0.09 | SD = 3.73 | SD = 3.73 | p = 0.003 | SD = 5.89 | SD = 7.30 | p = 0.71 | |
| Sexually abusive experience | 25 (18%) | 6 (9%) | χ2 = 2.88 | 22 (24.7%) | 6 (14.3%) | χ2 = 1.85 | 2 (4.5%) | 0 | χ2 = 0.99 |
| p = 0.09 | p = 0.17 | p = 0.32 | |||||||
| Sexual orientation | χ2 = 3.90 | χ2 = 3.77 | χ2 = 1.22 | ||||||
| p = 0.27 | p = 0.29 | p = 0.54 | |||||||
| Heterosexual | 96 (69.1%) | 51 (76.1%) | 60 (67.4%) | 31 (73.8%) | 35 (79.5%) | 19 (90.5%) | |||
| Homosexual | 3 (2.2%) | 3 (4.5%) | 1 (1.1%) | 2 (4.8%) | 0 | 0 | |||
| Bisexual | 23 (16.5%) | 5 (7.5%) | 18 (20.2%) | 4 (9.5%) | 4 (9.1%) | 1 (4.8%) | |||
| Unsure/other | 17 (12.2%) | 8 (11.9%) | 10 (11.2%) | 5 (11.9%) | 5 (11.4%) | 1 (4.8%) | |||
| Heterosexual experiences | χ2 = 0.59 | n/A | χ2 = 0.30 | ||||||
| p = 0.45 | p = 0.59 | ||||||||
| Yes | 137 (98.6%) | 65 (97.0%) | 89 (100%) | 42 (100%) | 43 (97.7%) | 20 (95.2%) | |||
| No | 2 (1.4%) | 2 (3.0%) | 0 | 0 | 1 (2.3%) | 1 (4.8%) | |||
| Homosexual experiences | χ2 = 11.12 | χ2 = 6.56 | χ2 = 3.87 | ||||||
| p <0.001 | p =0.01 | p = 0.05 | |||||||
| Yes | 67 (48.2%) | 16 (23.9%) | 51 (57.3%) | 14 (33.3%) | 11 (25.0%) | 1 (4.8%) | |||
| No | 72 (51.8%) | 51 (76.1%) | 38 (42.7%) | 28 (66.7%) | 33 (75.0%) | 20 (95.2%) | |||
HCs, healthy controls.