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===<span style="font-family:'Linux Libertine, Georgia, Times, serif'; font-size:24px; font-weight: normal;">Teenage boys with ADHD have double the amount of sexual partners vs. 'normal' teens</span>===
===<span style="font-family:'Linux Libertine, Georgia, Times, serif'; font-size:24px; font-weight: normal;">Teenage boys with ADHD have double the amount of sexual partners vs. 'normal' teens</span>===
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A cohort study with a massive sample size (Østergaard et al. 2017) (N = 2,698,052) based on data taken from Danish government statistics found:
Østergaard et al. (2017) conducted a nationwide cohort study using data from Danish government registers. Examining individuals (N = 2,698,052) born in Denmark between 1960-2001, it was found that individuals with ADHD were significantly (2.3 for males and 3.62 for females at the ages of 12-16) more likely to become parents in their teens. These numbers were also similar for older teenagers aged 17-19.
* Compared with individuals without ADHD, those with ADHD were significantly more likely to become parents at 12 to 16 years of age (IRR for females 3.62, 95% CI 2.14–6.13; IRR for males 2.30, 95% CI 1.27–4.17) and at 17 to 19 years of age (IRR for females 1.94, 95% CI 1.62–2.33; IRR for males 2.27, 95% CI 1.90–2.70) '''i.e boys with ADHD are more then twice as likely to be fathers in their teens.'''


Another study by Rokeach and Wiener (2018) consisting of "A community sample of 58 participants (30 ADHD, 28 Comparison), ages 13 to 18, completed questionnaires assessing various features of romantic relationships" replicated the findings of the above study by concluding:
This is possibly partly because teenagers with ADHD have been found to have a larger number of sexual partners vs typically developing (TD) controls.
* Males with ADHD reported their age of first intercourse to be nearly 2 years sooner than NT peers.
Rokeach & Weiner (2014) administering questionnaires on sexual behavior to 58 participants (30 ADHD, 28 TD), found that irrespective of gender, individuals with ADHD reported nearly double the number of lifetime sexual partners as compared to TD participants. Boys with ADHD also reported a 2 year earlier age of sexual debut as compared to TD boys, with the age of sexual debut between ADHD and TD girls not being significantly different.
* '''Irrespective of gender, adolescents with ADHD had nearly double the number of lifetime sexual partners'''.


Therefore, the greater number of children born to adolescents with ADHD is not due to them being less likely to use birth control as compared to NT (neurotypical) peers due to their impulsive nature, but because they have a much greater (2x) number of sexual partners.
A possibly explanation for the ADHD boys being more sexually successful than TD males is due to the overlapping behavioral elements of ADHD and Psychopathy. Bodalski (2017) reviewed research demonstrating a link between ADHD and psychopathic affect and also similar levels of impulsive behavior, while noting that the literature elucidating the possible relationship between the two was scarce.


Barring any further evidence that boys with ADHD are more physically attractive then [[neurotypical|NT]]s, their greater number of partners is most likely due to greater effort levels (i.e more courtship effort) and quite likely higher perceived social dominance, greater impulsivity (https://scholarship.richmond.edu/honors-theses/987/ study demonstrating link between ADHD and a low arousal threshold; also found in psychopaths) and their greater chance of being perpetrators of violent acts.
<span style="font-size:125%">'''Quotes'''</span>
*  ''Compared to individuals without ADHD, those with ADHD were significantly more likely to become parents at age 12-15 (IRR for females: 3.62 [95%CI 2.14-6.13] and for males: 2.30 [95%CI 1.27-4.17]) and at age 16-19 (IRR for females: 1.94 [95%CI 1.62-2.33] and for males: 2.27 [95%CI 1.90-2.70]).'' (Østergaard et al., 2017)
* ''Adolescents with ADHD reported having more romantic partners than their typically developing (TD) peers. Females with ADHD were found to have shorter romantic relationships than TD adolescents while males with ADHD reported their age of first intercourse to be nearly 2 years sooner than TD peers. Irrespective of gender, adolescents with ADHD had nearly double the number of lifetime sexual partners.'' (Rokeach & Weiner, 2014)
* ''Psychopathy and ADHD both have impulsive elements that may explain overlap of the two. A 2010 study indicated that children with ADHD inattentive type and combined type were rated by teachers as having elevated levels of psychopathic and callous-unemotional traits as well as lower educational performance (DeLisi et al., 2010). In 2013, DeLisi found that children with both ADHD and conduct disorder scored higher than their peers on psychopathic personality features and also noted that thrill-seeking and impulsiveness showed to be the strongest classification variables for delinquency and violent delinquency at the 90th percentiles.'' (Bodalski, 2017)
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<span style="font-size:125%">'''References:'''</span>
<span style="font-size:125%">'''References:'''</span>

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