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Deng, Ci-ping; Liu, Ming; Wei, Wei; Chan, Raymond C. K.; Das, J. P. – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2011
This study aims to measure the psychometric properties of the Das-Naglieri Cognitive Assessment System (D-N CAS) and to determine its clinical utility in a Chinese context. Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) was conducted to examine the construct validity of the Chinese version of the D-N CAS among a group of 567, normally developed children.…
Descriptors: Factor Structure, Cognitive Tests, Factor Analysis, Construct Validity
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Grosswald, Sarina J.; Stixrud, William R.; Travis, Fred; Bateh, Mark A. – Current Issues in Education, 2008
This exploratory study tested the feasibility of using the Transcendental Meditation[R] technique to reduce stress and anxiety as a means of reducing symptoms of ADHD. Students ages 11-14 were taught the technique, and practiced it twice daily in school. Common ADHD inventories and performance measures of executive function were administered at…
Descriptors: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Metacognition, Anxiety, Drug Therapy
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Boersma, Hester; Das, J.P. – Developmental Disabilities Bulletin, 2008
We begin with the suggestion that the definition of Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder (ADHD) still faces some challenges. Conceptually, inhibition of the Pavlovian kind preexisted the "behavioral inhibition" popular in the USA; the difference between them has to be understood in order to understand ADHD. The present project examines…
Descriptors: Classical Conditioning, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Inhibition, Rating Scales