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Distinguishing Sluggish Cognitive Tempo from ADHD in Children and Adolescents: Executive Functioning, Impairment, and Comorbidity
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Barkley, Russell A. – Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 2013
Controversy continues as to whether sluggish cognitive tempo (SCT) is a subtype of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) or a distinct disorder. This study examined differences between these disorders in demographics, executive functioning (EF), impairment, and prior professional diagnoses to address the issue. There were 1,800 children…
Descriptors: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Conceptual Tempo, Attention Deficit Disorders, Executive Function
Cognitive Control and Attentional Selection in Adolescents with ADHD versus ADD
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Carr, Laurie; Henderson, John; Nigg, Joel T. – Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 2010
An important research question is whether Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is related to early- or late-stage attentional control mechanisms and whether this differentiates a nonhyperactive subtype (ADD). This question was addressed in a sample of 145 ADD/ADHD and typically developing comparison adolescents (aged 13-17). Attentional…
Descriptors: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Attention Deficit Disorders, Adolescents, Cognitive Ability
A Controlled Trial of Working Memory Training for Children and Adolescents with ADHD
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Beck, Steven J.; Hanson, Christine A.; Puffenberger, Synthia S.; Benninger, Kristen L.; Benninger, William B. – Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 2010
This study assessed the efficacy of a 5-week, intensive working memory training program for 52 children and adolescents (ages 7-17) who had Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and other comorbid diagnoses. This study provided a treatment replication since the waitlist control group also completed training and was included in the…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Adolescents, Short Term Memory
Appetitive Motivation and Negative Emotion Reactivity among Remitted Depressed Youth
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Hankin, Benjamin L.; Wetter, Emily K.; Flory, Kate – Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 2012
Depression has been characterized as involving altered appetitive motivation and emotional reactivity. Yet no study has examined objective indices of emotional reactivity when the appetitive/approach system is suppressed in response to failure to attain a self-relevant goal and desired reward. Three groups of youth (N = 98, ages 9-15; remitted…
Descriptors: Motivation, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Depression (Psychology), Control Groups
Do Hyperactive Symptoms Matter in ADHD-I Restricted Phenotype?
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Schmitz, Marcelo; Ludwig, Henrique; Rohde, Luis A. – Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 2010
The objective of the current study was to evaluate a proposed restrictive inattentive type of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) by comparing clinical correlates among youths with ADHD inattentive type (ADHD-I) as a function of the number of hyperactivity symptoms presented (none vs. 3 or less) and controls (individuals without ADHD).…
Descriptors: Genetics, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Foreign Countries, Control Groups
A Waitlist-Controlled Trial of Behavioral Parent Training for Fathers of Children with ADHD
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Fabiano, Gregory A.; Pelham, William E.; Cunningham, Charles E.; Yu, Jihnhee; Gangloff, Brian; Buck, Melina; Linke, Stuart; Gormley, Matthew; Gera, Shradha – Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 2012
Fathers, in general, have been underrepresented in studies of parent training outcome for children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), and the present study aimed to investigate the efficacy of a behavioral parent training program developed expressly for fathers. The present investigation randomly assigned 55 fathers of children…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Control Groups, Fathers
Combining Parent and Child Training for Young Children with ADHD
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Webster-Stratton, Carolyn H.; Reid, M. Jamila; Beauchaine, Ted – Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 2011
The efficacy of the Incredible Years parent and child training programs is established in children diagnosed with oppositional defiant disorder but not among young children whose primary diagnosis is attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). We conducted a randomized control trial evaluating the combined parent and child program…
Descriptors: Mothers, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Young Children, Punishment
Time Estimation and Performance on Reproduction Tasks in Subtypes of Children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
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Salas, Carmen C.; Bauermeister, Jose J.; Barkley, Russell A.; Martinez, Jose V.; Cumba, Eduardo; Ramirez, Rafael R.; Reina, Graciela; Matos, Maribel – Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 2005
This study compared Hispanic children (ages 7 to 11) with combined type (CT, n = 33) and inattentive type (IT, n = 21) attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and a control group (n = 25) on time-estimation and time-reproduction tasks. The ADHD groups showed larger errors in time reproduction but not in time estimation than the control…
Descriptors: Memory, Time Management, Control Groups, Attention Deficit Disorders