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Direct linkBecker, Stephen P. – Grantee Submission, 2021
Objective: To conduct a systematic review of the measures designed to assess sluggish cognitive tempo (SCT) since the first SCT scale using careful test-construction procedures was published in 2009. Methods: The MEDLINE (PubMed), Embase, PsychINFO, and Web of Science databases were searched from September 2009 through December 2019. Articles…
Descriptors: Conceptual Tempo, Test Reliability, Test Validity, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
Becker, Stephen P.; Barkley, Russell A. – Grantee Submission, 2021
In this editorial perspective we consider the potential conceptual and empirical overlap between the research on mind wandering, particularly in its pathological extreme, and that on sluggish cognitive tempo (SCT) as it has diverged from research on attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). The more advanced state of research findings on…
Descriptors: Conceptual Tempo, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Attention, Phenomenology
Fredrick, Joseph W.; Burns, G. Leonard; Langberg, Joshua M.; Becker, Stephen P. – Grantee Submission, 2021
The Adult Concentration Inventory (ACI) is an adult self-report measure of sluggish cognitive tempo (SCT) developed following a meta-analysis identifying items distinguishing SCT from ADHD inattention. To date, only one study conducted in college students has examined the structural and external validity of the ACI. The current study evaluated the…
Descriptors: Conceptual Tempo, Adults, Test Validity, Executive Function
Becker, Stephen P.; Willcutt, Erik G. – Grantee Submission, 2019
Sluggish cognitive tempo (SCT) is separable from attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and other psychopathologies, and growing evidence demonstrates SCT to be associated with impairment in both children and adults. However, it remains unclear how SCT should optimally be conceptualized. In this article, we argue that multiple models of…
Descriptors: Conceptual Tempo, Psychopathology, Clinical Diagnosis, Research Needs
Becker, Stephen P.; Burns, G. Leonard; Smith, Zoe R.; Langberg, Joshua M. – Grantee Submission, 2020
A growing number of studies support the internal and external validity of youth self-reported sluggish cognitive tempo (SCT) symptoms. However, no study has examined SCT in adolescents without ADHD, examined whether adolescent self-reported SCT is distinct from adolescent self-reported ADHD inattention (ADHD-IN), or evaluated whether links between…
Descriptors: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Conceptual Tempo, Symptoms (Individual Disorders), Emotional Response
Fredrick, Joseph W.; Becker, Stephen P.; Langberg, Joshua M. – Grantee Submission, 2022
It is unknown whether sluggish cognitive tempo (SCT) is prospectively associated with depression in adolescence, and possible processes linking SCT to depression remain unexamined. Using a longitudinal study with three timepoints over a two-year period, the current study tested the indirect effects of SCT on depression via peer victimization,…
Descriptors: Conceptual Tempo, Cognitive Processes, Correlation, Depression (Psychology)
Fredrick, Joseph W.; Becker, Stephen P.; Langberg, Joshua M. – Grantee Submission, 2021
Objective: Although peer difficulties and sluggish cognitive tempo (SCT) are related, studies have yet to examine environmental factors that may advance further understanding this association. The current study tested whether peer difficulties, specifically social competence and peer victimization, interacted with school support, a component of…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Peer Relationship, Conceptual Tempo, Environmental Influences
Holdaway, Alex S.; Becker, Stephen P. – School Psychology Quarterly, 2018
Although sluggish cognitive tempo (SCT) is associated with poorer peer functioning, no study has examined SCT in relation to student-teacher relationship quality. The current study examined whether SCT, as rated by both teachers and children, was uniquely associated with poorer student-teacher relationship quality above and beyond child…
Descriptors: Conceptual Tempo, Teacher Student Relationship, Elementary School Students, Elementary School Teachers
Breaux, Rosanna; Dvorsky, Melissa R.; Marsh, Nicholas P.; Green, Cathrin D.; Cash, Annah R.; Shroff, Delshad M.; Buchen, Natalie; Langberg, Joshua M.; Becker, Stephen P. – Grantee Submission, 2021
Background: The impact of chronic stressors like the COVID-19 pandemic is likely to be magnified in adolescents with pre-existing mental health risk, such as attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). This study examined changes in and predictors of adolescent mental health from before to during the COVID-19 pandemic in the Southeastern and…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Mental Health, Adolescents
Becker, Stephen P.; Mossing, Kandace W.; Zoromski, Allison K.; Vaughn, Aaron J.; Epstein, Jeffery N.; Tamm, Leanne; Burns, G. Leonard – Grantee Submission, 2020
To advance the research examining the sluggish cognitive tempo (SCT) construct, a key priority has been to develop assessment tools that are reliable and valid. The current study builds upon existing work by conducting the most thorough psychometric evaluation to date of the teacher-reported Child and Adolescent Behavior Inventory (CABI) SCT and…
Descriptors: Conceptual Tempo, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Attention, Elementary School Students
Becker, Stephen P.; Burns, G. Leonard; Schmitt, Aidan P.; Epstein, Jeffery N.; Tamm, Leanne – Grantee Submission, 2017
Despite increasing interest in sluggish cognitive tempo (SCT) in children, the field is stymied by the lack of a standard symptom set that can be used across studies. Without a standard symptom set, it is difficult to determine if differences across studies are due to methodological or sample differences, or simply the way SCT was measured. To…
Descriptors: Conceptual Tempo, Elementary School Students, Symptoms (Individual Disorders), Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
Becker, Stephen P.; Langberg, Joshua M. – Journal of Attention Disorders, 2013
Objective: This study investigated the role of sluggish cognitive tempo (SCT) in relation to externalizing and internalizing mental health problems, academic functioning, and social functioning among young adolescents with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Method: In all, 57 youth ages 10 to 14 participated in the study. Parents…
Descriptors: Conceptual Tempo, Correlation, Behavior Problems, Symptoms (Individual Disorders)
