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The Transition to Middle School Is Associated with Changes in the Developmental Trajectory of ADHD Symptomatology in Young Adolescents with ADHD
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Langberg, Joshua M.; Epstein, Jeffery N.; Altaye, Mekibib; Molina, Brooke S. G.; Arnold, L. Eugene; Vitiello, Benedetto – Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 2008
The attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) symptom presentation of young adolescents with ADHD was examined in association with the transition to middle school. This study used data collected in the Multimodal Treatment Study of ADHD, which included children between 7 and 9 years of age with a diagnosis of ADHD (n = 258) and grade- and…
Descriptors: Hyperactivity, Attention Deficit Disorders, Adolescents, Middle Schools
Multimethod Assessment of Covert Antisocial Behavior in Children: Laboratory Observations, Adult Ratings, and Child Self-Report.
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Hinshaw, Stephen P.; And Others – Psychological Assessment, 1995
Psychometric properties of a laboratory paradigm for measuring stealing, property destruction, and cheating were explored, and the viability of the construct of covert antisocial behavior was studied in 98 children with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder and 78 comparisons. Psychometric and ethical issues in assessment of covert behavior are…
Descriptors: Adults, Antisocial Behavior, Attention Deficit Disorders, Behavior Patterns
The Role of Academic Failure in Hyperactive Behavior
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Cunningham, Charles E.; Barkley, Russell A. – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1978
A model and supporting research are presented which suggest that academic failure resulting from a variety of etiological factors is sufficient to generate the behavioral patterns observed in many hyperactive children. (CL)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Behavior Change, Behavior Patterns, Conceptual Schemes
Internalizing Problems and Their Relation to the Development of Disruptive Behaviors in Adolescence.
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Loeber, Rolf; And Others – Journal of Research on Adolescence, 1994
Examined the intersection between internalizing and disruptive behavior problems in 890 inner-city boys in grades 4 and 7 over a 3-year period. Found that internalizing problems were more associated with a diagnosis of attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder than with a diagnosis of conduct disorder. (MDM)
Descriptors: Anxiety, Attention Deficit Disorders, Behavior Patterns, Behavior Problems
Rhetorical and Communication Theory: Abstracts of Doctoral Dissertations Published in "Dissertation Abstracts International," July through December 1985 (Vol. 46 Nos. 1 through 6).
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ERIC Clearinghouse on Reading and Communication Skills, Urbana, IL. – 1985
This collection of abstracts is part of a continuing series providing information on recent doctoral dissertations. The 12 titles deal with the following topics: (1) the relational nature of humor, (2) pragmatism and transaction, (3) within-channel redundancy versus between-channel redundancy in instructional material and its association with…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Classroom Communication, Cognitive Processes, Communication Research
Adolescent Outcomes for Hyperactive Children--Perspectives on General and Specific Patterns of Childhood Risk for Adolescent Educational, Social, and Mental Health Problems.
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Lambert, Nadine M. – 1987
An interactional model explaining predisposition to hyperactivity asserts that being identified, diagnosed, and treated as hyperactive is a function of biological factors, early health and temperament, family characteristics, and the quality of the home environment. A longitudinal study involving 367 subjects, aged 17-18, tested the interactional…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Adolescents, Behavior Disorders, Behavior Patterns