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Direct linkLench, Heather C.; Levine, Linda J.; Whalen, Carol K. – Journal of Attention Disorders, 2013
Objective: Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is a commonly diagnosed childhood disorder associated with parent--child conflict and parental stress. This investigation explored whether parents' interpretation of symptomatic behavior predicted negative interactions with and perceptions of their child. Method: We recruited parents of…
Descriptors: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Child Behavior, Parent Attitudes, Parent Child Relationship
Kamali, Khosrow; Yoosefi Looyeh, Majid – Intervention in School and Clinic, 2013
This article describes a group narrative intervention for improving the behavior of 8- to 11-year-old children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder at home and school. (Contains 2 tables and 1 note.)
Descriptors: Child Behavior, Behavior Modification, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Behavior Problems
Beauchaine, Theodore P.; Gatzke-Kopp, Lisa; Neuhaus, Emily; Chipman, Jane; Reid, M. Jamila; Webster-Stratton, Carolyn – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 2013
Objective: To evaluate measures of cardiac activity and reactivity as prospective biomarkers of treatment response to an empirically supported behavioral intervention for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Method: Cardiac preejection period (PEP), an index of sympathetic-linked cardiac activity, and respiratory sinus arrhythmia…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Metabolism, Behavior Problems
Martin, Andrew J. – Australian Journal of Guidance and Counselling, 2013
In light of recent evidence suggesting the academic benefits of personal best (PB) goals for students with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), this article explores practical approaches to implementing PB goals in the counselling and classroom context. Beginning with a brief summary of how and why PB goals impact academic outcomes and…
Descriptors: At Risk Students, Outcomes of Education, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Educational Objectives
Riddle, Mark A.; Yershova, Kseniya; Lazzaretto, Deborah; Paykina, Natalya; Yenokyan, Gayane; Greenhill, Laurence; Abikoff, Howard; Vitiello, Benedetto; Wigal, Tim; McCracken, James T.; Kollins, Scott H.; Murray, Desiree W.; Wigal, Sharon; Kastelic, Elizabeth; McGough, James J.; dosReis, Susan; Bauzo-Rosario, Audrey; Stehli, Annamarie; Posner, Kelly – Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 2013
Objective: To describe the clinical course of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) symptom severity and diagnosis from ages 3 to 5 up to 9 to 12 years during a 6-year follow-up after the original Preschool ADHD Treatment Study (PATS). Method: A total of 207 participants (75% male) from the original PATS, assessed at baseline (mean age,…
Descriptors: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Age, Preschool Children, Severity (of Disability)
Algorta, Guillermo Perez; Youngstrom, Eric A.; Phelps, James; Jenkins, Melissa M.; Youngstrom, Jennifer Kogos; Findling, Robert L. – Psychological Assessment, 2013
Family history of mental illness provides important information when evaluating pediatric bipolar disorder (PBD). However, such information is often challenging to gather within clinical settings. This study investigates the feasibility and utility of gathering family history information using an inexpensive method practical for outpatient…
Descriptors: Rating Scales, Behavior Disorders, Psychological Patterns, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
Staikova, Ekaterina – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Impaired social functioning in individuals with ADHD has been well-documented as early as the preschool years and often persists into adulthood. Existing treatments for ADHD are effective for improving the inattention, impulsivity and overactivity characteristic of the disorder, but they have limited effectiveness at improving social skills. This…
Descriptors: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Interpersonal Competence, Symptoms (Individual Disorders), Children
Lewis, Shannon M. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The purpose of special education is to provide students with effective interventions in order to ensure they perform up to their potential while enrolled in school and are prepared upon exiting school. The current study aimed to examine and compare school-based interventions, and the behavioral and psychological functioning of students with…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Disabilities, Intervention, Mental Health
van Steensel, Francisca J. A.; Bogels, Susan M.; de Bruin, Esther I. – Journal of Child and Family Studies, 2013
The present study was conducted with the aim to identify comorbid psychiatric disorders in children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) (n = 40) and to compare those comorbidity rates to those in children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) (n = 40). Participants were clinically referred children aged 7-18 years. DSM-IV…
Descriptors: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Anxiety Disorders, Autism, Comorbidity
Rhee, Soo Hyun; Willcutt, Erik G.; Hartman, Christie A.; Pennington, Bruce F.; DeFries, John C. – Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 2008
There is significant comorbidity between attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and conduct disorder (CD). The conclusions of studies that examined the causes of comorbidity between ADHD and CD conflict, with some researchers finding support for the three independent disorders model and others finding support for the correlated risk…
Descriptors: Attention Deficit Disorders, Hyperactivity, Twins, Risk
Baldwin, Jennifer S.; Dadds, Mark R. – Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 2008
Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is comorbid with a range of other disorders, including anxiety disorders. The aim was to examine different explanations for the covariation of these symptom domains in children according to the framework provided by (Lilienfeld, S. O. Comorbidity between and within childhood externalizing and…
Descriptors: Attention Deficit Disorders, Hyperactivity, Anxiety, Children
Biederman, Joseph; Ball, Sarah W.; Monuteaux, Michael C.; Mick, Eric; Spencer, Thomas J.; McCreary, Michelle; Cote, Michelle; Faraone, Stephen V. – Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 2008
The association between attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and major depression (MD) in adolescent and young adult females is evaluated. Findings indicate that MD emerging in the context of ADHD is an impairing and severe comorbidity that needs to be considered further clinically and scientifically.
Descriptors: Females, Attention Deficit Disorders, Hyperactivity, Young Adults
Evangelista, Nicole M.; Owens, Julie S.; Golden, Catherine M.; Pelham, William E., Jr. – Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 2008
This study examined whether children with symptoms of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) demonstrate positive illusory perceptions of their own competence and others' competence. Participants (67 children with ADHD symptoms; 40 non-ADHD children) completed the Self-Perception Profile for Children and rated actors' competence in videos…
Descriptors: Hyperactivity, Attention Deficit Disorders, Children, Self Concept
Loo, Sandra K.; Rich, Erika Carpenter; Ishii, Janeen; McGough, James; McCracken, James; Nelson, Stanley; Smalley, Susan L. – Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 2008
Background: This paper examines familiality and candidate gene associations of cognitive measures as potential endophenotypes in attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Methods: The sample consists of 540 participants, aged 6 to 18, who were diagnosed with ADHD from 251 families recruited for a larger genetic study of ADHD. All members of…
Descriptors: Siblings, Attention Deficit Disorders, Hyperactivity, Genetics
Crichton, Alexander – Journal of Attention Disorders, 2008
When any object of external sense, or of thought, occupies the mind in such a degree that a person does not receive a clear perception from any other one, he is said to attend to it. The principle that is excited in his mind by a perception, or thought, is commonly called the faculty of attention; a faculty which may be justly said to be the…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Educational Objectives, Individual Differences, Attention
