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Huey, Stanley J., Jr.; Polo, Antonio J. – Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 2008
This article reviews research on evidence-based treatments (EBTs) for ethnic minority youth using criteria from Chambless et al. (1998), Chambless et al. (1996), and Chambless and Hollon (1998). Although no "well-established" treatments were identified, "probably efficacious" or "possibly efficacious" treatments were found for ethnic minority…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Hyperactivity, Depression (Psychology), Minority Groups
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Bussing, Regina; Fernandez, Melanie; Harwood, Michelle; Hou, Wei; Garvan, Cynthia Wilson; Eyberg, Sheila M.; Swanson, James M. – Assessment, 2008
To examine Swanson, Nolan, and Pelham-IV (SNAP-IV) psychometric properties, parent (N = 1,613) and teacher (N = 1,205) data were collected from a random elementary school student sample in a longitudinal attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) detection study. SNAP-IV reliability was acceptable. Factor structure indicated two ADHD factors…
Descriptors: African American Students, White Students, Poverty, Factor Structure
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Nyden, Agneta; Myren, Karl-Johan; Gillberg, Christopher – Journal of Attention Disorders, 2008
Objective: The study aims to evaluate psychosocial, societal, and family cost consequences of a psychoeducational intervention program. Methods: Sixty boys with ADHD, Asperger syndrome/high-functioning autism (AS/HFA), and reading and writing disorder (RD/WD) were allocated to participate in a service evaluation project. Every other boy in each…
Descriptors: Family Needs, Intervention, Autism, Asperger Syndrome
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Giannopulu, I.; Escolano, S.; Cusin, F.; Citeau, H.; Dellatolas, G. – British Journal of Educational Psychology, 2008
Background: The behavioural and academic performance of young children with teachers' reported hyperactivity, conduct problems or inattention is under debate. Aim: This study investigates the associations between teachers' reported behavioural difficulties and academic and cognitive performances in two large samples of preschool and school…
Descriptors: Test Results, Age Differences, Academic Achievement, Hyperactivity
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Ohan, Jeneva L.; Johnston, Charlotte – Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 2007
This study explores the social impact of ADHD, with and without opposition-defiant behaviour [ADHD+ODD (n= 22) and ADHD-only (n= 18)], in 9- to 12- year old girls compared to girls without ADHD (n= 40). Girls played a computer game involving simulated players, and mothers and teachers completed rating scales. In general, mothers and teachers saw…
Descriptors: Social Influences, Rating Scales, Mothers, Attention Deficit Disorders
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Jensen, Peter S.; Arnold, L. Eugene; Swanson, James M.; Vitiello, Benedetto; Abikoff, Howard B.; Greenhill, Laurence L.; Hechtman, Lily; Hinshaw, Stephen P.; Pelham, William E.; Wells, Karen C.; Conners, C. Keith; Elliott, Glen R.; Epstein, Jeffery N.; Hoza, Betsy; March, John S.; Molina, Brooke S. G.; Newcorn, Jeffrey H.; Severe, Joanne B.; Wigal, Timothy; Gibbons, Robert D.; Hur, Kwan – Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 2007
Objective: In the intent-to-treat analysis of the Multimodal Treatment Study of Children With ADHD (MTA), the effects of medication management (MedMgt), behavior therapy (Beh), their combination (Comb), and usual community care (CC) differed at 14 and 24 months due to superiority of treatments that used the MTA medication algorithm (Comb+MedMgt)…
Descriptors: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Behavior Modification, Psychopathology, Therapy
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Tick, Nouchka T.; Van Der Ende, Jan; Koot, Hans M.; Verhulst, Frank C. – Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 2007
Objective: The societal changes experienced by Western societies in recent decades have raised concerns about increases in the level of children's mental health problems. Although studies of secular changes in the prevalence of psychiatric diagnoses have indeed shown increases, their results may have been influenced by methodological problems,…
Descriptors: Check Lists, Medical Research, Emotional Disturbances, Hyperactivity
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Wallien, Madeleine S.C.; Swaab, Hanna; Cohen-Kettenis, Peggy T. – Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 2007
Objective: To investigate the prevalence and type of comorbidity in children with gender identity disorder (GID). Method: The Diagnostic Interview Schedule for Children--Parent Version was used to assess psychopathology according to the DSM in two groups of children. The first group consisted of 120 Dutch children (age range 4-11 years) who were…
Descriptors: Emotional Disturbances, Hyperactivity, Psychopathology, Sexual Identity
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Schoeder, Chrystal Edge; Remer, Rory – Journal of Child and Family Studies, 2007
The research on Tourette's disorder (TD), a neuropsychological disorder consisting of motor and phonic tics, has largely focused on individuals with TD and not on the caregivers of children with TD. We investigated the effects of several variables on caregiver strain of caregivers of children with TD, including perceived social support, caregiver…
Descriptors: Stress Variables, Caregivers, Hyperactivity, Attention Deficit Disorders
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Hogue, T. E.; Mooney, P.; Morrissey, C.; Steptoe, L.; Johnston, S.; Lindsay, W. R.; Taylor, J. – Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 2007
Background: Despite an increasing knowledge base concerning the assessment of emotional and behavioural problems in people with intellectual disabilities (ID), relatively little research has examined such problems in offenders with ID. Methods: The study assessed 172 male offenders with ID in three service settings (high, medium-low security and…
Descriptors: Emotional Problems, Aggression, Mental Retardation, Hyperactivity
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White, Holly A. – Journal of Attention Disorders, 2007
Objective: Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is associated with poor inhibition of prepotent responses and deficits in distractor inhibition, but relatively few studies have addressed inhibitory control of proactive interference (PI) in individuals with ADHD. Thus, the goal of the present study was to evaluate resistance to spatial…
Descriptors: Semantics, Hyperactivity, Attention Deficit Disorders, Inhibition
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Simonoff, Emily; Pickles, Andrew; Wood, Nicky; Gringras, Paul; Chadwick, Oliver – Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 2007
Objectives: To determine whether the nature and correlates of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) symptoms are different in subjects with mild intellectual disability (ID) compared to subjects with average ability. Method: From a general population sample of 2,726 12- to 15-year-olds, a stratified subsample was selected to enrich for…
Descriptors: Measures (Individuals), Intelligence Quotient, Hyperactivity, Attention Deficit Disorders
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Meadows, Sarah O.; McLanahan, Sara S.; Brooks-Gunn, Jeanne – Journal of Marriage and Family, 2007
Using the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study, we examine the association between parental major depressive and generalized anxiety disorders and child behavior problems across family types: married, cohabiting, involved nonresident father, and noninvolved nonresident father. Among 3-year-olds in all families, maternal anxiety/depression is…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Young Children, Child Behavior, Depression (Psychology)
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von Stauffenberg, Camilla; Campbell, Susan B. – Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, 2007
Data from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Study of Early Child Care were examined to test whether: attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) symptoms remain stable from 54 months through early elementary school; behavioral inhibition and attention deficits assessed at 54 months predict ADHD symptoms in elementary…
Descriptors: Grade 3, Child Health, Inhibition, Hyperactivity
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Brieber, Sarah; Neufang, Susanne; Bruning, Nicole; Kamp-Becker, Inge; Remschmidt, Helmut; Herpertz-Dahlmann, Beate; Fink, Gereon R.; Konrad, Kerstin – Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 2007
Background: Although autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) are two distinct neurodevelopmental diseases, they share behavioural, neuropsychological and neurobiological characteristics. For the identification of endophenotypes across diagnostic categories, further investigations of phenotypic overlap…
Descriptors: Attention Deficit Disorders, Autism, Hyperactivity, Adolescents
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