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Peer reviewedMerrell, Kenneth W.; Boelter, Eric – Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders, 2001
Two studies investigated the construct validity of the Home and Community Social Behavior Scales (HCSBS), a new behavior rating scale for assessing children's social behavior, and relationships between characteristics of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and children's social behavior. Results indicated a strong link between social behavior…
Descriptors: Attention Deficit Disorders, Behavior Rating Scales, Construct Validity, Elementary Secondary Education
Direct linkHoza, Betsy; Gerdes, Alyson C.; Mrug, Sylvie; Hinshaw, Stephen P.; Bukowski, William M.; Gold, Joel A.; Arnold, L. Eugene; Abikoff, Howard B.; Conners, C. Keith; Elliott, Glen R.; Greenhill, Laurence L.; Hechtman, Lily; Jensen, Peter S.; Kraemer, Helena C.; March, John S.; Newcorn, Jeffrey H.; Severe, Joanne B.; Swanson, James M.; Vitiello, Benedetto; Wells, Karen C.; Wigal, Timothy – Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 2005
Peer-assessed outcomes were examined at the end of treatment (14 months after study entry) for 285 children (226 boys, 59 girls) with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) who were rated by their classmates (2,232 classmates total) using peer sociometric procedures. All children with ADHD were participants in the Multimodal Treatment…
Descriptors: Therapy, Behavior Modification, Hyperactivity, Attention Deficit Disorders
Peer reviewedWigal, Sharon; Swanson, James M.; Feifel, David; Sangal, R. Bart; Elia, Josephine; Casat, Charles D.; Zeldis, Jerome B.; Conners, C. Keith – Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 2004
Objective: To evaluate the efficacy and safety of dexmethylphenidate hydrochloride (d-MPH, Focalin[TM]) for the treatment of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and to test an a priori hypothesis that d-MPH would have a longer duration of action than d,l-threo-methylphenidate (d,l-MPH). Method: This was a randomized, double-blind study…
Descriptors: Hyperactivity, Attention Deficit Disorders, Drug Therapy, Children
Peer reviewedLevy, Florence; Hay, David A.; Bennett, Kellie S.; McStephen, Michael – Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 2005
Objective: To examine gender differences in attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder ("ADHD") symptom comorbidity with "oppositional defiant disorder", "conduct disorder", "separation anxiety disorder", "generalized anxiety disorder", speech therapy, and remedial reading in children. Method: From…
Descriptors: Remedial Reading, Speech Therapy, Siblings, Separation Anxiety
Peer reviewedMcClure, Erin B.; Treland, Julia E.; Snow, Joseph; Dickstein, Daniel P.; Towbin, Kenneth E.; Charney, Dennis S.; Pine, Daniel S.; Leibenluft, Ellen – Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 2005
Objective: To test the hypothesis that patients with pediatric bipolar disorder (PBPD) would demonstrate impairment relative to diagnosis-free controls of comparable age, gender, and IQ on measures of memory functioning. Method: The authors administered a battery of verbal and visuospatial memory tests to 35 outpatients with PBPD and 20 healthy…
Descriptors: Psychological Patterns, Verbal Learning, Psychiatry, Patients
Peer reviewedFilho, Alceu Gomes Correia; Bodanese, Rafael; Silva, Tatiana Laufer; Alvares, Julia Paglioza; Aman, Michael; Rohde, Luis Augusto – Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 2005
Objective: To evaluate the short-term efficacy and tolerability of risperidone and methylphenidate for reducing symptoms related to attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in children and adolescents with moderate mental retardation. Method: In a 4-week, single-blind, parallel-group trial, 45 subjects with moderate mental retardation and…
Descriptors: Body Weight, Child Behavior, Adolescents, Moderate Mental Retardation
Peer reviewedde l'Etoile, Shannon K. – Music Educators Journal, 2005
The educational practice called inclusion has brought increasing numbers of children with disabilities into the music classroom, many times without the teacher being informed of these students' unique needs. In order for music teachers to successfully teach in an inclusive classroom, they must be prepared to work effectively with special learners,…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Teacher Education, Behavior Problems, Attention Deficit Disorders
Rabiner, David L.; Coie, John D.; Miller-Johnson, Shari; Boykin, Anne-Sylvie M.; Lochman, John E. – Journal of Emotional & Behavioral Disorders, 2005
This study examined the predictors of aggressive offending that persisted from adolescence into young adulthood in an initial sample of 622 African American youth who were interviewed every 2 years between the ages of 12 and 22. Participants were classified as persistent aggressive offenders (n = 27) if they reported committing a felony assault…
Descriptors: Hyperactivity, Attention Deficit Disorders, Adolescents, Young Adults
Swartz, Stacy L.; Prevatt, Frances; Proctor, Briley E. – Psychology in the Schools, 2005
In this article we describe coaching as an intervention for college students with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Coaching college students with ADHD empowers individuals to organize and execute their responsibilities, both in academia and in everyday life. With the assistance of a coach, individuals with ADHD can create structure…
Descriptors: Intervention, College Students, Hyperactivity, Academic Advising
Download full textGreenspan, Stanley I. – Early Childhood Today (1), 2006
The terms ADD (Attention Deficit Disorder) and ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder) are applied to several symptoms, including: difficulty in paying attention, distractibility, having a hard time following through on things, and sometimes over-activity and impulsivity. There are many different reasons why children have these symptoms.…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Attention Deficit Disorders, Young Children, Teaching Methods
Gerdes, Alyson C.; Hoza, Betsy – Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 2006
The goal of this study was to simultaneously examine maternal attributions, affect, and parenting in mothers of children with and without attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) using a multimethod approach (vignettes, confederate child video clips, and video clips of mother's own child). Of the participants, 23 were 7- to 12-year-old…
Descriptors: Child Rearing, Prosocial Behavior, Mothers, Males
Peer reviewedPapadopoulos, Timothy C.; Panayiotou, Georgia; Spanoudis, George; Natsopoulos, Demetrios – Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 2005
This study examined the planning performance of children with attention deficits, and also investigated the possible interactions between inattention and anxiety in the performance of executive function tasks. A group of 98 children (grades 4 and 6), derived from an initial group of 550, were assigned to an attention difficulties group (AD) and a…
Descriptors: Grade 4, Anxiety, Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Development
Peer reviewedKopecky, Helena; Chang, H. Theresa; Klorman, Rafael; Thatcher, Joan E.; Borgstedt, Agneta D. – Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 2005
We administered the Tower of Hanoi to demographically comparable samples of control participants (n = 34) and children with the Combined (n = 22) and Inattentive subtypes (n = 19) of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). Controls excelled over children with the Inattentive subtype, who outperformed patients with the Combined subtype.…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Hyperactivity, Attention Deficit Disorders, Stimulants
Peer reviewedHartnett, D. Niall; Nelson, Jason M.; Rinn, Anne N. – Roeper Review, 2003
This research intends to provide empirical support for the possibility of misdiagnosis of giftedness and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). Forty-four graduate students enrolled in a school counseling program acted as participants. Participants were given one of two forms, both of which provided a hypothetical case study of a young…
Descriptors: Identification, School Counseling, Graduate Students, Hyperactivity
Tully, Lucy A.; Arseneault, Louise; Caspi, Avshalom; Moffitt, Terrie E.; Morgan, Julia – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 2004
The moderating effect of maternal warmth on the association between low birth weight and children's attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) symptoms and low IQ was studied in 2,232 twins. Half of 5-year-old children had low birth weights, below 2,500 g. Maternal warmth, a component of expressed emotion, was coded from mothers' audiotaped…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Twins, Mothers, Intelligence Quotient
