Attaining and maintaining preparation: a comparison of attention in hyperactive, normal, and disturbed control children.
J Abnorm Child Psychol
; 16(4): 361-78, 1988 Aug.
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ABSTRACT
The hypothesis that hyperactive children have a deficit in sustained attention was investigated. Eighteen children who had attention deficit disorder with hyperactivity (ADDH), aged 7 to 11 years, were compared with children who had conduct disorder (n = 15), mixed conduct disorder and ADDH (n = 26), emotional disorder (n = 18), or learning disability (n = 22), and with normal controls (n = 15). The subjects were tested on three versions of the Continuous Performance Task. Sustained attention was assessed from performance with increasing time on task and from ability to prepare attention in response to a warning. Performance of all subjects deteriorated with increasing time and improved with the opportunity to prepare attention. Hyperactive subjects were not more adversely affected by increasing time, nor did they benefit less than controls from the opportunity to prepare attention. Data reanalysis after rediagnosis according to ICD-9 criteria did not change the results. This study did not confirm the hypothesis that hyperactive children have a unique sustained attention deficit.
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Coleções:
01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Atenção
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Transtorno do Deficit de Atenção com Hiperatividade
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Transtornos do Comportamento Infantil
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Sintomas Afetivos
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Deficiências da Aprendizagem
Tipo de estudo:
Prognostic_studies
Limite:
Child
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Humans
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Male
Idioma:
En
Revista:
J Abnorm Child Psychol
Ano de publicação:
1988
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Canadá
País de publicação:
EEUU
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ESTADOS UNIDOS
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ESTADOS UNIDOS DA AMERICA
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EUA
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UNITED STATES
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
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US
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USA