Variability of Attention Processes in ADHD: Observations from the Classroom

Autor/inn/en	Rapport, Mark D.; Kofler, Michael J.; Alderson, R. Matt; Timko, Thomas M., Jr.; DuPaul, George J.
Titel	Variability of Attention Processes in ADHD: Observations from the Classroom
Quelle	In: Journal of Attention Disorders, 12 (2009) 6, S.563-573 (11 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1087-0547
DOI	10.1177/1087054708322990
Schlagwörter	Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder; Laboratories; Multivariate Analysis; Attention Span; Children; Comparative Analysis; Preadolescents; Observation; Time on Task; Severity (of Disability); Symptoms (Individual Disorders); Visual Stimuli + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Laboratory; Laboratorium; Multivariate Analyse; Child; Kind; Kinder; Pre-adolescence; Präadoleszenz; Beobachtung; Zeitaufwand; Schweregrad; Psychiatrische Symptomatik
Abstract	Objective: Classroom- and laboratory-based efforts to study the attentional problems of children with ADHD are incongruent in elucidating attentional deficits; however, none have explored within- or between-minute variability in the classroom attentional processing in children with ADHD. Method: High and low attention groups of ADHD children defined via cluster analysis, and 36 typically developing children, were observed while completing academic assignments in their general education classrooms. Results: All children oscillated between attentive and inattentive states; however, children in both ADHD groups switched states more frequently and remained attentive for shorter durations relative to typically developing children. Conclusion: Overall differences in attention and optimal ability to maintain attention among the groups are consistent with laboratory studies of increased ADHD-related interindividual and intergroup variability but inconsistent with laboratory results of increased intra-individual variability and attention decrements over time. (Contains 3 figures and 1 table.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10