SELF-CONTROL IN BOYS WITH ATTENTION-DEFICIT HYPERACTIVITY DISORDER - EFFECTS OF ADDED STIMULATION AND TIME

Authors
SCHWEITZER JB SULZERAZAROFF B
Citation
Jb. Schweitzer et B. Sulzerazaroff, SELF-CONTROL IN BOYS WITH ATTENTION-DEFICIT HYPERACTIVITY DISORDER - EFFECTS OF ADDED STIMULATION AND TIME, Journal of child psychology and psychiatry and allied disciplines, 36(4), 1995, pp. 671-686
Citations number
56
Categorie Soggetti
Psychology, Developmental",Psychiatry
Journal title
Journal of child psychology and psychiatry and allied disciplines → ACNP
ISSN journal
00219630
Volume
36
Issue
4
Year of publication
1995
Pages
671 - 686
Database
ISI
SICI code
0021-9630(1995)36:4<671:SIBWAH>2.0.ZU;2-2
Abstract
Preference for larger-delayed versus more immediate-smaller rewards wa s studied in 5- and 6-year-old typical boys with Attention Deficit Hyp eractivity Disorder (ADHD) in a repeated measure design. The effect of adding stimulation on preference also was studied. Boys with ADHD cho se delayed-larger rewards significantly less than did typical boys. Ad ding stimulation reduced motoric behavior, but did not affect choice. As rates of motoric activity increased in boys with ADHD, their prefer ence for delayed, larger rewards decreased over time. These findings a rgue for the external validity of choice tasks in the study of ADHD.