Browsing by Subject "ADHD"
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A Case Study of the College Experiences of a Mexican-American Student with Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder: A Conversation between Mother and Son
(2013-08-30)The purpose of this study was to conduct an in-depth look into the perceptions of the college experiences of a male, Mexican-American student with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder to add his voice to the literature. ... -
Analysis of Assessment and Hemodynamic Activation in the Prefrontal Cortex: An Investigation of Executive Function
(2017-07-25)Executive function (EF) refers to the group of cognitive processes that guide human behavior. EF dysfunction is characteristic of a number of clinical conditions such as ADHD. Functional Near-Infrared Spectroscopy (fNIRS) ... -
Attention-deficit / hyperactivity disorder: teacher knowledge and referral for assessment
(Texas A&M University, 2006-10-30)Attention-Deficit / Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) continues to be one of the most commonly diagnosed disorders in school-aged children As teachers are important gatekeepers for referring students who are in need of special ... -
Bully Victimization among Children with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder: The Longitudinal Influence of Behavioral Phenotypes
(2017-07-03)Studies reveal that youth with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) are at high risk of experiencing bully victimization in comparison to peers with and without disabilities. Yet, the association between ADHD ... -
Combined factor analysis of the WISC-III and CMS: does the resulting factor structure discriminate among children with and without clinical disorders?
(Texas A&M University, 2006-10-30)The Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children – Third Edition (WISC-III; Wechsler, 1991) and the Children’s Memory Scale (CMS; Cohen, 1997) are frequently used measures of children’s cognitive ability and ... -
Diagnosis and Assessment of Adult Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: Symptom Severity and Performance on Cognitive and Achievement Testing
(2014-11-11)Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is typically diagnosed in childhood with the individual continuing to exhibit behavioral patterns associated with ADHD throughout their lifespan. Deficits in the ability to ... -
Dimensional Implicit Memory Priming Deficits in Young ADHD Adults
(2012-07-11)The experiment explored the difference between production and identification processes and conceptual and perceptual processes in long-term implicit memory. The first phase consisted of prescreening ADHD (Attention Deficit ... -
Executive function processes: inhibition, working memory, planning and attention in children and youth with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
(Texas A&M University, 2006-04-12)This study examines the roles of inhibition, attention, working memory, and planning in youth with and without ADHD. As conceptualized in theories of attention, inhibition, and working memory, difficulties with these ... -
Gender and ethnicity referral bias for ADHD: the school's view
(Texas A&M University, 2006-10-30)In school, all children at some time have been disruptive; however, there are a select few who are continually disruptive and identified by school personnel as those who may have a disruptive behavior disorder such as ADHD. ... -
Health-Related Quality of Life and Family Impact in Children with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder and Co-Morbid Psychiatric Conditions
(2011-08-08)Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is one of the most prevalent chronic disorders in childhood. The measurement of health-related quality of life (HRQOL) can compliment ADHD behavior rating scales and provide ... -
IMPLICIT MEMORY IN YOUNG ADULTS WITH ADHD: DOES IT INCLUDE A CONCEPTUAL PRIMING DEFICIT?
(2009-06-09)This experiment explored the distinction between two implicit memory test paradigms: identification versus production processes and conceptual versus perceptual processes. These dimensions were crossed to produce four ... -
Measuring the validity of two continuous performance tests: different parameters and scoring indices
(Texas A&M University, 2006-10-30)Today, there are numerous versions of the continuous performance test (CPT) used in clinical and research settings. Although CPTs may constitute a similar group of tasks with a common paradigm, they are very different in ... -
Perplexities in Discrimination of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD): Specific Behaviors that may hold some Answers
(2010-07-14)Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a source of diagnostic and intervention confusion and uncertainty for practitioners and parents. Questions creating some of the confusion were answered in a series of three ... -
Testing executive function models of ADHD and its comorbid conditions: A latent variable approach
(Texas A&M University, 2005-11-01)Current theoretical models of ADHD (i.e., Disinhibition Model: Barkley, 1997; Working Memory Model: Rapport et al., 2001) conceptualize ADHD as the disorder of executive function (EF) with some variation in their emphases ... -
THE PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT INVENTORY-ADOLESCENT: DETECTION OF ADHD FEIGNING FACILITATED BY COACHING AND NON-COACHING INSTRUCTIONS
(2012-04-06)The effectiveness and validity of three indicators of response distortion on the Personality Assessment Inventory-Adolescent (PAI-A; Morey, 2007a), potentially useful to detect malingering, were evaluated by having college ...