Some issues and Instruments for the Assessment of Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder in Puerto Rican Children

Bauermeister, José J.; Berrios, Vanessa; Jiménez, Aida L.; Acevedo, Leticia; Gordon, Michael S.

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“…Also, the finding is consistent with studies on ethnicity and CPT results within the US. Bauermeister et al (1990) found, in their comparison of CPT scores between Puerto Rican and US mainland children, that Puerto Rican children made significantly more errors of commission. However, the degree of difference observed in that study was small compared to that reported here.…”

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“…Ratings of behaviour are influenced by cultural variation in raters' expectations of and tolerance for specific patterns of child behaviour, and cultural norms dictate whether behaviour is classified as pathological by clinicians in the diagnostic process (Bril, Zack, & Nkounkou-Hombessa, 1989;Chandra, 1993;Chao, 1994;Edgerton, 1976;Harkness & Super, 1996;Kleinman, 1998). In Mexican and other Latin American contexts, for example, child talkativeness and high levels of activity are more tolerated by teachers than in the United States (Bauermeister et al, 1990). Thai parents in the United States find children's low-restraint, disruptive behaviour less worrisome than parents of other ethnic groups (Weisz, Swanlert, Chaiyasit, & Walter, 1987), while other studies have shown that Japanese mothers expect and encourage their babies to be less active than do American mothers (Bornstein, Toda, Azuma, Tamis-LeMonda, & Ogino, 1990).…”

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“…Mainstream Mexican culture presents a strong contrast to the United States in cultural attitudes regarding impulsive and inattentive child behaviour. Mexican children are expected by teachers, parents, and clinicians to be more social, noisy, gregarious, interactive, team or grouporiented, and active in daily activities, including in the classroom (Bauermeister, Nerrios, Jimenez, Acevedo, & Gordon, 1990), and Mexico therefore provides a suitable context in which to test the universality of the developmental trajectory model of the development of impulse control and attention.…”

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Cross-cultural study of the childhood developmental trajectory of attention and impulse control

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Schmidt

Casas³

2003

International Journal of Behavioral Development

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The maturation lag model explains inattention and impulsivity in Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) as delayed maturation along a normal developmental trajectory. The concept of a cross-culturally uniform developmental trajectory is tested by a comparison of the performance of 212 Mexican school children on the Test of Variable Attention (TOVA) with the performance of populations previously studied. An observed pattern of decreasing errors of omission (indicating improving ability to sustain attention) with increasing age did confirm the predictions of the existing developmental trajectory model, although the shape of this change was linear rather than curvilinear. A predicted age-related decrease in errors of commission (indicating improving impulse control) was not observed. Gender differences in attentional and impulse control measures among Mexican children, aged 6-12 years, were not significant, in contrast to the findings of previous US studies in which boys performed poorly compared with girls. Mexican children made significantly more errors of omission and commission than American children, indicating greater degrees of characteristic inattentive and impulsive behaviours in childhood. These results indicate that the assumption of a uniform developmental trajectory of these behaviours should be carefully considered before it is applied to understanding children's behaviour in culturally diverse settings.Extremely inattentive and impulsive behaviour in children is associated with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). However, impulsivity and inattention at lower levels are expected and common behaviour in most children, especially at younger ages. As they mature, children are believed to move along a trajectory toward increased attentional performance and impulse control, and these types of behaviour usually lessen or disappear with increasing age. The ''maturation lag'' theory proposes that the behaviour of children with ADHD may be explained by relative delays along this typical developmental trajectory for attention and impulse control, as compared with other children of the same age (

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2003

International Journal of Behavioral Development

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“…Versions of the CPT are employed by clinicians in pediatric psychopharmacological research (Swanson, 1985) and in diagnostic assessments of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD; Barkley, 1990;Bauermeister, Berrios, Jimenez, Acevedo, & Gordon, 1990;Gordon, 1986Gordon, , 1987Gordon & Mettelman, 1988;Irwin & Mettelman, 1989;Klee & Garfinkel, 1983;Post, Burko, & Gordon, 1990;Seidel & Joschko, 1991), although some have concerns regarding the sensitivity and specificity of the CPT in such assessments (DuPaul, Anastopoulos, Shelton, Guevremont, & Metevia, 1992;Halperin et al, 1992;Milich, Pelham, & Hinshaw, 1986;Trommer, Hoeppner, Lorber, & Armstrong, 1988).…”

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Computerized assessment of sustained attention: A review of factors affecting vigilance performance

Ballard

1996

Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology

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Results of empirical studies using computerized tests of sustained attention are summarized. Factors that affect vigilance performance fall into three broad categories: task parameters, environmental or situational factors, and subject characteristics. Complex interactions of factors from each category affect performance further. Such interactions may help to explain inconsistencies in the literature regarding effects on vigilance. Implications for both research and clinical practice are discussed.

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“…Su prevalencia se cifra, de acuerdo con el citado manual, entre el 3 y el 7 %; si bien estas cifras varían notablemente en función del uso de diferentes criterios diagnósticos, del tipo de instrumento de evaluación que se utilice (entrevista, cuestionarios, escalas de clasificación, observación directa), del tipo de muestra (clínica, subclínica o comunitaria), de quiénes sean los informantes (padres, maestros) y de otras variables, tales como las condiciones geográficas, étnicas, culturales o sociales (Amador, Forns & Martorell, 2001; Barkley & Murphy, 2006;Bauermeister, Berrios, Jimenez, Acevedo & Gordon, 1990;Cardo & Servera, 2005;Reid et al, 1998). En general, el rango de prevalencia en los diversos estudios epidemiológicos viene a coincidir con el DSM-IV-TR (Benjumea & Mojarro, 1993;Cardo & Servera, 2005;Cardo, Servera & Llobera, 2007;Polanczyk, De Dima, Horta, Biederman & Rohde, 2007;Rodríguez et al, 2009;Spencer, Biederman & Mick, 2007).…”

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Funcionamiento diferencial del ítem en la evaluación de la sintomatología TDAH en función del género y el formato de calificación

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Universidad de Valladolid, Españar e s u M e n El objetivo de este estudio se centró en poner a prueba la invarianza de la sintomatología del Trastorno por Déficit de Atención con Hiperactividad (TDAH) en función del género, en una muestra de 634 niños. Se comprobó, en primer lugar, el ajuste de cinco modelos factoriales mediante análisis factorial confirmatorio, y se utilizó la regresión logística ordinal como método de estimación del funcionamiento diferencial del ítem (DIF), tanto uniforme como no uniforme. Los resultados pusieron de manifiesto que: (a) el modelo que presentó mejor ajuste fue el de tres factores correlacionados y (b) no existe DIF en función del género de los niños evaluados, ni en la modalidad de calificación ordinal (escala de 1 a 4) ni en la modalidad de calificación binaria (0-1) de los ítems. Estos resultados refrendan el hecho de que en el Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, DSM-IV-TR, no se establezcan criterios diferenciales para el diagnóstico del TDAH en niños y niñas. Palabras clave autoresFuncionamiento diferencial del ítem, DIF, instrumentos de evaluación, TDAH, regresión logística ordinal. Palabras clave descriptores Psicometría, Psicología cuantitativa, Psicología clínica. A B s t r A c tThe aim of this paper was to test the invariance of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) symptoms in a sample of 634 children attending to gender. We firstly examined the fit to the data of five models using confirmatory factor analysis, and ordinal logistic regression was used as a method of estimation of both uniform and non-uniform differential item functioning (DIF). The results showed that (a) the three correlated factors model was the best fit model, and (b) there was no gender-specific DIF, either in the ordinal rating form (scale of 1 to 4) or the binary rating form (0-1). These results support that the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders DSM-IV-TR does not establish ADHD differential diagnosis criteria for boys and girls.

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Some issues and Instruments for the Assessment of Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder in Puerto Rican Children

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Cross-cultural study of the childhood developmental trajectory of attention and impulse control

Cross-cultural study of the childhood developmental trajectory of attention and impulse control

Computerized assessment of sustained attention: A review of factors affecting vigilance performance

Funcionamiento diferencial del ítem en la evaluación de la sintomatología TDAH en función del género y el formato de calificación

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