The construct specificity of the continuous performance test: Does inattention relate to behavior and achievement?

Lassiter, Kerry S.; D’Amato, Rik Carl; Raggio, Donald J.; Whitten, Janice; Bárdŏs, A

doi:10.1080/87565649409540576

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“…Research with children who have been referred for treatment of behavior problems, attention deficit disorder or learning disorders has found a consistent association between attention difficulties and behavior problems [26][27][28][29][30][31]. These studies tend to examine the relation between attention and behavior problems using concurrent assessment of the variables and to include samples of special populations and school-age children.…”

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Middle Ear Effusion, Attention, and the Development of Child Behavior Problems

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Johnson²,

Swank³

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Objective: Much interest centers on whether middle ear effusion (MEE) early in life has lasting developmental consequences. It was hypothesized that episodic loss of hearing acuity associated with MEE results in a deficit in attention, a core factor in the development of child behavior problems, and that impaired attention is related to behavior problems during the early years of childhood. Method: This was a prospective study of a large sample of children (n = 698) that was representative of the local population in terms of socioeconomic and ethnic characteristics. The children were recruited at birth and were monitored with regular home visits for 3 years to check for the presence of MEE. Assessment of attention occurred at 2, 3, 5, and 7 years. Behavior problems were assessed at 3, 5, and 7 years. Results: The results did not support the hypothesis that children with greater duration of MEE experience greater attention deficits and more behavior problems than children with a shorter duration of MEE. Structural Equation Modeling parameter estimates resulted in no support for the primary hypothesis. Correlational analyses also did not support the hypothesis. Attention and behavior problems were related significantly. Conclusions: Our negative findings call into question the results of previous studies relating MEE to behavior and attention problems, studies that may have been biased by small, non-representative samples and retrospective designs that lacked careful documentation of MEE.

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Middle Ear Effusion, Attention, and the Development of Child Behavior Problems

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Johnson²,

Swank³

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“…Meta-analyses of studies using the CPT revealed that omission errors (lack of response to target stimuli) and commission errors (responses to nontarget stimuli) are medication-sensitive, as indicated by a decreased number of both omission and commission errors of children with ADHD receiving MPH. Omission and commission errors are assumed to reflect inattention and impulsivity, respectively (Barkley 1991;Corkum and Siegel 1993;Eliason and Richman 1987;Epstein et al 1998;Halperin et al 1991;Lassiter et al 1994). Furthermore, reaction time and the variability of reaction time have been found to decrease following MPH administration (Losier et al 1996;Riccio et al 2001).…”

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Effects of methylphenidate on multiple components of attention in children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder

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The present findings indicate that various aspects of attention are markedly impaired in children with ADHD. Treatment with MPH was accompanied by improvements in attention functions of small to moderate sizes. Although MPH-induced improvements were observed in a broad range of attention measures, children with ADHD who were on MPH treatment nevertheless displayed serious deficits in a number of components of attention.

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“…There were no differences between any of the DISC diagnostic groups on the other two objective measures of child behavior. The CPT has demonstrated equivocal utility in extant research in differentiating ADHD from non-ADHD participants (Barkley, 1991;Corkum & Siegel, 1993;Lassiter, D'Amato, Raggio, Whitten, & Bardos, 1994). In general, the CPT has demonstrated only modest discriminative ability for ADHD and normal controls (Halperin et al, 1993;Inoue et al, 1998;Nigg, Hinshaw, & Halperin, 1996) but poor ability to differentiate ADHD from clinical controls (Halperin et al, 1992;Matier-Sharma et al, 1995).…”

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The Validity of the ADHD Section of the Diagnostic Interview Schedule for Children

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The purpose of this study was to assess the concurrent criterion validity of the attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) portion of the National Institute of Mental Health Diagnostic Interview Schedule for Children-IV (NIMHDISC-IV). Fifty-seven adolescent participants were divided into three groups on the basis of whether participants met criteria for ADHD on caretaker and adolescent responses on the DISC: (a) 18 participants for whom both the caretakers and adolescents endorsed ADHD, (b) 17 participants for whom the caretakers but not the youth endorsed ADHD, and (c) a clinical control group with no ADHD diagnosis (n = 22). These three groups were compared across parent, teacher, and adolescent checklists; clinician diagnosis; and three objective measures of behavior (continuous performance task, actigraphy monitoring, and a structured observation). Findings lend partial support to the concurrent criterion validity of the ADHD section of DISC.

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The construct specificity of the continuous performance test: Does inattention relate to behavior and achievement?

Cited by 11 publications

References 21 publications

Middle Ear Effusion, Attention, and the Development of Child Behavior Problems

Middle Ear Effusion, Attention, and the Development of Child Behavior Problems

Effects of methylphenidate on multiple components of attention in children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder

The Validity of the ADHD Section of the Diagnostic Interview Schedule for Children

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