The Unfair Card Game: A promising tool to assess externalizing behavior in preschoolers

Roskam, Isabelle; Stiévenart, Marie; Brassart, Elise; Houssa, Marine; Loop, Laurie; Mouton, Bénédicte; Volckaert, Alexandra; Nader-Grosbois, Nathalie; Noël, Marie-Pascale; Schelstraete, Marie‐Anne

doi:10.1016/j.prps.2015.09.004

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“…The Unfair Card Game [44] is inspired by an adult paradigm focusing on perspective-taking [45] and is based on a cooperative computer game where the child is invited to play with a virtual child named Thomas. It has been designed to induce spontaneous positive affects in the first part and frustration in the second part.…”

Section: Unfair Card Gamementioning

confidence: 99%

Externalizing Behavior Problems in Preschoolers: Impact of an Inhibition Training

Volckaert¹,

Noel²

2017

J Psychol Abnorm

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Section: Unfair Card Gamementioning

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Externalizing Behavior Problems in Preschoolers: Impact of an Inhibition Training

Volckaert¹,

Noel²

2017

J Psychol Abnorm

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“…With regard to the diagnostic issues, comparative studies report significant differences between ADHD participants and controls in motor activity measured with accelerometers. High level of accuracy in categorizing ADHD participants and controls is also reported [32][33][34][35][36]. These studies tend to confirm that an objective screening of ADHD patients can be obtained with a simple sensor worn for just a few hours.…”

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confidence: 75%

“…In this second condition, children were given the wrist-worn sensor to wear as soon as they went into the lab, and kept it on while they played with their mothers following a standardized procedure [10]. For 76 others, motor activity was estimated during a computerized 10-minute task [36] administered during a school visit in an isolated, quiet room, in the presence of a research assistant. In this third condition, children were given the wrist-worn sensor to wear as soon as they began the task, and kept it on until they completed the task (mean time 7.45 minutes, sd=1.28).…”

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“…These studies tend to confirm that an objective screening of ADHD patients can be obtained with a simple sensor worn for just a few hours. They document the usefulness of additional information about intraindividual temporal stability of motor activity for the identification process of ADHD patients [36][37][38]. These studies also report about the sensitivity of accelerometry with regard to the setting features where the measurement is conducted.…”

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confidence: 99%

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?Show Me How Your Wrist Moves, and I Will Tell You How Active You Are!? Towards an Objective Measure of Preschoolers? Motor Activity

Brassart¹

2015

J Child Adolesc Behav

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Objective: Although a certain level of motor activity is considered to be typical in preschoolers, in the most severe cases it interferes with the child's social and academic development. Valid assessment procedure of children's motor activity is therefore a very important issue. The current study aims to validate the Triaxial Accelerometry for Preschoolers (3AAP), a method using the measurement of children's wrist acceleration as a way to estimate their motor activity.Method: Data were collected from a community sample of 226 preschoolers and from a sample of 32 preschoolers clinically referred for externalizing behavior concerns. The participants' motor activity was assessed using a triaxial accelerometer (a sensor worn on the wrist) in three different conditions of assessment, i.e. at school, in a lab session and during a computerized task administration. Results:The 3AAP variables, i.e. the peak, the mean level, the intra-individual variability, and the median of motor activity as well as the percentage of time spent in the lower range and conversely in the higher range of motor activity, were highly intercorrelated and normally distributed. They were significantly correlated with externalizing behavior-related scales from the CBCL, the SDQ and the UCG, and low correlations were reported with internalizing behavior-related scales from the same instruments. Test-retest correlations after a 10-week interval were moderate to high. Significant differences were displayed between the three conditions of assessment as well as between referred and normally-developing preschoolers. Conclusion:The 3AAP scores are good candidates for an objective, low-cost and reliable measurement of preschoolers' motor activity that could be helpful both for research and clinical purposes.

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“…The Unfair Card Game [72]. The Unfair Card Game (UCG) is derived from an adult paradigm focusing on perspective-taking [73] and is established on a computer game where the child is filmed playing with a virtual child (Thomas).…”

Section: Measures Of Externalizing Behaviormentioning

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Differential Impact of an Executive-Function and a Social Cognition Training on Preschoolers with Externalizing Behavior Problems

Houssa¹,

Volckaert²,

Nader-Grosbois³

et al. 2017

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In preschoolers, externalizing behavior problems are a primary cause of consultation. It is known that externalizing behavior (EB) could result from individual and environmental risk factors. Individual risk factors included notably social cognition (SC) and executive functions (EF). A high level of EB has usually been related to dysfunction in SC and to poor skills in EF. The aim of the present experimental study is to compare the impact of two very targeted child-oriented trainings in the increasing of social competence and decreasing of EB in preschoolers. One training targeted SC abilities while the second one targeted EF capacities. These two trainings were compared on 48 preschoolers presenting clinically relevant levels of EB. The comparison of those results highlighted how each training could help preschoolers with EB in their behavior, emotion regulation and social adjustment. In comparison to a waitinglist control-group, the two trainings were effective in decreasing EB and differentiated impacts of the two trainings were obtained on different dimensions of profiles of social competence and emotion regulation. Results are discussed for their research and clinical implications.

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The Unfair Card Game: A promising tool to assess externalizing behavior in preschoolers

Abstract: Le jeu de cartes truqué : un instrument prometteur pour évaluer les comportements externalisés chez le jeune enfant

Cited by 6 publications

References 40 publications

Externalizing Behavior Problems in Preschoolers: Impact of an Inhibition Training

Externalizing Behavior Problems in Preschoolers: Impact of an Inhibition Training

?Show Me How Your Wrist Moves, and I Will Tell You How Active You Are!? Towards an Objective Measure of Preschoolers? Motor Activity

Differential Impact of an Executive-Function and a Social Cognition Training on Preschoolers with Externalizing Behavior Problems

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