Wisc-III Assessment of Children with Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder

Schwean, Vicki L.; Saklofske, Donald H.

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“…Regarding ADHD, older versions of the Wechsler scales have generally pointed to lower intelligence scores in ADHD than in normal subjects (Schwean and Saklofske 1998). These results could not be corroborated on the basis of the WISC-III, however.…”

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“…Stimulant medication has been found to increase cognitive performance of ADHD children, especially their cognitive flexibility, attention and vigilance (Pietrzak et al 2006). Although direct effects of stimulant medication on WISC-III scores were not found in a few older studies described by Schwean and Saklofske (1998), these authors withheld final judgement and indicated that medication effects are probably dose dependent. ADHD children thus actually may benefit from medication when IQ tested.…”

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“…A lack of power to detect such a difference might be due to small sample sizes, and we didn't have many subjects in the combined diagnosis group. Secondly, as Schwean and Saklofske (1998) have argued, ADHD research in general suffers from methodological weaknesses, of which inconsistent subject selection criteria is undoubtedly the most serious one. For PDD-NOS, being a left-over diagnostic category, and for a combined diagnosis group, the situation Fig.…”

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“…These results could not be corroborated on the basis of the WISC-III, however. On the basis of that test, normal average IQ scores tended to be seen and without consistent differences between performance and verbal IQ's (or between the perceptual organisation and verbal comprehension factor of the test) (Schwean and Saklofske 1998;Dickerson Mayes and Calhoun 2006).…”

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Differentiating Among Children with PDD-NOS, ADHD, and those with a Combined Diagnosis on the Basis of WISC-III Profiles

Scheirs

Timmers

2008

J Autism Dev Disord

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Pervasive Developmental Disorder-Not Otherwise Specified (PDD-NOS) and Attention Deficit/ Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) have partly overlapping symptoms. It can also be debated whether a third diagnostic category exists: children with a combined diagnosis. In this study an attempt was made to distinguish among the three groups on the basis of intelligence (WISC-III) profiles. It was found that the PDD-NOS group had higher verbal and performance IQ's, as well as higher WISC-III index scores than the ADHD group. Subtests Block Design and Mazes discriminated best. It was concluded that based on intelligence scores, only PDD-NOS and ADHD emerged as distinct categories, whereas the combined diagnosis did not. Future research on the distinctiveness of these diagnostic groups, however, should include variables other than IQ.

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Differentiating Among Children with PDD-NOS, ADHD, and those with a Combined Diagnosis on the Basis of WISC-III Profiles

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Timmers

2008

J Autism Dev Disord

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“…Recent studies of children and adults with ADHD provide support for the assertion that working memory is implicated in the disorder (Biederman et al, 1993;Cohen, 1998;Holdnack, Ledbetter, & Cohen, 1996;Johnson, Scarpati, & Stoner, 2002;Matochik, Rumsey, Zametkin, Hamburger, & Cohen, 1996;The Psychological Corporation, 1997c;Schwean & Saklofski, 1998). Cohen (1998) concluded that the Attention/Concentration index of the Children's Memory Scale directly measured working memory abilities and was a "sensitive" marker of ADHD.…”

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Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder and Working Memory in Clinically Referred Adults

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McIntosh

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International Journal of Neuroscience

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A current theory of attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) implicates a dysfunction in working memory as a significant factor in ADHD. The Working Memory Indexes of the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale--Third Edition (WAIS-III; The Psychological Corporation, 1997a) and the Wechsler Memory Scale--Third Edition (WMS-III; The Psychological Corp -oration, 1997b) were used to evaluate this theory. Seventy adults clinically diagnosed with ADHD (mean age = 25) and who were previously administered the WAIS-III and WMS-III were reviewed to determine the association between working memory and ADHD symptomology. The respondent was asked to estimate the frequency of occurrence of ADHD symptoms by completing the Brown ADD Scales (Brown, 1996). Results indicated no significant relationship between working memory and self-reported symptoms, although the Working Memory Indexes of the WAIS-III and the WMS-III were significantly correlated. Implications for current ADHD theory and suggestions for future research were discussed.

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Sensory-motor deficits in children with developmental coordination disorder, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and autistic disorder

Piek

Dyck

2004

Human Movement Science

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Children who have been diagnosed with any one developmental disorder are very likely to meet diagnostic criteria for some other developmental disorder. Although comorbidity has long been acknowledged in childhood disorders, little is understood about the mechanisms that are responsible for the high level of comorbidity. In a series of studies, we have investigated the link between sensory-motor deficits and developmental disorders. Poor sensory-motor integration has long been implicated as a cause of motor problems in developmental disorders such as developmental coordination disorder (DCD), and our recent research has also investigated sensory-motor deficits in children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and autistic disorder. Based on a critical examination of relevant literature and some of our recent research findings, we argue that the importance of poor sensory-motor functioning in discriminating children with different disorders has been underestimated. Poor sensory-motor coordination appears to be linked to DCD, but not ADHD. Also, sensory-motor deficits in children with DCD and autistic disorder may provide insight into some of the social difficulties found in these groups of children. This research will increase our understanding of why children with one developmental disorder typically also have problems in other areas.

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Wisc-III Assessment of Children with Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder

Cited by 19 publications

References 59 publications

Differentiating Among Children with PDD-NOS, ADHD, and those with a Combined Diagnosis on the Basis of WISC-III Profiles

Differentiating Among Children with PDD-NOS, ADHD, and those with a Combined Diagnosis on the Basis of WISC-III Profiles

Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder and Working Memory in Clinically Referred Adults

Sensory-motor deficits in children with developmental coordination disorder, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and autistic disorder

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