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Showing 1 to 20 of 440 for “"attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder"”.
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Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and sports
… in sport behavior between boys with and without Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). Sport behavior was measured by parent-report on the Sports Behavior Checklist-Revised (SBC-R). Team affiliation was measured by parent-report on the Howe Sports Behavior Assessment Scale - Revised …
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Living With Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
<p>Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder is a commonly diagnosed disorder for both children (and today adults). The literature discusses how ADHD is defined as research continues, the symptoms demonstrated by those diagnosed, how it has been known to affect their main life areas e.g. home, …
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Making Sense of Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
… in the number of students being identified with Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (AD/HD) in American schools. Although there is a tremendous amount of research being done in the area of AD/HD, parents, educators and individuals with AD/HD are ill-equipped to deal with the demands of the …
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Genetic Alterations Associated with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
<p>Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is the most common neurodevelopmental disorder affecting children. Children with ADHD may have difficulty with maintaining focus and appropriate activity levels as well as controlling compulsive behaviors. Currently, the diagnostic criteria for …
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Multisensory Integration in adults with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
… and the complexity of the MI-stimuli, the attentional resources that are allocated are varying. While, salient, relative simply multimodal stimuli are integrated rather early - so-called bottom-up processing, more complex stimuli are integrated rather late in a top-down processing. …
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School Psychologists' Assessment Practices of Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
… children are believed to manifest symptoms of Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). In recent years, educators have increasingly been called upon to provide services to children with ADHD either through special education or through Section 504. Much has been written describing "best …
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College students' perceptions of malingering attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
… college students’ knowledge and perceptions of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) to help identify patterns of behavior in those who malinger ADHD in a college environment. Specifically, I sought to determine what behaviors college students attribute to ADHD and how those behaviors …
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Lead and Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder: A Meta-Analysis
<p>Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is thought to have a significant neurological component, and several brain structures have been implicated. Environmental variables like lead have been shown to affect brain structures, which in turn impacts cognitive development and behavior. Some …
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Diagnosis Threat in Adults with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is a complex neurological condition currently defined by the American Psychological Association as "a persistent pattern of inattention and/or hyperactivity/impulsivity" (APA, 2000, p. 85). Currently, there is no DSM-IV diagnosis for ADHD in adults, …
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Diagnosis Threat in Adults with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is a complex neurological condition currently defined by the American Psychological Association as "a persistent pattern of inattention and/or hyperactivity/impulsivity" (APA, 2000, p. 85). Currently, there is no DSM-IV diagnosis for ADHD in adults, …
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Personality in boys with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder: Rorschach perspectives
… body of published research on childhood Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), very little research has specifically investigated personality functioning in these children. This anomaly is curious given the evidence from prospective studies of significant disturbance of …
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Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: Support in a Community Rehabilitation Company
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is now recognised as having a lifelong impact involving challenges of high impulsivity, low hyperactivity, low attention, poor organisational and poor communicational skills. The social constructivism paradigm from which the research was undertaken …
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Attitudes of educators towards children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
… knowledge and attitudes towards children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). In particular the study sought: 1. To determine the level of educators knowledge and attitudes about ADHD 2. To ascertain whether or not is a significant difference in attitude between educators in …
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An Investigation of Visual Attention in Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
What is known as Attention-deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) today has been known by other titles in the past such as minimal brain dysfunction and Hyperkinetic Reaction of Childhood. These label changes represented the change in knowledge and understanding of the disorder over time. Today, it …
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Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder and Bronfenbrenner's Ecology of Human Development
<p>Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and the norms associated with this condition in the United States have evolved over time. Culturally established beliefs control how the disorder is defined and treated. This study will explore the idea that ADHD is a socially constructed disorder …
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The Self-perceptions of Adolescents with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), which affects 3 -- 6% of school- aged children, is considered one of the most common behavioral disorders of childhood. Of those, up to 70% will continue to have symptoms into adolescence. Adolescence is a critical transitional period on the route to …
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Long -term episodic memory in children with Attention -Deficit /Hyperactivity Disorder
<p>Research on Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) has indicated that diagnosed children show considerable memory deficits. The majority of tasks that have supported such deficits have focused on working memory and school/semantic-related abilities. Although there is a small body of …
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