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  • Attentional problems and subtypes of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder

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    Zago, D
    Rosoman, N
    Shum, D
    O'callaghan, M
    Lesley, A
    Griffith University Author(s)
    Shum, David
    Rosoman, Nicholas
    Zago, David
    Year published
    2008
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    Abstract
    This study aimed to compare children with different ADHD subtypes and controls on measures of attention, and to examine the relationships between measures of attention and reading and spelling ability. Thirty-eight children with ADHD and sixteen controls were administered tests of four components of attention (viz., attention span, focused attention, selective attention and shifting attention) and two subtests (viz., reading and spelling) from the WRAT-3. The children with ADHD-Combined subtype were found to show deficits in attention span and focused attention, while the children with ADHD-Inattentive subtype were found to ...
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    This study aimed to compare children with different ADHD subtypes and controls on measures of attention, and to examine the relationships between measures of attention and reading and spelling ability. Thirty-eight children with ADHD and sixteen controls were administered tests of four components of attention (viz., attention span, focused attention, selective attention and shifting attention) and two subtests (viz., reading and spelling) from the WRAT-3. The children with ADHD-Combined subtype were found to show deficits in attention span and focused attention, while the children with ADHD-Inattentive subtype were found to show deficits in shifting attention, and subtler deficits in attention span and focused attention. Measures of attention span were found to be significant predictors of reading ability, and measures of attention span and selective attention were found to be significant predictors of spelling ability. These results suggest that different ADHD subtypes show different patterns of attentional problems that have different neuroanatomical bases. Furthermore, academic problems in children with ADHD may be related to their attentional problems.
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    Journal Title
    Australian Educational and Developmental Psychologist
    Volume
    25
    Issue
    2
    DOI
    https://doi.org/10.1375/aedp.25.2.17
    Copyright Statement
    © 2008 Australian Psychological Society. The attached file is reproduced here in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher. Please refer to the journal's website for access to the definitive, published version.
    Subject
    Specialist studies in education
    Publication URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10072/23357
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