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Attention and Response Control in ADHD. Evaluation through Integrated Visual and Auditory Continuous Performance Test.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 March 2015

Inmaculada Moreno-García ,
Gracia Delgado-Pardo  and
Carmen Roldán-Blasco
Inmaculada Moreno-García*
Affiliation:
Universidad de Sevilla (Spain)
Gracia Delgado-Pardo
Affiliation:
Universidad de Sevilla (Spain)
Carmen Roldán-Blasco
Affiliation:
Universidad de Sevilla (Spain)
*
*Correspondence concerning this article should be addressed to Inmaculada Moreno García. Dpto. Personalidad, Evaluación y Tratamiento Psicológicos. Facultad de Psicología. Universidad de Sevilla. C/Camilo José Cela, s/n. CP.41018.Sevilla (Spain). E-mail: imgarcia@us.es
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Abstract

This study assesses attention and response control through visual and auditory stimuli in a primary care pediatric sample. The sample consisted of 191 participants aged between 7 and 13 years old. It was divided into 2 groups: (a) 90 children with ADHD, according to diagnostic (DSM-IV-TR) (APA, 2002) and clinical (ADHD Rating Scale-IV) (DuPaul, Power, Anastopoulos, & Reid, 1998) criteria, and (b) 101 children without a history of ADHD. The aims were: (a) to determine and compare the performance of both groups in attention and response control, (b) to identify attention and response control deficits in the ADHD group. Assessments were carried out using the Integrated Visual and Auditory Continuous Performance Test (IVA/CPT, Sandford & Turner, 2002). Results showed that the ADHD group had visual and auditory attention deficits, F(3, 170) = 14.38; p < .01, deficits in fine motor regulation (Welch´s t-test = 44.768; p < .001) and sensory/motor activity (Welch’st-test = 95.683, p < .001; Welch’s t-test = 79.537, p < .001). Both groups exhibited a similar performance in response control, F(3, 170) = .93, p = .43.Children with ADHD showed inattention, mental processing speed deficits, and loss of concentration with visual stimuli. Both groups yielded a better performance in attention with auditory stimuli.

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ADHDIVA/CPTattentionresponse controlchildren

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The Spanish Journal of Psychology , Volume 18 , 2015 , E1
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Copyright © Universidad Complutense de Madrid and Colegio Oficial de Psicólogos de Madrid 2015 

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