The role of multidimensional attentional abilities in academic skills of children with ADHD. Preston, A. S, Heaton, S. C, McCann, S. J, Watson, W. D, & Selke, G. Journal of learning disabilities, 42(3):240–9, 2009. Paper doi abstract bibtex Despite reports of academic difficulties in children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), little is known about the relationship between performance on tests of academic achievement and measures of attention. The current study assessed intellectual ability, parent-reported inattention, academic achievement, and attention in 45 children (ages 7-15) diagnosed with ADHD. Hierarchical regressions were performed with selective, sustained, and attentional control/switching domains of the Test of Everyday Attention for Children as predictor variables and with performance on the Wechsler Individual Achievement Test-Second Edition as dependent variables. It was hypothesized that sustained attention and attentional control/switching would predict performance on achievement tests. Results demonstrate that attentional control/ switching accounted for a significant amount of variance in all academic areas (reading, math, and spelling), even after accounting for verbal IQ and parent-reported inattention. Sustained attention predicted variance only in math, whereas selective attention did not account for variance in any achievement domain. Therefore, attentional control/switching, which involves components of executive functions, plays an important role in academic performance.
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title = {The role of multidimensional attentional abilities in academic skills of children with {ADHD}.},
volume = {42},
issn = {0022-2194},
url = {http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19264927},
doi = {10.1177/0022219408331042},
abstract = {Despite reports of academic difficulties in children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), little is known about the relationship between performance on tests of academic achievement and measures of attention. The current study assessed intellectual ability, parent-reported inattention, academic achievement, and attention in 45 children (ages 7-15) diagnosed with ADHD. Hierarchical regressions were performed with selective, sustained, and attentional control/switching domains of the Test of Everyday Attention for Children as predictor variables and with performance on the Wechsler Individual Achievement Test-Second Edition as dependent variables. It was hypothesized that sustained attention and attentional control/switching would predict performance on achievement tests. Results demonstrate that attentional control/ switching accounted for a significant amount of variance in all academic areas (reading, math, and spelling), even after accounting for verbal IQ and parent-reported inattention. Sustained attention predicted variance only in math, whereas selective attention did not account for variance in any achievement domain. Therefore, attentional control/switching, which involves components of executive functions, plays an important role in academic performance.},
number = {3},
urldate = {2012-07-23},
journal = {Journal of learning disabilities},
author = {Preston, Andrew S and Heaton, Shelley C and McCann, Sarah J and Watson, William D and Selke, Gregg},
year = {2009},
pmid = {19264927},
keywords = {Achievement, Adolescent, Aptitude, Attention, Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity, Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity: cla, Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity: dia, Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity: psy, Child, Female, Humans, Intelligence, Male, Mathematics, Personality Assessment, Reading, Verbal Learning, Wechsler Scales},
pages = {240--9},
}
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