MICROCOMPUTER ATTENTION BATTERY FOR SCHOOL AGE CHILDREN

描述：（改编自研究者摘要）被广泛接受 符合DSM-III-R注意力缺陷标准的儿童 多动症（ADHD）是一个异质性的群体，但可靠 不存在用于定义可识别的同质子组的方法。 的 拟议的研究将开发一个基于微型计算机的任务电池， 将评估儿童听觉和视觉注意力的几个方面 5至14岁之间。 作为主要目标，电池应 注意缺陷多动障碍儿童神经心理功能 注意力机制明显受损， 第二，它的目的是让这些孩子 被认为是神经心理缺陷，几乎同质的亚组 可以通过统计学和临床的方法来识别 显著 这些分组将表明， 参与注意力的神经心理机制值得怀疑 作为主要缺陷。教育心理学、心理学、 测量和生物统计学将参与设计和最终 注意力电池的关键评估，和一个非正式的审判将是 在第一阶段对大约20名儿童进行了评估， 规范和验证的注意力电池与控制人口， 第二阶段。

DESCRIPTION: (Adapted from investigator's abstract) It is widely accepted that children who fulfill the DSM-III-R criteria for Attention Deficit- Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) are a heterogeneous group, but reliable methods do not exist for defining identifiable homogenous subgroups. The proposed research will develop a microcomputer-based battery of tasks which will assess several aspects of auditory and visual attention in children between 5 and 14 years of age. As a primary objective, the battery should identify those ADHD children whose functioning of neuropsychologic mechanisms of attention is significantly impaired in comparison with a normal population.Secondarily, it is aimed that of those children recognized as neuropsychologically deficient, nearly homogeneous subgroups may be identified in a way that is both statistically and clinically significant. These subgroupings will be indicators of which of the several neuropsychologic mechanisms participating in attention are to be suspected as primary deficits. Experts in educational psychology, psychological measurements and biostatistics will participate in the design and final critical assessment of the attention battery, and an informal trial will be carried out on about 20 children in Phase I to assess the feasibility of norming and validating the attention battery with controlled populations in Phase II.