Response Inhibition and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder With and Without Oppositional Defiant Disorder Screened From a Community Sample
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The study compared performance of children with high levels of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD; n=22), children with ADHD and oppositional defiant disorder (ODD; n=19), and a control group (n=20) on a Go-No-go test in a self-paced and computer-paced condition. Each condition, in turn, was run in a reward and a nonreward condition. The children were recruited through screening of a school population without ADHD or ODD (N=450). Findings indicated that children having high levels of ADHD plus ODD showed poor impulse control in all 4 conditions. No poor impulse control was found in the group with high levels of ADHD. This group demonstrated slower RTs across the computer-paced conditions. Findings were discussed in terms of the response-inhibition hypothesis, as formulated by Barkley (1997), the delay-aversion theory (Sonuga-Barke, 1995), and the state-regulation theory (Van der Meere, 2002).
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The state regulation dysfunction model suggests that short event rates may increase activation states, whereas long event rates may lead to underactivation.
“One explanation for this pattern of effects is provided by the state regulation dysfunction model, which suggests that short ERs may increase activation states, whereas long ERs may lead to underactivation”
From Reaction Time Variability in ADHD: A Review (2012) · cites this paper as [86]
Most studies report that ADHD-related increases in reaction time variability are attenuated or disappear during faster event rates.
“Most studies report that ADHD-related increases in RTV disappear are attenuated, and often disappear, during faster ERs [39,83,85,86].”
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- Van der Meere, J., Marzocchi, G. M., & De Meo, T.
- Venue
- Developmental Neuropsychology
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 2005-08
- Volume
- 28
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 459-472
- ISSN
- 1532-6942 (ISSN-L)
- 8756-5641
- OpenAlex
- W2022220230
- Cited by
- 59
- References
- 33
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- FWCI
- 2.20
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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- Developmental Neuropsychology (publishedVersion)
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- University of Groningen research database (University of Groningen / Centre for Information Technology) (publishedVersion)
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- University of Groningen research database (University of Groningen / Centre for Information Technology) (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Psychiatry and Mental health › Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology › Developmental and Educational Neuropsychology
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
- Keywords
- attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, oppositional defiant disorder, response inhibition, impulse control, go/no-go task, reaction time, children
- MeSH terms
- Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity, Child, Female, Humans, Inhibition, Psychological, Male, Mass Screening, Neuropsychological Tests, Reaction Time, Residence Characteristics, Reward, Attention Deficit and Disruptive Behavior Disorders
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