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Transtorno do Déficit de Atenção/Hiperatividade: o que nos informa a investigação dimensional? / Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder: what does the dimensional research inform us?
Andrade, Alana Concesso; Flores-Mendoza, Carmen.
  • Andrade, Alana Concesso; Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais. BR
  • Flores-Mendoza, Carmen; Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais. BR
Estud. psicol. (Natal) ; 15(1): 17-24, jan.-abr. 2010. tab
Article in Portuguese | LILACS | ID: lil-557870
RESUMO
Investiga-se o Transtorno do Déficit de Atenção/Hiperatividade (TDAH) em contexto escolar adotando a perspectiva dimensional. Participaram 107 crianças com idade média de 12,37 anos. Utilizou-se a Escala de TDAH - versão para professores, uma versão adaptada para pais e tarefas computadorizadas de processamento cognitivo. A prevalência de Hiperatividade pelo relato de professores e pais foi condizente com aquela apontada pela literatura (4,7 por cento). O Déficit de Atenção, avaliado por pais e professores, correlacionou com todas as medidas de processamento de informação. Hiperatividade e Comportamento Anti-social correlacionaram com as medidas de memória de trabalho quando a primeira foi avaliada pelos professores e a segunda pelos pais, refletindo baixa concordância entre o relato de informantes a respeito das dimensões comportamentais do TDAH. Entretanto, as respostas dos professores parecem estar mais de acordo com a literatura. Conclui-se que a perspectiva dimensional de investigação pode fornecer informações relevantes sobre as características demográficas e cognitivas do TDAH.
ABSTRACT
This research investigates the Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) in a school context from a dimensional perspective. It took part of the study 107 children with mean age of 12,37 years. It was used the ADHD's Scale - teacher's version and an adapted form for parents in addition to computer tasks to measure cognitive processing. The prevalence of Hyperactivity, according to teachers and parent's report, was consistent with the literature (4,7 percent). Attention deficit correlated with all measures of cognitive processing. Hyperactivity and Antisocial Behavior correlated with working memory measures only when the first was assessed by teachers and the second was assessed by parents. In this sense, it was found low concordance between informants regarding ADHD behavior dimensions. However, teacher's report seems to be according with contemporary literature. It was concluded that dimensional investigation can provides relevant information related to demographic and cognitive characteristic of ADHD.
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Full text: Available Index: LILACS (Americas) Main subject: Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity / Prevalence / Cognition / Individuality Type of study: Prevalence study / Risk factors Limits: Child / Female / Humans / Male Language: Portuguese Journal: Estud. psicol. (Natal) Journal subject: Psychology Year: 2010 Type: Article Affiliation country: Brazil Institution/Affiliation country: Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais/BR

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Full text: Available Index: LILACS (Americas) Main subject: Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity / Prevalence / Cognition / Individuality Type of study: Prevalence study / Risk factors Limits: Child / Female / Humans / Male Language: Portuguese Journal: Estud. psicol. (Natal) Journal subject: Psychology Year: 2010 Type: Article Affiliation country: Brazil Institution/Affiliation country: Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais/BR