Response Style Differences in the Inattentive and Combined Subtypes of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder |
| |
Authors: | Karen J Derefinko Zachary W Adams Richard Milich Mark T Fillmore Elizabeth P Lorch Donald R Lynam |
| |
Institution: | Department of Psychology, University of Kentucky, 202A Kastle Hall, Lexington, KY, 40506-0044, USA. |
| |
Abstract: | This study examined potential differences between the inattentive and combined ADHD subtypes using laboratory tasks assessing behavioral inhibitory processes. Seventy-five children completed two tasks of behavioral inhibition believed to isolate different processes: the cued reaction time task (CRT), a basic inhibition task, and the go/no-go task (GNG), a complex inhibition task that incorporates motivational contingencies. Three groups of participants were identified, including ADHD/Inattentive (n = 17), ADHD/Combined (n = 37), and comparison (n = 21). Results indicated that rather than showing behavioral inhibition deficits, the ADHD/I children appeared overly inhibited, as evidenced by slower reaction times across the two tasks and significantly higher errors of omission in the GNG task. Additionally, the ADHD/I children did not demonstrate cue dependency effects on the CRT task, suggesting that they were failing to incorporate relevant information before making a response. The sluggish and inhibited performance of the ADHD/I group challenges the idea that it is a subtype of ADHD. |
| |
Keywords: | ADHD Subtypes Disinhibition Sluggish cognitive tempo |
本文献已被 PubMed SpringerLink 等数据库收录! |
|