The positive illusory bias in children with ADHD: An examination of the executive functioning hypothesis
Year: 2009
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: Numerous studies have found evidence to support the presence of a positive illusory bias (PIB) in children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD; Diener & Milich, 1997; Hoza et al., 2004;Hoza, Pelham, Dobbs, Owens, & Pillow, 2002;Ohan & Johnston, 2002;Owens & Hoza, 2003).However, the underlying mechanism of the PIB has yet to be determined.Although a number of researchers have hypothesized that underlying executive functioning deficits in children with ADHD may be associated with a PIB (Hoza et al., 2001;Owens & Hoza, 2003), to date, no study has examined the relationship between executive functioning and the PIB in children with ADHD.Thus, the primary purpose of this study is to examine executive functioning as it relates to the PIB in children with ADHD.Participants included 34 children in the ADHD group and 30 children in the CTL group.Participants completed six tests of executive functioning including: a Stop Signal Task, the D-KEFS Color-Word Test, Digit Span, the Stanford-Binet Spatial Working Memory Test, the D-KEFS Tower Test, and the D-KEFS Sorting Test.Following each task, participants completed a task-specific self-evaluation estimate.Participants also completed a set of easy mazes and impossible mazes followed by posttask self-evaluation estimates.In conjunction with a parallel research project, the following measures were also obtained from participants: Self-Perception Profile for Children (SPPC), Teacher Rating Scale of Child's Actual Behavior, Wechsler
Author: C Golden
Institution: Ohio University
Language: English
Subfield: Psychiatry and Mental health
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W80810119