Controlled observations on patterns of activity, attention, and impulsivity in brain-damaged and psychiatrically disturbed boys

Objective measurements taken from boys with and without a conduct disorder and with and without associated brain injury suggest that overactivity is a function of psychiatric disturbance rather than of an abnormality of the central nervous System. Very few of the children studied were consistently o...

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Published in:Psychological medicine 1974-02, Vol.4 (1), p.4-18
Main Authors: Shaffer, D., McNamara, Nancy, Pincus, J. H.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Attention
Brain Damage, Chronic - physiopathology
Child
Child Behavior Disorders
Child, Preschool
Connecticut
Epidemiologic Methods
Epilepsy
Hospitalization
Humans
Hyperkinesis - epidemiology
Impulsive Behavior - epidemiology
Intelligence
Male
Mental Disorders - physiopathology
Motor Activity
Play and Playthings
Psychological Tests
Sex Factors
Statistics as Topic
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Summary:Objective measurements taken from boys with and without a conduct disorder and with and without associated brain injury suggest that overactivity is a function of psychiatric disturbance rather than of an abnormality of the central nervous System. Very few of the children studied were consistently overactive or inattentive. Mothers' reports of overactivity tallied with a measure of conduct disturbance but not with objective measurements of activity or attention.
ISSN:0033-2917
1469-8978
DOI:10.1017/S0033291700040265