Cognitive functions, self-esteem and self-concept of children with attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder
The study aimed to compare the performance of children with ADHD and children without learning and/or attention diffi culties in tasks of visual attention, executive functions, self-esteem and self-concept. Participants were34 children, 17 with ADHD and 17in the control group, with a mean age of 9.9...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2014 |
| País: | Brasil |
| Institución: | Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN) |
| Repositorio: | Repositório Institucional da UFRN |
| Idioma: | inglés |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:repositorio.ufrn.br:123456789/52519 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://repositorio.ufrn.br/handle/123456789/52519 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | transtorno da falta de atenção com hiperatividade cognição autoestima criança autoconceito Attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder self-esteem cognition children self-concept |
| Sumario: | The study aimed to compare the performance of children with ADHD and children without learning and/or attention diffi culties in tasks of visual attention, executive functions, self-esteem and self-concept. Participants were34 children, 17 with ADHD and 17in the control group, with a mean age of 9.92 years. For the evaluation, the following tests were used: Cancellation Test, Trail Making Test, Stroop Color Word Test, Tower of London, Children’s Depression Inventory, Self-Esteem Multidimensional Scale, and Children’s Self-Concept Scale. The results indicated that children with ADHD showed worse out comes in attention and executive functions evaluations, in the belief of doing things the wrong way, in feelings of guilt and in low self-esteem, both in the general result as well as in self-perception. |
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