Citation

McClure FD, Gordon M. J. Abnorm. Child Psychol. 1984; 12(4): 561-571.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1984, Holtzbrinck Springer Nature Publishing Group)

DOI

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PMID

6491062

Abstract

Twenty hyperactive emotionally disturbed children (6-11 years) and a matched sample of nonhyperactive emotionally disturbed children were selected from the population of a therapeutic day treatment facility on the basis of teacher ratings. They were administered the Matching Familiar Figures Test-20 and were rated on several scales of impulsivity and/or hyperactivity. Each subject was required to perform on the Delay Task of the Gordon Diagnostic System, which required them to inhibit behavioral responding on a temporally based schedule (DRL-6) in order to win points. Children classified as hyperactive, whether by one or more criteria, were relatively unable to refrain from emitting a high number of nonreinforced responses. Moreover, these performance differences persisted regardless of age or IQ and were stable over the 8 minutes required to complete the test.

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