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Predictors of the Trajectory of Hyperactivity in Middle and Late Childhood MBRS-RISE Journal of Undergraduate Research 5 (Spring 2010): 35-38 Cohort(s): Children of the NLSY79 Publisher: MBRS-RISE (Research Initiative for Scientific Enhancement) Keyword(s): Behavior Problems Index (BPI); Children, Behavioral Development; Digit Span (also see Memory for Digit Span - WISC); Home Observation for Measurement of Environment (HOME); Modeling, Growth Curve/Latent Trajectory Analysis; Undergraduate Research Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. This study investigated whether executive functioning, cognitive stimulation, and emotional support predict hyperactivity trajectories in middle and late childhood. Interactions of these antecedent variables with child gender and child age were also examined. Participants were a subset of children from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1979 Children and Young Adults study. Child hyperactivity was measured biennially by mother report from 1986 to 1992. In 1986, child executive functioning was measured using a backward digit span task and mothers reported on the amount of emotional support and cognitive stimulation provided in the child's home environment. Data were analyzed using growth curve analysis. Results indicated that the initial level of hyperactivity in 1986 was positive but decreased over time. Consistent with previous literature, child gender was a significant predictor of initial levels of hyperactivity with girls having lower hyperactivity than boys. The effects of cognitive stimulation and emotional support indicated that children with higher levels of these variables had lower initial levels of hyperactivity. Regarding change in hyperactivity over time, executive functioning was associated with a steeper decline in hyperactivity for younger children but not for older children, suggesting that executive functioning skills may play a stronger role in early and middle childhood than in later childhood in terms of ADHD symptomology. |
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Jones, Maria S. "Predictors of the Trajectory of Hyperactivity in Middle and Late Childhood ." MBRS-RISE Journal of Undergraduate Research 5 (Spring 2010): 35-38 .
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