The Effect Private and Public Television have on Attention Deficit Symptoms
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Authors
Fino, Mark
Issue Date
2001
Type
Thesis
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en_US
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Abstract
Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder rates have increased dramatically in recent
years. The increase in the diagnoses of ADHD has sparked debates about its clinical
definition, processes for diagnosis, and the causes for the broad disorder. Research has
recently concentrated on the biological causes of the disorder; however, environmental
factors are definitively linked to ADHD. The present study examines the influence of
environmental cues, television, upon ADHD behaviors. 300 children are presented with
public programs, private programs, and a control condition to determine if television affects
impulsivity and hyperactivity as measured by the time on task, and frequency of changes in
tasks during an assigned play period. The play period is arranged within a structured
environment and coded following the experiment. The experiment is a within group,
multiple, time series design. The study will yield vital information to environmental causes
of ADHD and further information on the raising techniques of children.
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v, 24 p.
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