Assessment of the Continuous Performance Test: Reliability and validity in a nonreferred sample.

Halperin, Jeffrey M.; Sharma, Vanshdeep; Greenblatt, Edward; Schwartz, Susan T.

doi:10.1037/1040-3590.3.4.603

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“…Consistent with this literature, in the current study, behavioral inhibition is measured using CPT commission errors, DGT waiting time, and Stroop interference effects. An early marker of potential attention problems is also included, CPT omission errors, thought to index lapses in attention (Halperin, Sharma, Greenblatt, & Schwartz, 1991). These measures have been used extensively in research on school-aged children and they have also been used successfully with preschool-aged populations.…”

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“…The computer automatically provided scores on the number of times the child responded to a nontarget stimulus, that is, errors of commission, which are traditionally considered to represent impulsive responses or deficient behavioral inhibition (Barkley & Grodzinsky, 1994;Epstein et al, 2003). Information was also provided on the number of times the child failed to respond to a target stimulus, that is, errors of omission, which are commonly used as a measure of inattention (Halperin et al, 1991).…”

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Predicting the early developmental course of symptoms of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder

Stauffenberg

Campbell

2007

Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology

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Data from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Study of Early Child Care were examined to test whether: attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) symptoms remain stable from 54 months through early elementary school; behavioral inhibition and attention deficits assessed at 54 months predict ADHD symptoms in elementary school, even after controlling for their temporal stability; and early behavioral inhibition and attention deficits moderate the longitudinal stability in ADHD symptoms. Data were examined using continuous and categorical measures of symptoms. Modest stability in ADHD symptoms from 54 months to third grade was found. Measures of inhibition and inattention predicted later teacher ratings uniquely, but no evidence was found for moderation. Measures of preschool behavioral inhibition also predicted "persistently at risk status" defined by elevated teacher ratings over time. Results are discussed in terms of executive and motivational facets of inhibition that may be related to early signs of ADHD.

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Predicting the early developmental course of symptoms of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder

Stauffenberg

Campbell

2007

Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology

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“…Further, Bishop et al (2004) view mindfulness as an attentional state that can be evoked when attention is purposefully brought to the present moment while fostering an open orientation to experience. We reasoned that because mindfulness training entails extended practice of these attentional control abilities, and practice generally improves attentional control (e.g., Cepeda, Kramer, & Gonzalez de Sather, 2001;Halperin, Sharma, Greenblatt, & Schwartz, 1991;MacLeod, 1991), mindfulness training should be associated with increased mindfulness and, correspondingly, improved performance on tasks that measure these abilities.…”

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Mindfulness‐based stress reduction and attentional control

Anderson

Lau

Segal

et al. 2007

Clin Psychology and Psychoth

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This study was designed to test the hypothesis that mindfulness involves sustained attention, attention switching, inhibition of elaborative processing and non-directed attention. Healthy adults were tested before and after random assignment to an 8-week Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) course (n = 39) or a wait-list control (n = 33). Testing included measures of sustained attention, attention switching, Stroop interference (as a measure of inhibition of elaborative processing), detection of objects in consistent or inconsistent scenes (as a measure of non-directed attention), as well as self-report measures of emotional well-being and mindfulness. Participation in the MBSR course was associated with significantly greater improvements in emotional well-being and mindfulness, but no improvements in attentional control relative to the control group. However, improvements in mindfulness after MBSR were correlated with improvements in object detection. We discuss the implications of these results as they relate to the role of attention in mindfulness.

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“…For example, the capacity to sustain attention, inhibit inappropriate responses, and shift attentional set all improve during childhood (Chelune & Baer, 1986;Gale & Lynn, 1972;Greenberg & Waldman, 1993;Halperin, Sharma, Greenblatt, & Schwartz, 1991;Levy, 1980). The importance of other characteristics such as intelligence and gender is less clear.…”

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Attention performance in an epidemiological sample of urban children: The role of gender and verbal intelligence

Pascualvaca¹,

Anthony

Arnold³

et al. 1997

Child Neuropsychology

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We administered a comprehensive attentional battery to an epidemiologically defined sample of 435 firstand second-grade children to assess the influence of gender and verbal intelligence on attention. The battery included three versions of the continuous performance test (CPT), two digit cancellation tasks, three subtests from the WISC-R, and the Wisconsin Card Sorting Test. The results indicated that both gender and intelligence had an impact on attentional performance. Girls performed better than boys; they made fewer errors on the CPT and obtained higher scores on the digit cancellation task and the Coding subtest of the WISC-R. Children with higher verbal intelligence also performed better on the attentional tests, but this advantage was not observed across measures or levels of performance. For example, children with limited verbal skills performed significantly worse than their peers only in measures with high processing demands (the degraded CPT and the distraction version of the digit cancellation task).Problems with attention represent one of the most pervasive behavioral disturbances encountered in psychiatric and educational contexts, and are estimated to affect as many as 30% of all school-aged children (Cantwell, 1975;Kellam, Branch, Agrawal, & Ensminger 1975;Offord et al., 1987;Rutter, Tizard, & Whitmore, 1970). Despite the ubiquity of attention deficits and their detrimental effects on the child's functioning, little is known about the factors that influence attentional performance in normal children. There is little information, for example, regarding the impact of certain characteristics such as age, intelligence, and gender, or environmental factors such as family background and socioeconomic status, on attentional performance. In this study, we report on the role of two of these characteristics, intelligence and

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Assessment of the Continuous Performance Test: Reliability and validity in a nonreferred sample.

Cited by 217 publications

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Predicting the early developmental course of symptoms of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder

Predicting the early developmental course of symptoms of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder

Mindfulness‐based stress reduction and attentional control

Attention performance in an epidemiological sample of urban children: The role of gender and verbal intelligence

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