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EVALUATION OF PHARMACOLOGICAL TREATMENT OF IMPULSIVITY IN CHILDREN WITH ATTENTION DEFICIT HYPERACTIVITY DISORDER
Author(s) -
Neef Nancy A.,
Bicard David F.,
Endo Sayaka,
Coury Daniel L.,
Aman Michael G.
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
journal of applied behavior analysis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.1
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1938-3703
pISSN - 0021-8855
DOI - 10.1901/jaba.2005.116-02
Subject(s) - impulsivity , psychology , immediacy , stimulant , context (archaeology) , reinforcement , placebo , attention deficit hyperactivity disorder , methylphenidate , affect (linguistics) , clinical psychology , developmental psychology , psychiatry , social psychology , medicine , communication , paleontology , philosophy , alternative medicine , epistemology , pathology , biology
We used an assessment that involved competing reinforcer dimensions in a concurrent‐schedules arrangement to examine the effects of stimulant medication on impulsivity (i.e., sensitivity of choices to reinforcer immediacy relative to rate, quality, and effort) with 4 students with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. The assessments were administered in the context of a double‐blind, placebo‐controlled, counterbalanced reversal design. Reinforcer immediacy was the most influential dimension for 3 of the students and the second most influential dimension for 1 of the students across placebo and medication conditions; medication did not affect these sensitivities.