Title

Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder And Behavioral Inhibition: A Meta-Analytic Review Of The Stop-Signal Paradigm

Keywords

ADHD; Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder; Behavioral inhibition; Meta-analysis; Stop-signal

Abstract

Deficient behavioral inhibition (BI) processes are considered a core feature of attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). This meta-analytic review is the first to examine the potential influence of a wide range of subject and task variable moderator effects on BI processes-assessed by the stop-signal paradigm-in children with ADHD relative to typically developing children. Results revealed significantly slower mean reaction time (MRT), greater reaction time variability (SDRT), and slower stop-signal reaction time (SSRT) in children with ADHD relative to controls. The non-significant between-group stop-signal delay (SSD) metric, however, suggests that stop-signal reaction time differences reflect a more generalized deficit in attention/cognitive processing rather than behavioral inhibition. Several subject and task variables served as significant moderators for children's mean reaction time. © 2007 Springer Science+Business Media, LLC.

Publication Date

10-1-2007

Publication Title

Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology

Volume

35

Issue

5

Number of Pages

745-758

Document Type

Review

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.1007/s10802-007-9131-6

Socpus ID

34548442524 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/34548442524

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