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A meta-analytic examination of comorbid hyperactive-impulsive-attention problems and conduct problemsDaniel A Waschbusch
Department of Psychology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Psychol Bull 128:118-50. 2002..Overall, the review suggests that HIA-CP is best conceptualized as an additive combination of HIA and CP rather than as a distinct category...- Reactive aggression in boys with disruptive behavior disorders: behavior, physiology, and affectDaniel A Waschbusch
Department of Psychology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada B3H 4J1
J Abnorm Child Psychol 30:641-56. 2002..In addition, boys with comorbid ADHD/ODD/CD held a grudge longer than other children. Results suggest that boys with comorbid ADHD/ODD/CD are especially reactive to provocation from their peers... - Helpless attributions and depression in adolescents: the roles of anxiety, event valence, and demographicsDaniel A Waschbusch
Department of Psychology, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, USA
J Adolesc 26:169-83. 2003..Results also suggest that helpless attributions may be related to both anxiety and depression in males... - The Behavior Education Support and Treatment (BEST) school intervention program: pilot project data examining schoolwide, targeted-school, and targeted-home approachesDaniel A Waschbusch
Department of Psychology, Dalhousie University, Canada
J Atten Disord 9:313-22. 2005..These findings support the continued use of behavioral interventions in elementary schools and argue for interventions that combine different methods of delivering interventions... 
Diagnosing ADHD in adolescenceMargaret H Sibley
Department of Psychology, Center for Children and Families, Florida International University, 11200 SW 8th Street, Miami, FL 33199, USA
J Consult Clin Psychol 80:139-50. 2012..Specifically, issues surrounding the use of self- versus informant ratings, diagnostic threshold, and retrospective reporting of childhood symptoms were addressed...- Music and video as distractors for boys with ADHD in the classroom: comparison with controls, individual differences, and medication effectsWilliam E Pelham
Department of Psychology, Center for Children and Families, Florida International University, AHC1 room 140, 11200 SW 8th Street, Miami, FL 33199, USA
J Abnorm Child Psychol 39:1085-98. 2011..In the presence or absence of music, MPH improved performance relative to placebo. Similar individual differences were found as in Experiment 1... - Maternal and paternal depressive symptoms and child maladjustment: the mediating role of parental behaviorFrank J Elgar
Department of Psychology, Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
J Abnorm Child Psychol 35:943-55. 2007..Interventions for parents whose symptoms of depression interfere with parenting responsibilities could help reduce the risk of some childhood disorders... - Changes in self-perceptions in children with ADHD: a longitudinal study of depressive symptoms and attributional styleJulia D McQuade
Department of Psychology, University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont 05405, USA
Behav Ther 42:170-82. 2011..Results support a protective function of positive self-perceptions in regards to depressive cognitions over a 2- to 3-year period for children with ADHD. However, literature suggesting risks for other negative outcomes also is discussed... 
The effects of incentives on visual-spatial working memory in children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorderKeri Shiels
Department of Psychology, University at Buffalo, SUNY, Park Hall, P O Box 604110, Buffalo, NY 14260 4110, USA
J Abnorm Child Psychol 36:903-13. 2008..Possible explanations for the differential incentive effects are discussed, including the possibility that incentives prevented a vigilance decrement as task difficulty and time on task increased...- Developing a measure of sluggish cognitive tempo for children: content validity, factor structure, and reliabilityAnn Marie Penny
Department of Psychology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Psychol Assess 21:380-9. 2009..These scales were constructed with good content validity and were found to have strong reliability. Future directions include replication, extension into a clinical population, and further examination of validity... - Subtypes of aggression in children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder: medication effects and comparison with typical childrenSara King
Department of Pediatrics, Dalhousie University and IWK Health Centre, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
J Clin Child Adolesc Psychol 38:619-29. 2009..On the last trials, instrumental aggression dissipated for controls and hostile aggression dissipated for children in the ADHD-placebo group. Both instrumental and hostile aggression dissipated for children in the ADHD-medication group... - Cognitive deficits and positively biased self-perceptions in children with ADHDJulia D McQuade
Department of Psychology, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT 05405, USA
J Abnorm Child Psychol 39:307-19. 2011..Results lend initial support to the role of cognitive deficits in the positive bias of some children with ADHD. Implications for future research and intervention are discussed... - Can children with ADHD be motivated to reduce bias in self-reports of competence?Betsy Hoza
Department of Psychology, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT 05405, USA
J Consult Clin Psychol 80:245-54. 2012.... - Antecedent-consequence conditions in maternal mood and child adjustment: a four-year cross-lagged studyFrank J Elgar
Department of Psychology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada
J Clin Child Adolesc Psychol 32:362-74. 2003..These findings indicate that maternal depression increases the risk of adjustment problems in children, and vice versa, underscoring the intergenerational transmission of psychopathology... - Should sex-specific norms be used to assess attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder or oppositional defiant disorder?Daniel A Waschbusch
Department of Psychology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada
J Consult Clin Psychol 74:179-85. 2006..These results suggest that there may be a small number of girls who have behaviors and impairment that are consistent with ADHD and ODD, but they are not currently being identified by DSM-IV criteria... - Aggression in children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorderSara King
Wood Street Centre, Nova Scotia, Canada
Expert Rev Neurother 10:1581-94. 2010..Multidisciplinary research should focus on investigating underlying mechanisms related to aggression in ADHD, as well as the utility of various treatment modalities... - Decision making in children with ADHD only, ADHD-anxious/depressed, and control children using a child version of the Iowa Gambling TaskNancy Garon
Autism Research Centre, Dalhousie University, Nova, Canada
J Atten Disord 9:607-19. 2006..The goal of this study is to investigate decision making in children with ADHD using a child version of the Iowa Gambling Task (IGT). The effect of internalizing symptoms is also of interest... - Effects of methylphenidate and expectancy on children with ADHD: behavior, academic performance, and attributions in a summer treatment program and regular classroom settingsWilliam E Pelham
Department of Psychology, State University of New York at Buffalo, 14214 3093, USA
J Consult Clin Psychol 70:320-35. 2002..Results were generally equivalent across the two settings; where there were differences, beneficial effects of medication were more apparent in the school setting. The findings were unaffected by individual-difference factors... - Applying a psychoeducational perspective to ADHDAnn Marie Penny
Department of Psychology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada B3H 4J1
J Atten Disord 8:208-20. 2005..It is concluded that inattentive symptoms of ADHD are associated with slower processing speed and that this relationship is not explained by test session behavior... - Social information processing in elementary-school aged children with ADHD: medication effects and comparisons with typical childrenSara King
Centre for Pediatric Pain Research, IWK Health Centre, Dalhousie University and IWK Health Centre, Departments of Pediatrics and Psychology, NS, Canada
J Abnorm Child Psychol 37:579-89. 2009..Findings suggest that children with ADHD generate more aggressive responses to provocation than controls and that this may be exacerbated by administration of MPH. Limitations and future directions are discussed... - Telephone-based mental health interventions for child disruptive behavior or anxiety disorders: randomized trials and overall analysisPatrick J McGrath
IWK Health Centre and Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry 50:1162-72. 2011..These initial trials aimed to determine whether distance interventions provided by nonprofessionals could significantly decrease the proportion of children diagnosed with disruptive behavior or anxiety disorders compared with usual care... - Alternative approaches for conceptualizing children's attributional styles and their associations with depressive symptomsStephen P Lewis
Department of Psychology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Depress Anxiety 25:E37-46. 2008..These findings suggest both attribution frameworks are useful for understanding childhood depression... - A review of the validity of laboratory cognitive tasks used to assess symptoms of ADHDShana L Nichols
Dalhousie University, Psychology Department, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Child Psychiatry Hum Dev 34:297-315. 2004..Results showed that the CPT, C-DT, and the SST had the most support, yet further efforts to evaluate the validity of these measures are needed before they can be used for more than experimental purposes... - Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder and callous-unemotional traits as moderators of conduct problems when examining impairment and aggression in elementary school childrenDaniel A Waschbusch
Center for Children and Families, Department of Pediatrics, University at Buffalo SUNY, Buffalo, New York 14214, USA
Aggress Behav 34:139-53. 2008..Results are discussed with respect to developmental taxonomies and trajectories of the disruptive behavior disorders... - Social problem solving, conduct problems, and callous-unemotional traits in childrenDaniel A Waschbusch
Department of Pediatrics, Center for Children and Families, University at Buffalo State University of New York, 106 Diefendorf Hall, 3435 Main Street, Building 20, Buffalo, NY, 14214, USA
Child Psychiatry Hum Dev 37:293-305. 2007..However, this pattern was present only when CU traits were low. Results add to a growing body of literature demonstrating that CU traits are an important moderator of CP in children... - Development and validation of the Conduct Disorder Rating ScaleDaniel A Waschbusch
Department of Pediatrics, University at Buffalo, State University of New York, NY, USA
Assessment 14:65-74. 2007..Although further research with this new tool is warranted, results indicated that the CDRS is well suited to observational and clinical studies of CD... - Temporal relations in daily-reported maternal mood and disruptive child behaviorFrank J Elgar
School of Social Sciences, Cardiff University, Glamorgan Building, King Edward VII Avenue, Cardiff CF10 3WT, Wales, United Kingdom
J Abnorm Child Psychol 32:237-47. 2004..Mutual influences on maternal and child functioning were interpreted in the context of interpersonal mechanisms that mediate psychological problems within families and their implications for treatment... - Effects of methylphenidate and behavior modification on the social and academic behavior of children with disruptive behavior disorders: the moderating role of callous/unemotional traitsDaniel A Waschbusch
Center for Children and Families, Department of Pediatrics, University at Buffalo SUNY, Buffalo, NY 14214, USA
J Clin Child Adolesc Psychol 36:629-44. 2007..These findings, though tentative, suggest that children with ADHD/CP-CU may not show a sufficient positive response to BT alone and that the combination of medication and BT may be especially important for them... - Self-handicapping prior to academic-oriented tasks in children with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD): medication effects and comparisons with controlsDaniel A Waschbusch
Departments of Pediatrics and Psychology, University at Buffalo State University of New York, Center for Children and Families, 3435 Main Street, Building 20, Buffalo, NY 14214, USA
J Abnorm Child Psychol 35:275-86. 2007..Findings suggest children with ADHD may use self handicapping to ameliorate the effects of experiencing high rates of academic failure... - Mutual influences on maternal depression and child adjustment problemsFrank J Elgar
Cardiff Institute of Society, Health and Ethics, Cardiff University, 53 Park Place, CF10 3WT, Wales, UK
Clin Psychol Rev 24:441-59. 2004.... - Using stimulants in children with ADHDDaniel A Waschbusch
Science 306:1473. 2004 - Implementation of a comprehensive schoolwide behavioral intervention: The ABC programWilliam E Pelham
University at Buffalo, State University of New York, NY 14214, USA
J Atten Disord 9:248-60. 2005..Although the present article does not constitute a systematic evaluation of the ABC Program, it presents preliminary data on the process of implementation and stakeholder satisfaction... - A practical measure of impairment: psychometric properties of the impairment rating scale in samples of children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and two school-based samplesGregory A Fabiano
Department of Counseling, School, and Educational Psychology, SUNY at Buffalo, Baldy Hall 426, Buffalo, NY 14260, USA
J Clin Child Adolesc Psychol 35:369-85. 2006..The scale is brief, practical, and in the public domain. The results of the studies and implications for the assessment of impairment are discussed...