Personality and Behavior Problems of Schoolboys

1977 ◽  
Vol 41 (2) ◽  
pp. 445-446 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. H. Saklofske

The present study examined the relationship of Eysenck's personality dimensions to two specific factors of school misbehavior. Subjects were grouped according to high or average scores obtained on the Devereux Elementary School Behavior Rating Scales of disrespect-defiance and classroom disturbance. 37 high scorers on the Devereux scales also scored significantly higher on the psychoticism scale and significantly lower on the extraversion and lie scales than 37 well behaved boys. The two groups did not differ in neuroticism scores.

1978 ◽  
Vol 17 (4) ◽  
pp. 589-603 ◽  
Author(s):  
Donald J. Cohen ◽  
Barbara K. Caparulo ◽  
Janice R. Gold ◽  
Merilyne C. Waldo ◽  
Bennett A. Shaywitz ◽  
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PEDIATRICS ◽  
1979 ◽  
Vol 64 (4) ◽  
pp. 412-418
Author(s):  
Linda Charles ◽  
Richard J. Schain ◽  
Tamar Zelniker ◽  
Donald Guthrie

The purposes of this study were to investigate the attentional characteristics of hyperactive children, the relationship of subjective and objective measures of these characteristics, and the effects of methylphenidate on these measures of attention. Forty-five hyperactive children, ages 6 to 10 years, were entered into an 18-week study of the effects of methylphenidate (Ritalin) on attention. Measures included rating scales completed by teachers and parents and a vigilance task. All measures reflected significant changes during the period of investigation. Attention and behavior were significantly improved under drug conditions and significantly worsened when methylphenidate was discontinued. However, only performance on the objective measure returned to predrug levels; final off-drug parent and teacher ratings remained improved over initial reports. Parent ratings of behavior, and specifically of children's ability to attend, were unrelated to equivalent teacher ratings. Teachers' ratings of attention correlated significantly with performance on the vigilance task, discriminated between on-drug and off-drug conditions, and discriminated between children who obtained normal or near normal predrug scores on the objective measure and those who performed poorly on this measure. Methylphenidate improved attentional performance for children who had poor predrug scores on the vigilance task, but did not produce a statistically significant change on the scores of children with normal predrug performance.


1990 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kent Bennington ◽  
Andrea Stone ◽  
George Palma ◽  
Dan Mungas ◽  
Dale Blunden

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