Out of the office and into the field: Exploring neuropsychological correlates between search behavior and a traditional desktop task in children and adolescents with ADHD
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| contents | Out of the office and into the field: Exploring neuropsychological correlates between search behavior and a traditional desktop task in children and adolescents with ADHD Marcos Francisco Rosetti Rosa Elena Ulloa Lino Palacios-Cruz Robyn Hudson Francisco de la Peña Medicina ecological validity Tower of London test Ball Search Field Task Neuropsychological tests attention deficit hyperactivity disorder Introduction Cognitive assessment of patients with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) can help clinicians provide individually tailored treatment and advice, and researchers to identify potential associations between psychopathology and specific cognitive deficits. Assessment instruments, however, have received some criticism regarding their ecological validity, that is, the capacity to extrapolate from the performance on such tasks to aspects of everyday functioning. In order to meet this challenge we developed the Ball Search Field Task (BSFT) that takes place outdoors and uses large, open areas. In the BSFT, the goal is to search for target objects hidden under opaque containers, with experimenters assessing the efficiency of participants’ strategies to collect a maximum of these.Objective Here we explore how the measures produced by one of the latest versions of this task (the patchy BSFT) match up with a traditional desktop task often used in clinical environments, the Tower of London (ToLo).Method We applied the BSFT and ToLo to children and adolescents with ADHD and compared the metrics using Spearman correlations.Results We found significant, moderate correlations between instruments, as exemplified by that of balls collected per cones lifted (BSFT) and number of moves (ToLo) (r = -.44).Discussion and conclusion Matching correlates between the BSFT and ToLo suggest these tasks may be tapping into similar cognitive processes. The addition of assessment tools with ecological validity may help provide a more comprehensive evaluation and a better understanding of the day-to-day impact of cognitive afflictions underlying psychiatric disorders such as ADHD. 2018 artículo científico 0185-3325 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=58257912005 https://www.redalyc.org/journal/582/58257912005/ https://www.redalyc.org/journal/582/58257912005/html/ https://www.redalyc.org/journal/582/58257912005/58257912005.epub https://www.redalyc.org/journal/582/58257912005/movil 10.17711/SM.0185-3325.2018.039 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=582 Salud Mental application/pdf Instituto Nacional de Psiquiatría Ramón de la Fuente Muñiz Salud Mental (México) Num.6 Vol.41 |
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| spellingShingle | Out of the office and into the field: Exploring neuropsychological correlates between search behavior and a traditional desktop task in children and adolescents with ADHD Marcos Francisco Rosetti Medicina ecological validity Tower of London test Ball Search Field Task Neuropsychological tests attention deficit hyperactivity disorder Out of the office and into the field: Exploring neuropsychological correlates between search behavior and a traditional desktop task in children and adolescents with ADHD Marcos Francisco Rosetti Rosa Elena Ulloa Lino Palacios-Cruz Robyn Hudson Francisco de la Peña Medicina ecological validity Tower of London test Ball Search Field Task Neuropsychological tests attention deficit hyperactivity disorder Introduction Cognitive assessment of patients with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) can help clinicians provide individually tailored treatment and advice, and researchers to identify potential associations between psychopathology and specific cognitive deficits. Assessment instruments, however, have received some criticism regarding their ecological validity, that is, the capacity to extrapolate from the performance on such tasks to aspects of everyday functioning. In order to meet this challenge we developed the Ball Search Field Task (BSFT) that takes place outdoors and uses large, open areas. In the BSFT, the goal is to search for target objects hidden under opaque containers, with experimenters assessing the efficiency of participants’ strategies to collect a maximum of these.Objective Here we explore how the measures produced by one of the latest versions of this task (the patchy BSFT) match up with a traditional desktop task often used in clinical environments, the Tower of London (ToLo).Method We applied the BSFT and ToLo to children and adolescents with ADHD and compared the metrics using Spearman correlations.Results We found significant, moderate correlations between instruments, as exemplified by that of balls collected per cones lifted (BSFT) and number of moves (ToLo) (r = -.44).Discussion and conclusion Matching correlates between the BSFT and ToLo suggest these tasks may be tapping into similar cognitive processes. The addition of assessment tools with ecological validity may help provide a more comprehensive evaluation and a better understanding of the day-to-day impact of cognitive afflictions underlying psychiatric disorders such as ADHD. 2018 artículo científico 0185-3325 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=58257912005 https://www.redalyc.org/journal/582/58257912005/ https://www.redalyc.org/journal/582/58257912005/html/ https://www.redalyc.org/journal/582/58257912005/58257912005.epub https://www.redalyc.org/journal/582/58257912005/movil 10.17711/SM.0185-3325.2018.039 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=582 Salud Mental application/pdf Instituto Nacional de Psiquiatría Ramón de la Fuente Muñiz Salud Mental (México) Num.6 Vol.41 |
| title | Out of the office and into the field: Exploring neuropsychological correlates between search behavior and a traditional desktop task in children and adolescents with ADHD |
| topic | Medicina ecological validity Tower of London test Ball Search Field Task Neuropsychological tests attention deficit hyperactivity disorder |
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