introduction: attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (adhd) is the most common psychiatric disorder in school age children and has a negative effect on the individual’s general functions. the purpose of this study was to estimate the prevalence of adhd in preschool 6 year old children in yazd in 2005 and the influence of gender, birth weight, birth order and parental education on adhd. method...

Objective: Unintentional injuries are a significant cause of morbidity and mortality in preschool children. The purpose of this study was to investigate the factors related to unintentional injuries in preschool children diagnosed to have attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Method: This study included 237 preschool children diagnosed to have ADHD, aged 4–5 years, recruited from a c...

Inhibitory deficits of children with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) are well documented. However, the specific inhibition ability (stopping an ongoing response) of preschoolers with ADHD is little reported. This study adopted the tracking stop-signal task to examine preschoolers with ADHD. Twenty-eight children with ADHD (M = 6.1 year, SD = 0.6) were compared to 31 comparison c...

Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is one of the most common childhood onset psychiatric disorders. Although the onset of ADHD is prior to the age of seven years, there is a paucity of data on the prevalence of the disorder in preschool age children. This study was performed to determine the prevalence rate of ADHD in preschool age children in kindergartens of south west, Mumbai. O...

Objective: Positive Parenting Program (Triple-P) is an approved method of parent training for reducing child behavioral problems. The present study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of standard level of Triple-P in improving behavioral problems and core Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) symptoms of preschool children diagnosed with ADHD.  Methods: The study was conducted on 94 ...

BACKGROUND Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is a common psychiatric diagnosis among preschool children. OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to examine the Risperidone treatment compared to Methylphenidate (MPH) in preschool children with ADHD. PATIENTS AND METHODS Thirty three outpatient preschool children, aged 3-6 years, diagnosed with ADHD (The diagnosis of ADHD was estab...

the main purpose of this study was to compare parenting self efficacy between mothers of children with attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder (adhd) and mothers of normal children.one hundred twenty mothers including 60 mothers of children with adhd and 62 mothers of normal children were selected. in each group the participants were allocated between three subgroups of preschool, first and se...

Available online 11 July 2008 An aspect of metacognition, metamemory (knowledge and awareness of one's memory) was investigated across time in preschool children with ADHD (n = 31) and a sample of age, sex, socioeconomic and IQ-matched typically developing children (n = 31). Only childrenwith stable ADHD diagnoses were included. Participants were assessed on a variety of cognitive and parent re...

INTRODUCTION ADHD symptoms begin to appear at preschool age. ADHD may have a significant negative impact on academic performance. In Spain, there are no standardized tools for detecting ADHD at preschool age, nor is there data about the incidence of this disorder. OBJECTIVE To evaluate developmental factors and learning difficulties associated with probable ADHD and to assess the impact of AD...

There is a trend toward diagnosing ADHD prior to school entry. Despite this, there is a lack of studies investigating ADHD in the preschool years, at least studies including a large range of different neuropsychological functions. Our knowledge of the independent effects of different neuropsychological functions in relation to preschool ADHD is therefore limited. In order to address this issue,...