Validity of Sluggish Cognitive Tempo in South America: An Initial Examination Using Mother and Teacher Ratings of Chilean Children

Marta Belmar; Mateu Servera; Stephen P Becker; G Leonard Burns

doi:10.1177/1087054715597470

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Validity of Sluggish Cognitive Tempo in South America: An Initial Examination Using Mother and Teacher Ratings of Chilean Children

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Validity of Sluggish Cognitive Tempo in South America: An Initial Examination Using Mother and Teacher Ratings of Chilean Children

Marta Belmar, Mateu Servera, Stephen P Becker and G Leonard Burns

Journal of attention disorders, Vol.21(8), pp.667-672

06/2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/1087054715597470

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https://hdl.handle.net/2376/116302

PMCID: PMC6563936

PMID: 26246587

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Impulsive Behavior

School Teachers

Humans

Peer Group

Academic Performance - ethnology

Male

Anxiety Disorders - ethnology

Anxiety Disorders - psychology

Depressive Disorder - ethnology

Mothers

Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity - ethnology

Academic Failure

Attention Deficit and Disruptive Behavior Disorders - ethnology

Adolescent

Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity - psychology

Female

Attention Deficit and Disruptive Behavior Disorders - psychology

Chile - ethnology

Depressive Disorder - psychology

Cognition Disorders - ethnology

Child

Interpersonal Relations

Cognition Disorders - psychology

To examine the validity of sluggish cognitive tempo (SCT) and ADHD-inattention (ADHD-IN) symptoms in children from Chile. Mothers and teachers rated SCT, ADHD-IN, ADHD-hyperactivity/impulsivity (ADHD-HI), oppositional defiant disorder (ODD), anxiety, depression, academic impairment, social impairment, and peer rejection (teachers only) in 652 Chilean children (55% boys) aged 6 to 14 years. For both mother and teacher ratings, the eight SCT symptoms and nine ADHD-IN symptoms showed substantial loadings on their respective factors (convergent validity) along with loadings close to zero on the alternative factor (discriminant validity). ADHD-IN showed a uniquely stronger relationship than SCT with ADHD-HI and ODD whereas SCT showed a uniquely stronger relationship than ADHD-IN with anxiety and depression. Although ADHD-IN uniquely predicted academic impairment and social difficulties, SCT did not. This study provides the first evidence for the validity of SCT among children outside of North America or Western Europe.

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Title: Validity of Sluggish Cognitive Tempo in South America: An Initial Examination Using Mother and Teacher Ratings of Chilean Children
Creators: Marta Belmar - 1 Catholic University of the Maule, Talca, Chile
Mateu Servera - 2 University of the Balearic Islands, Palma, Spain
Stephen P Becker - 3 Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, USA
G Leonard Burns - 4 Washington State University, Pullman, WA, USA
Publication Details: Journal of attention disorders, Vol.21(8), pp.667-672
Academic Unit: Psychology, Department of
Publisher: United States
Grant note: K23 MH108603 / NIMH NIH HHS
Identifiers: 99900547594701842
Language: English
Resource Type: Journal article