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Catrina A. Calub; Irva Hertz-Picciotto; Deborah Bennett; Julie B. Schweitzer – JCPP Advances, 2025
Background: While neighborhood conditions have previously been shown to have substantial effects on later occupational, educational and health outcomes, this is the first study to examine the relation between neighborhood factors and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) symptoms in children with autism and developmental delays. Methods:…
Descriptors: Autism Spectrum Disorders, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Neighborhoods, Disadvantaged Environment
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Thapar, Anita; Cooper, Miriam; Eyre, Olga; Langley, Kate – Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 2013
Background: Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and its possible causes still attract controversy. Genes, pre and perinatal risks, psychosocial factors and environmental toxins have all been considered as potential risk factors. Method: This review (focussing on literature published since 1997, selected from a search of PubMed)…
Descriptors: Psychopathology, Risk, Public Health, Diagnostic Tests
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Audet, Karyn; Le Mare, Lucy – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2011
We examined inattention/overactivity (I/O) over time and in relation to caregiving in three matched groups: (1) Romanian Orphans (RO) with a minimum of eight months' deprivation prior to adoption, (2) Early Adopted (EA) children adopted from Romania prior to age four months, and (3) Canadian Born (CB) non-adopted children. Comparisons among groups…
Descriptors: Children, Foreign Countries, Disadvantaged Environment, Adoption
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Colvert, Emma; Rutter, Michael; Kreppner, Jana; Beckett, Celia; Castle, Jenny; Groothues, Christine; Hawkins, Amanda; Stevens, Suzanne; Sonuga-Barke, Edmund J. S. – Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 2008
Theory of Mind (ToM) and Executive Function (EF) have been associated with autism and with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), and hence might play a role in similar syndromes found following profound early institutional deprivation. In order to examine this possibility the current study included a group of 165 Romanian adoptees, of…
Descriptors: Autism, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, At Risk Persons, Disadvantaged Environment