75897 20201217140621.0 doi 10.4172/Neuropsychiatry.1000474 sideral 107146 ART-2018-107146 eng (orcid)0000-0003-4252-9546 Cardoso Moreno, María Jesús Universidad de Zaragoza Intervention Programme Based on Executive Functions in Children with ADHD 2018 Access copy available to the general public Unrestricted Attention-deficit-hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a common neurobehavioral disorder with onset in childhood. Children with ADHD have been found to show impairment in emotional self-control, self-regulation and motivation. Numerous studies have reported cognitive disabilities in memory, executive functions, spatial abilities and language skills. The main objective of this research was to determine if the executive function intervention programme implemented could improve attention process and executive functions in children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. The sample consisted of 50 children (14 female and 36 male) aged between 8 and 12 years, diagnosed with ADHD and who were not under any psychopharmacological treatment at the time of the study, and had not taken medication to mitigate such disorder. Executive functioning was assessed through the Zoo Map Test and attention was evaluated by the “D2 Test of Attention” in a pretest-postest cuasi experimental design. The executive functioning intervention programme implemented was designed and tested for this research and consisted of 12 one-hour weekly sessions and the participants were trained individually. The data indicated that the intervention lead to improved performance in the execution of tasks that evaluate executive functions. After the intervention, the children took less time to resolve the Zoo Map Test, and the results in the “D2 Test of Attention” also improved after the training. Therefore, data showed that such executive functioning intervention programme could improve attention processes and executive functions in children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. Therefore, the programme used becomes effective intervention as well as the data found links the nature of the problem to a specific treatment management by objectives. info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess by http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/ 0.153 2018 Psychiatry and Mental Health 2018 Q4 Neurology (clinical) 2018 Q4 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion (orcid)0000-0001-6492-2248 Orejudo Hernandez, Santos Universidad de Zaragoza (orcid)0000-0002-0102-6064 Rodriguez Ledo, Cesar 4009 735 Universidad de Zaragoza Dpto. Psicología y Sociología Área Psicolog.Evolut.Educac 8, 4 (2018), 1433-1438 Neuropsychiatry Neuropsychiatry 1758-2008 131236 http://zaguan.unizar.es/record/75897/files/texto_completo.pdf Versión publicada 102492 http://zaguan.unizar.es/record/75897/files/texto_completo.jpg?subformat=icon icon Versión publicada oai:zaguan.unizar.es:75897 articulos driver 2020-12-17-14:04:55 ARTICLE