Moment-to-moment dynamics of ADHD behaviour in South African children |
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| Authors: | Heidi Aase Anneke Meyer Terje Sagvolden |
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| Affiliation: | (1) Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Division of mental health, P.O Box 4404, Nydalen, N-0403, Oslo, Norway;(2) School of Health Sciences, University of Limpopo, South Africa;(3) Department of Physiology, University of Oslo, Norway;(4) Centre for Advanced Study at the Norwegian Academy for Science and Letters, Oslo, Norway |
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| Abstract: | Background The behaviour of children with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder is characterized by low predictability of responding. Low behavioural predictability is one way of operationalizing intra-individual ADHD-related variability. ADHD-related variability may be caused by inefficient behavioural selection mechanisms linked to reinforcement and extinction, as suggested by the recently published dynamic developmental theory (DDT) of ADHD. DDT argues that ADHD is a basic neurobehavioural disorder, caused by dysfunctioning dopamine systems. For establishing ADHD as a neurobehavioural disorder, findings from studies conducted in Western countries should be replicated in other cultural populations. The present study replicated the study conducted in Norway, with children from the Limpopo province in the Republic of South Africa. |
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