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If-Then Plans Benefit Delay of Gratification Performance in Children With and Without ADHD

Auteurs: Caterina Gawrilow, Peter M. Gollwitzer, Gabriele Oettingen

Gepubliceerd in: Cognitive Therapy and Research | Uitgave 5/2011

Abstract

Children with impulse control deficits (i.e., children with ADHD) are known to have special problems with delaying gratifications. As making if-then plans (i.e., forming implementation intentions) has been found to benefit self-control even in individuals whose action control is chronically hampered (e.g., critical samples such as patients with frontal lobe damage, the elderly), we analyzed whether delay of gratification is facilitated in children with and without ADHD who have formed respective implementation intentions. In Study 1, forty-five inpatient children with ADHD (M _age = 10.7 years) increased delay of gratification performance after having formed respective implementation intentions. Study 2 replicated this finding in an outpatient sample of children with ADHD (n = 47, M _age = 10.3 years) and also in a comparison group of children without ADHD (n = 40, M _age = 11.3 years). Results are discussed with respect to their implications for action control in children with ADHD as well as research on implementation intentions and delay of gratification.

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For ease of presentation, the term ADHD is used as an abbreviation for Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder according to the ICD-10 category of Hyperkinetic Disorder and the DSM-IV combined subtype.

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Titel: If-Then Plans Benefit Delay of Gratification Performance in Children With and Without ADHD
Auteurs: Caterina Gawrilow
Peter M. Gollwitzer
Gabriele Oettingen
Publicatiedatum: 01-10-2011
Uitgeverij: Springer US
Gepubliceerd in: Cognitive Therapy and Research / Uitgave 5/2011
Print ISSN: 0147-5916
Elektronisch ISSN: 1573-2819
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10608-010-9309-z

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