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postgraduate thesis: Neuropsychological profiles of pre-schoolers and their relations with ADHD related symptoms and pre-academic skills
Title | Neuropsychological profiles of pre-schoolers and their relations with ADHD related symptoms and pre-academic skills |
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Issue Date | 2020 |
Publisher | The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong) |
Citation | Cheng, Y. Y. [鄭宇殷]. (2020). Neuropsychological profiles of pre-schoolers and their relations with ADHD related symptoms and pre-academic skills. (Thesis). University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong SAR. |
Abstract | Objective: To investigate the relations between three neuropsychological components
proposed by the triple pathway model (executive dysfunction, delay aversion, and temporal
processing deficits), ADHD related symptoms, and pre-academic skills in Hong Kong preschoolers.
Method: One hundred and thirty preschool children aged 4 to 6 years old participated in the
study. Direct task-based and indirect informant-based measures were collected.
Results: Executive dysfunction and delay aversion both significantly predicted ADHD related
symptoms independently, with working memory being the strongest unique predictor of
inattentive symptoms and inhibition being the strongest predictor of hyperactivity/impulsivity
symptoms. Temporal processing was not found to be significant in predicting ADHD related
symptoms. Regarding pre-academic skills, temporal processing significantly predicted both
word reading and mathematics skills, while EF was significant in predicting mathematics skills
only. Delay aversion predicted neither of the pre-academic skills.
Conclusion: The results provided support for a dual pathway model instead of a triple pathway
model and indicated differential profiles of deficits that underlie different subtypes of ADHD
related symptoms. Weak temporal processing skills could be considered as an early marker of
weak reading and mathematics skills.
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Degree | Master of Social Sciences |
Subject | Executive functions (Neuropsychology) Attention-deficit-disordered children |
Dept/Program | Educational Psychology |
Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/310832 |
DC Field | Value | Language |
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dc.contributor.author | Cheng, Yu Yan | - |
dc.contributor.author | 鄭宇殷 | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2022-02-22T15:41:50Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2022-02-22T15:41:50Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2020 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | Cheng, Y. Y. [鄭宇殷]. (2020). Neuropsychological profiles of pre-schoolers and their relations with ADHD related symptoms and pre-academic skills. (Thesis). University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong SAR. | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/310832 | - |
dc.description.abstract | Objective: To investigate the relations between three neuropsychological components proposed by the triple pathway model (executive dysfunction, delay aversion, and temporal processing deficits), ADHD related symptoms, and pre-academic skills in Hong Kong preschoolers. Method: One hundred and thirty preschool children aged 4 to 6 years old participated in the study. Direct task-based and indirect informant-based measures were collected. Results: Executive dysfunction and delay aversion both significantly predicted ADHD related symptoms independently, with working memory being the strongest unique predictor of inattentive symptoms and inhibition being the strongest predictor of hyperactivity/impulsivity symptoms. Temporal processing was not found to be significant in predicting ADHD related symptoms. Regarding pre-academic skills, temporal processing significantly predicted both word reading and mathematics skills, while EF was significant in predicting mathematics skills only. Delay aversion predicted neither of the pre-academic skills. Conclusion: The results provided support for a dual pathway model instead of a triple pathway model and indicated differential profiles of deficits that underlie different subtypes of ADHD related symptoms. Weak temporal processing skills could be considered as an early marker of weak reading and mathematics skills. | - |
dc.language | eng | - |
dc.publisher | The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong) | - |
dc.relation.ispartof | HKU Theses Online (HKUTO) | - |
dc.rights | The author retains all proprietary rights, (such as patent rights) and the right to use in future works. | - |
dc.rights | This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. | - |
dc.subject.lcsh | Executive functions (Neuropsychology) | - |
dc.subject.lcsh | Attention-deficit-disordered children | - |
dc.title | Neuropsychological profiles of pre-schoolers and their relations with ADHD related symptoms and pre-academic skills | - |
dc.type | PG_Thesis | - |
dc.description.thesisname | Master of Social Sciences | - |
dc.description.thesislevel | Master | - |
dc.description.thesisdiscipline | Educational Psychology | - |
dc.description.nature | published_or_final_version | - |
dc.date.hkucongregation | 2020 | - |
dc.identifier.mmsid | 991044474550603414 | - |