ReviewChild psychiatry and human development2018
A Review of the Clinical Utility of Systematic Behavioral Observations in Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD).
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9 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- The Validity of Teacher Rating Scales for the Assessment of ADHD Symptoms in the Classroom: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Journal of attention disorders · 2021Pooled it
- Behavioral parent training for disruptive behaviors in school-age children with autism: Secondary outcomes of a randomized controlled trial.European child & adolescent psychiatry · 2026Trial
- Effectiveness of Specific Techniques in Behavioral Teacher Training for Childhood ADHD Behaviors: Secondary Analyses of a Randomized Controlled Microtrial.Research on child and adolescent psychopathology · 2022Trial
- Editorial Perspective: The challenge of evaluating ADHD parenting interventions - towards a hybrid approach.Journal of child psychology and psychiatry, and allied disciplines · 2026Article
- The ADVANCE toolkit: Automated descriptive video annotation in naturalistic child environments.Behavior research methods · 2025Article
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- Preliminary inter-rater reliability of "The observed Off-task Behavior among School-Children" (The OBS-Children).The British journal of occupational therapy · 2023Article
- The Effects of White Noise on Attentional Performance and On-Task Behaviors in Preschoolers with ADHD.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Assessment of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder in Young Autistic Children.Journal of clinical child and adolescent psychology : the official journal for the Society of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, American Psychological Association, Division 53Article
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Abstract
This review evaluates the clinical utility of tools for systematic behavioral observation in different settings for children and adolescents with ADHD. A comprehensive search yielded 135 relevant results since 1990. Observations from naturalistic settings were grouped into observations of classroom behavior (n = 58) and of social interactions (n = 25). Laboratory observations were subdivided into four contexts: independent play (n = 9), test session (n = 27), parent interaction (n = 11), and peer interaction (n = 5). Clinically relevant aspects of reliability and validity of employed instruments are reviewed. The results confirm the usefulness of systematic observations. However, no procedure can be recommended as a stand-alone diagnostic method. Psychometric properties are often unsatisfactory, which reduces the validity of observational methods, particularly for measuring treatment outcome. Further efforts are needed to improve the specificity of observational methods with regard to the discrimination of comorbidities and other disorders.
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