💬In plain words
What the trial is, and whether it could suit you
The goal of this study is to determine the effects of stimulant medication on disruptive behavior, function, preference and choice; however, it is primarily methodological and will add to current research by establishing an effective evaluation of the impact of stimulant medication on these behaviors. Three behavior assessments for children and adolescents diagnosed with AD/HD who exhibit disruptive behavior will be conducted:
1. Preference assessments will be conducted to determine whether preference for social and nonsocial items and activities differs under medication and non-medication conditions.
2. Functional analyses will be conducted to determine whether stimulant medication has an effect on the frequency and function or purpose of disruptive behavior.
3. Choice assessments will be conducted to evaluate the impact of stimulant medication on impulse control/delay discounting.
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📋 Eligibility rules (as published)
Inclusion Criteria:
1. Participant must be a child or adolescent between the ages of 4 years, 0 months, and 13 years, 0 months (participants must not be older than 12 years, 11 months).
2. Participant must have a valid diagnosis of attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (AD/HD). No specification of type (e.g., predominately inattentive type, predominately hyperactive-impulsive type, or combined type) will be necessary.
3. Participant must exhibit disruptive behavior, defined as one or more of the following:
1. physical or verbal aggression towards others: Hitting, kicking, biting, scratching, choking, spitting at, or throwing items at another person, and/or making insults, threats, or swearing at another person.
2. self-injury: Hitting self, biting self, banging head on an object/hard surface, pinching self, or scratching self with visual skin damage.
3. destruction: Damaging (or attempts to damage) personal or public property (e.g., breaking an object into two or more pieces, using an object to break other objects, ripping objects or parts of objects from walls, floors, or furniture, and denting cars, objects, or walls.)
4. noncompliance:Regular occurrence of verbal refusal (e.g., saying "no", "I don't want to", "I won't do it" or "not now") to any academic or non-academic request, and/or any response that does not match the delivered instruction within 30 seconds from the time the instruction was delivered.
5. tantrum:Crying (i.e., any vocalizations \[sounds or words\] accompanied by facial contraction with and without tears for any period of time) and/or screaming (occurrence of vocalizations above normal conversational volume for any period of time), with or without body flailing.
6. an active diagnosis of disruptive behavior disorder or oppositional defiant disorder.
4. Participant must already be prescribed a stimulant medication for the treatment of AD/HD symptoms and at an approved dose for age.
Exclusion Criteria:
1. a diagnosis of autism, conduct disorder, or intellectual disability in the moderate, severe or profound range.
2. prescribed or taking a stimulant dosage outside of recommended therapeutic range.
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