A developmental examination of story recall and coherence among children with ADHD

Elizabeth P. Lorch; Richard Milich; Rebecca A. Flake; Joanna Ohlendorf; Summer Little

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A developmental examination of story recall and coherence among children with ADHD

Elizabeth P. Lorch, Richard Milich, Rebecca A. Flake, Joanna Ohlendorf, Summer Little

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This study investigated developmental differences in story recall in children with attention-deficit/ hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), N=57 (77.2% male) and their comparison peers, N=98 (61.2% male). Children at the ages of 4-6 or 7-9 completed a free recall immediately after viewing each of two televised stories, once in the presence of toys during viewing and once in their absence. This procedure was repeated with new stories 21 months later. Comparison children recalled more story events and showed a greater sensitivity to the thematic importance of the story events than did children with ADHD, a pattern that remained stable over time. Older comparison children showed a dramatic increase over time in the global coherence of their narrations, whereas the older children with ADHD showed limited improvement over time. The implications of these findings for academic performance and the possible need for remediation are discussed.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	291-301
Number of pages	11
Journal	Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology
Volume	38
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s10802-009-9377-2
State	Published - Apr 2010

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Acknowledgments This research was supported by the National Institute of Mental Health Grant MH47386.

Keywords

ADHD
Longitudinal
Story coherence
Story recall

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Psychiatry and Mental health

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