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Psychometric Properties of a Test for ADHD Based on Binocular Rivalry

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 June 2013

Juan Antonio Amador-Campos ,
J. Antonio Aznar-Casanova ,
Manuel Moreno-Sánchez ,
Antonio Medina-Peña  and
Juan Jairo Ortiz-Guerra
Juan Antonio Amador-Campos*
Affiliation:
Universidad de Barcelona (Spain)
J. Antonio Aznar-Casanova
Affiliation:
Universidad de Barcelona (Spain)
Manuel Moreno-Sánchez
Affiliation:
Universidad de Barcelona (Spain)
Antonio Medina-Peña
Affiliation:
Colegio Salesiano Sant Domènec Savio, Badalona (Spain)
Juan Jairo Ortiz-Guerra
Affiliation:
Hospital de Sant Joan de Déu (Spain)
*
*Correspondence concerning this article should be addressed to Juan Antonio Amador Campos. Departamento de Personalidad, Evaluación y Tratamiento Psicológicos. Facultad de Psicología, Universidad de Barcelona. Passeig Vall d’Hebron, 171. 08035. Barcelona (Spain). Phone: +34-933125131. E-mail: jamador@ub.edu
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Abstract

The psychometric properties of a Binocular Rivalry (BR)-based test on a group of 159 participants (57 with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, ADHD) aged between 6 and 15 years are presented. Two factors, which explained 56.82% of the variance, were obtained by exploratory factor analysis: (a) Alternations and Duration of exclusive dominances, and (b) Decision time. Reliability was excellent (Cronbach’s α = .834 and .884). The ADHD group showed fewer alternations and longer duration of dominances and decision time than the control group. Correlations between measures of BR, IQ, working memory, and processing speed of the WISC-IV, and ADHD symptoms, assessed by parents and teachers, ranged between low and medium.

Keywords

attention deficit hyperactivity disordervisual attentionautomatic inhibitionbinocular rivalrypsychometric profiles
Type
Research Article
Information
The Spanish Journal of Psychology , Volume 16 , 2013 , E20
Copyright
Copyright © Universidad Complutense de Madrid and Colegio Oficial de Psicólogos de Madrid 2013 

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Footnotes

This work was financed by a grant of the Alicia Koplowitz Foundation, in the year 2009.

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