A planning method helped students manage schoolwork, most with more ADHD symptoms
HelpedThe short version
Mental contrasting plus if-then plans got parents to rate children higher, most with more ADHD symptoms.
- 116
- students at risk for ADHD
- Randomised
- groups picked at random
- Self-rated
- people rated themselves
- 1 tool
- tested
The study
Who took part
116 students in grades six and seven at eight German schools, rated at risk for ADHD on a parent questionnaire. Children with a psychiatric diagnosis were left out. Most were boys, and their average age was about 13.
What they did
Both groups had a lesson on learning styles in one session, in groups of up to four. One group also imagined the best outcome and main obstacle of a school problem, then made an if-then plan. Everyone was asked to use what they learned on school work for the next two weeks.
What happened
Two weeks later, parents rated the planning group higher at schoolwork (5.9 against 5.5 out of 10). The gap grew with more ADHD symptoms, but the paper could not show a gap for children with fewer.
What the study found
- Helped
Mental contrasting plus if-then plans got parents to rate children higher, most with more ADHD symptoms.
Randomised trial of 116 students at risk for ADHD · vs a lesson on learning styles alone · they rated themselves · ⚠ summary claims more than the results show
How solid is this?
- Groups picked at random
- People rated themselves
- Summary claims more than the results show
Source
Mental contrasting with implementation intentions enhances self-regulation of goal pursuit in schoolchildren at risk for ADHD (2013)
DOI: 10.1007/s11031-012-9288-3 (opens in a new tab)
