Abstract

REYES SANDOVAL, Ana Marina  and  ACUNA, Laura. Elementary school teachers' ratings of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder behaviors. rev.latinoam.psicol. [online]. 2012, vol.44, n.3, pp.65-82. ISSN 0120-0534.

The purpose of the study was to determine the influence of sex, age and socioeconomic status of elementary school teachers, as well as the school grade and group size they taught and the kind of school (private or public) in which they worked on their judgments about the "normal" frequency of emission of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) behaviors by their students during class hours. Teachers (N = 691) rated the frequency which a "normal" student emitted each of the 18 ADHD characteristic behaviors during class hours. Results showed that men, teachers older than 42 years, of low socioeconomic status, teaching first and second grade, which had more than 38 students in public schools considered normal the frequent emission of the behaviors during class hours in a greater degree than their counterparts. It was concluded that the socio-demographic characteristics of elementary school teachers as well as some situational variables affect their tendency to label a student with ADHD.

Keywords : ADHD; clasroom behavior; behavior problems; social norms; Teacher characteristics.

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