The Effect of Anger on Behavior Inhibition in Children with Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder

• Main Authors: Hui-Ling Lin, 林惠玲
• Other Authors: Fu-Jian Hong
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2009
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/52057540959587402496

碩士 === 中原大學 === 心理學研究所 === 97 === Abstract People have the ability to change their behavior, that is, the executive control of behavior（Schmeichel, 2007）. Executive control is considered a collection of many capacities usually. It is allow individuals to adjust their thinking and action（Norman & Shallice, 1986）, and completed the goal behavior more efficiently. If the executive control is deficit. It is difficult to response and inhibits behavior. This is general called” impulsive behavior”. Psychologists generally agreed that the main core issue of attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) child is the deficit of behavior control. Barkley（1997）instruction “A hybrid model of executive function” , pointed out deficiencies in behavioral inhibition indirectly, it interfered the goal-oriented behavior of ADHD child. Emotional self-control is also considered the issue of ADHD children, When ADHD children are frustrated, they will be extreme anger, impulsive behavior is even more difficult to control. ADHD behavioral inhibition defect of evidence from many behavior inhibit research, the most frequently used measurement of behavior inhibition is the stop-signal task (SST), by Logan & Cowan (1984). Quite widely used in laboratory studies of behavior inhibition, the main measurement “interrupt ongoing response “or” inhibition the prepotent response ". This study for the assessment behavioral inhibition of ADHD children before and after anger mood. In this study, the assumption are three：(1) ADHD children performance on SST is poor than the control group, that is, a slower reaction time, higher rate of commission, and higher rate of omission. (2) After the experimental manipulation, ADHD children will anger higher than control group significantly. (3) ADHD children, the affect of anger on behavior inhibition, SST performance will poorer, that is, response time longer, rate of commission increased, and rate of omission increased, too. 34 subjects for the clinical group of ADHD children and 36 elementary school children in general for the control group, to carry out experimental manipulation triggered anger, to assess their anger and behavior inhibition. The results showed that：(1) ADHD children in the general state of the anger was significantly higher than control group children, and the anger response is stronger than control group when face to frustration, but also carried the self-regulation of anger. Recovered anger still higher than the original one may be the anger response recovers more slowly, and takes longer to return to its original state. (2) ADHD children was significantly higher rate of omission than control group children, it is means that ADHD children have significant deficit of attention, failed to notice the stimulate or react to them much slower, and miss too much, causing too many omission response. (3) To induce anger, the reaction time is slower, the rate of omission is getting higher, show that after the anger induced, lead to worse behavior inhibition indeed, and the anger stronger the reaction time faster and the rate of commission higher.