Table 2. Summary of Evidence for other ADHD-related behavioural problems.
Outcome measures | Single modalities | Combinations | |
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Effective treatments | Mixed/Non-effective treatments | Effectiveness | |
Parenting quality | BT: Moderate ES for positive parenting (SMD = 0.68), negative parenting (SMD = 0.57) and small ES for parenting self-concept (SMD = 0.37) [20]. | ||
Parent mental health | BT: no significant effects on self-rated mental health or general well-being [30]. | ||
Child conduct / functionality | BT: Improved parental knowledge and children's emotional, social and academic functioning, reduced levels of oppositional and non-compliant behaviours [30],[39]. | BT: Low ES on Child conduct problems (SMD 0.26), social skills (SMD 0.47) and academic performance (SMD 0.28) [20]. | CBT with stimulants: Improve problematic and antisocial behaviours [17]. |
Classroom interventions: reduced off-task and disruptive classroom behaviour [40]. | |||
Higher cognitive, e.g., Inhibition / Executive Functions (EF) | Cardio exercise: improves EF-based events-related brain potentials; attention and academic performance [23],[41]. | ||
CT: improves EF compared to control children [22]. | |||
PSE: improved cognitive levels significantly [18]. | |||
Working memory (WM) | Cogmed WM training: Improved verbal and visuo-spatial WM [32]. | ||
Weight loss in obesity | Stimulants and EF training significantly improve the outcome of obesity [24]. |
*Note: BT – Behaviour Therapy; CBT – Cognitive Behaviour Therapy; CT – Computer-based Cognitive Training; EF – Executive Functioning; ES – Effect size; PSE – Psychoeducation; SMD – Standardized Mean Difference; WM – Working memory.