Elementary School Teachers’ and Counselors’ Decisions on Referring Students for Evaluation
The Impact of ADHD Traits, Achievement, and Giftedness
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 13405809 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Avital Tamsut (Hebrew University of Jerusalem, corresponding author), Hattem Asadi (0000-0002-0373-6940, Hebrew University of Jerusalem), Gal Nahum Sinai (Hebrew University of Jerusalem), Noa Saka (0000-0001-8080-1112, Hebrew University of Jerusalem), Yehuda Pollak (0000-0002-1293-499X, Hebrew University of Jerusalem) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Publication date | 2024-11-28 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Child Psychiatry & Human Development (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0009-398X • E-ISSN: 1573-3327 |
| Publisher | Springer Science+Business Media (PUBLISHER • DE) |
| DOI | 10.1007/s10578-024-01777-0 |
| PMID | 39607654 |
| OpenAlex | W4404818008 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 46 |
The present study examined the effect of ADHD-related traits, academic-achievement level, and giftedness label on elementary school teachers' and counselors' referral recommendations for assessment. 532 teachers and counselors were presented with one of 12 vignettes describing a hypothetical pupil. Participants were asked to report the likelihood they would refer the pupil for ADHD diagnosis and address them during a high-level interdisciplinary school-team meeting (HISTM). High ADHD-related traits (effect size 0.359) and low academic-achievement (effect size 0.070) and their interaction were significantly related to a higher likelihood of referral. Further analysis revealed that lower academic achievement was related to a higher likelihood of referral only when ADHD-related traits were not indicated (p .05). These findings indicate that mainly ADHD-related traits and, to a lesser degree, low academic-achievement influence teachers' decisions to refer pupils for ADHD diagnosis and address them in HISTM
Academic achievement · Big Five personality traits · Developmental psychology · Family medicine · Personality · Pupil · Referral · Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder · Behavioral and Psychological Studies · Clinical Psychology · Medicine · Psychology · Social Psychology
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders
Transforming gifts into talents
Using vignettes in educational research
Prevalence of Parent-Reported ADHD Diagnosis and Associated Treatment Among U.S. Children and Adolescents, 2016
Statistical notes for clinical researchers
The social and emotional world of gifted students
Diagnosis of Hyperactivity Disorder in Gifted Children Depends on Observational Sources
Student–teacher relationship quality in children with and without ADHD
| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |