Psicothema was founded in Asturias (northern Spain) in 1989, and is published jointly by the Psychology Faculty of the University of Oviedo and the Psychological Association of the Principality of Asturias (Colegio Oficial de Psicología del Principado de Asturias).
We currently publish four issues per year, which accounts for some 100 articles annually. We admit work from both the basic and applied research fields, and from all areas of Psychology, all manuscripts being anonymously reviewed prior to publication.
Psicothema, 2010. Vol. Vol. 22 (nº 4). 778-783
M. Jesús Presentación Herrero, Rebeca Siegenthaler Hierro, Pilar Jara Jiménez y Ana Miranda Casas*
Universidad Jaume I y * Universidad de Valencia
El objetivo de esta investigación ha sido analizar el mantenimiento de los efectos, tras un año de su finalización, de una intervención que integró 3 programas coordinados implementados con 27 niños con TDAH de 7 a 10 años, sus padres y sus profesores. La intervención tuvo una duración de 10 semanas e incluyó modificación de conducta, técnicas cognitivo-conductuales, adaptaciones académicas y habilidades sociales. Se valoraron los efectos sobre la adaptación académica, emocional y social a partir de informaciones aportadas por los padres, profesores y compañeros. Los resultados confirman el mantenimiento en la evaluación de seguimiento de las mejoras experimentadas tras el tratamiento, especialmente en las áreas académica y social, en las que estos niños presentaban las mayores dificultades.
Psychosocial intervention follow-up in children with ADHD: Effects on academic, emotional and social functioning. The aim of this investigation was to analyze the maintenance of the effects, one year after its conclusion, of an intervention that integrated three coordinated programs, implemented with 27 children with ADHD, aged between 7 and 10 years, their parents and teachers. The intervention lasted 10 weeks and included behavior-modification and cognitive-behavioral techniques, academic adaptations and social skills. We evaluated the effects on academic, emotional and social adjustment from the information provided by parents, teachers and classmates. The results confirm the maintenance in the follow-up evaluation of the improvements experienced after the treatment, especially in the academic and social areas, in which these children displayed the greatest difficulties.