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Table 1 Main group characteristics and overall performance on the incentive go/no-go task

From: Hyperresponsiveness to social rewards in children and adolescents with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)

 

ADHD group

(n = 16)

Control group

(n = 16)

Group differencesa

 

M (SD)

M (SD)

 

Age (years)

10.7 (1.6)

10.2 (1.3)

ns

IQ (WISC-III)

97.1 (14.2)

102.7 (9.5)

ns

CBCL (parent rating)

   

Internalizing

60.4 (7.7)

52.3 (10.7)

p = .01

Externalizing

64.1 (4.8)

52.9 (6.6)

p < .001

Attention

71.1 (5.6)

54.4 (3.7)

p < .001

FBB-HKS (parent rating)

82.6 (10.4)

36.7 (18.9)

p < .001

FA baseline

29.0 (10.7)

30.0 (13.9)

ns

FA social reward

13.1 (7.3)

22.1 (10.9)

p = .011

FA monetary reward

10.6 (8.5)

14.8 (10.8)

ns

RT hits baseline

446.3 (84.3)

435.8 (46.1)

ns

RT hits social reward

438.8 (88.7)

414.6 (43.2)

ns

RT hits monetary reward

454.4 (80.4)

416.8 (58.4)

ns

RT false alarms baseline

355.2 (75.5)

407.5 (134.3)

ns

RT false alarms social reward

396.4 (121.1)

401.3 (126.0)

ns

RT false alarms monetary reward

397.9 (65.9)

388.7 (164.5)

ns

  1. Note: ADHD = Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder; CBCL = Child Behavior Checklist (T scores are reported); FBB-HKS = German Parental Report on ADHD symptoms (percentiles); FA = false alarm rate (%); RT = Reaction time (in msec).
  2. aTwo-tailed t-tests.