Solution Expectations and Behavior Planning at Interpersonal Problem Situations in Students with Attentional Dysfunction in Gran Mendoza –Argentina

MADDIO, SILVINA; ISON, MIRTA SUSANA; DE LUCÍA, CLARA

Buenos Aires - Argentina

Congreso; International Neuropsychological Society and the VIII SONEPSA Meeting; 2008

Internacional Neuropsychological Society and Sociedad de Neuropsicología Argentina

Two goals were set in the present work: a) to compare the types of solution expectation and behavior planning among students with attentional disfunction (AD) and without AD at conflictive interpersonal situations and b) to compare accordance between the presented solution expectations and the  behavior planning to solve interpersonal problems among children  with and without AD. The sample was composed of 80 students aged between 8 and 10 years old attending public and urban elementary in Mendoza - Argentina. The sample was divided in two  subgroups, being n = 40  children  with AD and n = 40 children without AD. It was an exploratory descriptive study.  The results of the present study could identify cognitive skills that would need intervention in children with AD, and would contribute to design cognitive strategies for interpersonal skills' promotion in students.