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Longer eye contact improves ADHD children’s compliance with parents’ commands

G. M. Kapalka, Ph.D., ABPP

Department of Psychological Counseling, Monmouth University, New Jersey, gkapalka{at}monmouth.edu

This study evaluated the effectiveness of eye contact in reducing ADHD children’s problems with compliance. Seventy-six parents of ADHD boys between ages 5 and 10 were randomized into two treatment groups and a control group. Repeated-measures ANOVA revealed that, as hypothesized, eye contact was effective in reducing ADHD children’s problems with non-compliance to their parents’ commands. In addition, those parents who subsequently used a stare technique for 20 to 30 seconds following the command reported even greater reduction in problems with compliance. It is possible that the additional time following the command allows the child to process the situation and decide whether compliance or non-compliance is the better option. It is apparent that parent - training programs should consider the inclusion of this technique in their treatment paradigms.

Journal of Attention Disorders, Vol. 8, No. 1, 17-23 (2004)
DOI: 10.1177/108705470400800103
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