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To Fidget or Not to Fidget, That Is the Question: A Systematic Classroom Evaluation of Fidget Spinners Among Young Children With ADHD.
J Atten Disord. 2018 Apr 01;:1087054718770009
Authors: Graziano PA, Garcia AM, Landis TD
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To examine how fidget spinners affect children with ADHD’s gross motor activity and attentional functioning in class, both during the initial and final phase of an intensive evidence-based behavioral treatment.
METHOD: Using an A-B-A-B design, 60 children ( Mage = 4.86 years, 83% Hispanic) diagnosed with ADHD participated in the study. Following a baseline period, four random children from each classroom were given fidget spinners across three separate days ( n = 48). Children wore accelerometers and were videotaped for 5-min during class in which attentional data were coded.
RESULTS: During the initial phase of treatment (but not during the final phase), the use of fidget spinners was associated with a decrease in activity levels. Children’s use of fidget spinners was associated with poorer attention across both phases of treatment.
CONCLUSION: Fidget spinners negatively influence young children with ADHD’s attentional functioning, even in the context of an evidence-based classroom intervention.
PMID: 29676193 [PubMed – as supplied by publisher]
via https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29676193?dopt=Abstract