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Barkley, R. A., DuPaul, G. J., & McMurray, M. B. (1990). Comprehensive evaluation of attention deficit disorder with and without hyperactivity as defined by research criteria. Journal of consulting and clinical psychology, 58(6), 775–789. https://doi.org/10.1037//0022-006x.58.6.775
Barkley R. A. (2016). Sluggish Cognitive Tempo: A (Misnamed) Second Attention Disorder?. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 55(3), 157–158. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaac.2015.12.007
Barkley R. A. (2014). Sluggish cognitive tempo (concentration deficit disorder?): current status, future directions, and a plea to change the name. Journal of abnormal child psychology, 42(1), 117–125. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10802-013-9824-y
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Barkley R. A. (2013). Distinguishing sluggish cognitive tempo from ADHD in children and adolescents: executive functioning, impairment, and comorbidity. Journal of clinical child and adolescent psychology : the official journal for the Society of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, American Psychological Association, Division 53, 42(2), 161–173. https://doi.org/10.1080/15374416.2012.734259
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Burns, G. L., & Becker, S. P. (2021). Sluggish Cognitive Tempo and ADHD Symptoms in a Nationally Representative Sample of U.S. Children: Differentiation Using Categorical and Dimensional Approaches. Journal of clinical child and adolescent psychology : the official journal for the Society of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, American Psychological Association, Division 53, 50(2), 267–280. https://doi.org/10.1080/15374416.2019.1678165
Burns, G., Becker, S., Montaño, J., & Servera, M. (2024). Clinical distinction between cognitive disengagement syndrome and ADHD presentations in a nationally representative sample of Spanish children and adolescents.. Journal of child psychology and psychiatry, and allied disciplines. https://doi.org/10.1111/jcpp.14005.
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Referanslar
Apaydın, Z., Kaşak, M., Karakaya, O., Ogutlu, H., Uğurlu, M., & Mcnicholas, F. (2025). The Relationship Between Cognitive Disengagement Syndrome in Children and Cognitive Disengagement Syndrome, Depression, and Anxiety Levels in Their Parents. Journal of Attention Disorders, 29, 503 - 514. https://doi.org/10.1177/10870547251323029.
Akman, Ö., & Sarıgedik, E. (2025). Cognitive disengagement syndrome: The same as or different from attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder? An examination based on biochemical parameters.. Journal of psychiatric research, 182, 270-276 . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpsychires.2025.01.029.
Barkley, R. A. (2018). A review of research on SCT. In R. Barkley (Ed.), Barkley sluggish cognitive tempo scale—children and adolescents (BSCTS-CA) (pp. 4–66). Guilford Press.
Barkley, R. A., DuPaul, G. J., & McMurray, M. B. (1990). Comprehensive evaluation of attention deficit disorder with and without hyperactivity as defined by research criteria. Journal of consulting and clinical psychology, 58(6), 775–789. https://doi.org/10.1037//0022-006x.58.6.775
Barkley R. A. (2016). Sluggish Cognitive Tempo: A (Misnamed) Second Attention Disorder?. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 55(3), 157–158. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaac.2015.12.007
Barkley R. A. (2014). Sluggish cognitive tempo (concentration deficit disorder?): current status, future directions, and a plea to change the name. Journal of abnormal child psychology, 42(1), 117–125. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10802-013-9824-y
Barkley R. A. (2012). Distinguishing sluggish cognitive tempo from attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder in adults. Journal of abnormal psychology, 121(4), 978–990. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0023961
Barkley R. A. (2013). Distinguishing sluggish cognitive tempo from ADHD in children and adolescents: executive functioning, impairment, and comorbidity. Journal of clinical child and adolescent psychology : the official journal for the Society of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, American Psychological Association, Division 53, 42(2), 161–173. https://doi.org/10.1080/15374416.2012.734259
Becker, S., & Barkley, R. (2018). Sluggish cognitive tempo. Oxford Medicine Online. https://doi.org/10.1093/MED/9780198739258.003.0015.
Becker, S. P., Willcutt, E. G., Leopold, D. R., Fredrick, J. W., Smith, Z. R., Jacobson, L. A. et al. (2023). Report of a Work Group on Sluggish Cognitive Tempo: Key Research Directions and a Consensus Change in Terminology to Cognitive Disengagement Syndrome. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 62(6), 629–645. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaac.2022.07.821
Becker, S. P., Marshall, S. A., & McBurnett, K. (2014). Sluggish cognitive tempo in abnormal child psychology: an historical overview and introduction to the special section. Journal of abnormal child psychology, 42(1), 1–6. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10802-013-9825-x
Becker, S. P., Leopold, D. R., Burns, G. L., Jarrett, M. A., Langberg, J. M., Marshall, S. A., McBurnett, K., Waschbusch, D. A., & Willcutt, E. G. (2016). The Internal, External, and Diagnostic Validity of Sluggish Cognitive Tempo: A Meta-Analysis and Critical Review. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 55(3), 163–178. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaac.2015.12.006
Bolat, H., Ercan, E. S., Ünsel-Bolat, G., Tahillioğlu, A., Yazici, K. U., Bacanli, A., Pariltay, E., Aygüneş Jafari, D., Kosova, B., Özgül, S., Rohde, L. A., & Akin, H. (2020). DRD4 genotyping may differentiate symptoms of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder and sluggish cognitive tempo. Revista brasileira de psiquiatria (Sao Paulo, Brazil : 1999), 42(6), 630–637. https://doi.org/10.1590/1516-4446-2019-0630
Burns, G. L., & Becker, S. P. (2021). Sluggish Cognitive Tempo and ADHD Symptoms in a Nationally Representative Sample of U.S. Children: Differentiation Using Categorical and Dimensional Approaches. Journal of clinical child and adolescent psychology : the official journal for the Society of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, American Psychological Association, Division 53, 50(2), 267–280. https://doi.org/10.1080/15374416.2019.1678165
Burns, G., Becker, S., Montaño, J., & Servera, M. (2024). Clinical distinction between cognitive disengagement syndrome and ADHD presentations in a nationally representative sample of Spanish children and adolescents.. Journal of child psychology and psychiatry, and allied disciplines. https://doi.org/10.1111/jcpp.14005.
Camprodon-Rosanas, E., Ribas-Fitó, N., Batlle-Vila, S., Persavento, C., Alvarez-Pedrerol, M., Sunyer, J., & Forns, J. (2017). Sluggish Cognitive Tempo: Sociodemographic, Behavioral, and Clinical Characteristics in a Population of Catalan School Children. Journal of attention disorders, 21(8), 632–641. https://doi.org/10.1177/1087054716652477
Camprodon-Rosanas, E., Pujol, J., Martínez-Vilavella, G., Blanco-Hinojo, L., Medrano-Martorell, S., Batlle, S., Forns, J., Ribas-Fitó, N., Dolz, M., & Sunyer, J. (2019). Brain Structure and Function in School-Aged Children With Sluggish Cognitive Tempo Symptoms. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 58(2), 256–266. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaac.2018.09.441
Capdevila-Brophy, C., Artigas-Pallarés, J., & Obiols-Llandrich, J. E. (2006). Tempo cognitivo lento: ¿síntomas del trastorno dedéficit de atención/hiperactividad predominantementedesatento o una nueva entidad clínica? [Sluggish cognitive tempo: symptoms of predominantly inattentive attention deficit hyperactivity disorder or a new clinical entity?]. Revista de neurologia, 42 Suppl 2, S127–S134.
Çiçek, A., Ucuz, I., Işık, C., & Temelli, G. (2023). Evaluation of cognitive disengagement syndrome in children with obsessive-compulsive disorder: Clinical implications. Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 28, 1449 - 1462. https://doi.org/10.1177/13591045231169137.
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