TY  - EJOU
AU  - Yang, Huifang 
AU  - Kuang, Peixuan 

TI  - Monetary reward and punishment effects on behavioral inhibition in children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder tendencies
T2  - Journal of Psychology in Africa

PY  - 2025
VL  - 35
IS  - 4
SN  - 1815-5626

AB  - The study investigated the effects of monetary rewards and punishments on the behavioral inhibition in children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) tendencies. The present study adopted the signal stopping task paradigm, with 66 children with ADHD tendencies as the research subjects. A mixed design of 2 (reward and punishment type: reward, punishment) × 2 (stimulus type: monetary stimulus, social stimulus) was used. The analysis applied a between intervention group (with reward and punishment type variables) and within type of reward approach (by stimulus type as intra subject variables). The results showed that monetary punishment better promotes behavioral inhibition in children with an ADHD tendency than does reward. In addition, this study showed that monetary punishment and social rewards affected the speed–accuracy trade-off of inhibited behavior in children with an ADHD tendency. These findings suggest that withdrawal of a material token resulted in more behavioural compliance in children with an ADHD tendency.
KW  - reward; punishment; behavioral inhibition; attention deficit hyperactivity disorder; children with ADHD tendency

DO  - 10.32604/jpa.2025.070124