Barling J, Bullen G
J Genet Psychol. 1985 Mar;146(1):117-23. doi: 10.1080/00221325.1985.9923454.
Recent research suggests that sucrose consumption may be a factor in children's hyperactivity. Yet, the manner in which hyperactive behavior was assessed confounded hyperactivity and aggression, thereby reducing the conceptual validity of the findings. In addition, accepting a probability level of 0.06 as significant with 36 correlations, and using grams rather than portions as an index of food consumption might have contributed to a Type I error. When these three issues were addressed in the present study, no significant relationships emerged between sucrose consumption and hyperactivity or aggression assessed as separate dimensions. The age of the hyperactive children in this sample (M = 9.15 years) contrasted with that of the original research (M = 6 years 2 months) and this may contribute to the differential results. Suggestions for further research are outlined, and the need to separate hyperactive children according to whether they receive stimulant medication or not, and assess attention deficit disorders in addition to behavioral components of hyperactivity are stressed.
近期研究表明，食用蔗糖可能是导致儿童多动的一个因素。然而，评估多动行为的方式混淆了多动和攻击行为，从而降低了研究结果的概念效度。此外，在36个相关性研究中接受0.06的概率水平为显著水平，并且使用克而不是份作为食物摄入量指标，可能导致了I类错误。在本研究中解决了这三个问题后，在将多动和攻击行为作为单独维度进行评估时，蔗糖摄入量与多动或攻击行为之间未出现显著关系。该样本中多动儿童的年龄（M = 9.15岁）与原始研究中的年龄（M = 6岁2个月）形成对比，这可能是导致结果差异的原因。文中概述了进一步研究的建议，并强调了根据多动儿童是否接受兴奋剂药物治疗进行区分的必要性，以及除了评估多动行为成分外还需评估注意力缺陷障碍。
