hyperactivity

hyperactive | American Dictionary

hyperactive
adjective[ not gradable ]
us/ˌhɑɪ·pəˈræk·tɪv/
(esp. of children) extremely or unusually active:
She wanted to keep her hyperactive son busy.

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Children who exhibited hyperactive behaviors at home had social preference scores that were intermediate in level.
Is self-esteem an important outcome in hyperactive children?
Referred children with hyperactive behavior did not differ from community-screened children with hyperactive behavior in the severity of their hyperactivity.
Inattention and hyperactive/impulsive items alternated in their sequence listed on the scale.
Evoked potential and behavioral signs of attentive dysfunctions in hyperactive boys.
Functionings must be endorsed and voluntarily (or freely) chosen, rather than forced; but no hyperactive notion of freedom as control is involved here.
Delirium is classified into three clinical subtypes, based on arousal disturbance and psychomotor behavior, including the hyperactive, the hypoactive, and the mixed subtype.
Hyperactive children have grown up : what have we learned about what happens to them?
During the preschool years, the children are hyperactive and distractible, and poor fine motor coordination becomes apparent.
In a similar vein, 87% of the antisocial boys had also been classified as hyperactive.
Life events in a prepubertal and early adolescent bipolar disorder phenotype compared to attention-deficit hyperactive and normal controls.
Older children may be restless and fidgety, but not overly hyperactive.
Estella was speech delayed, very hyperactive and impulsive, aggressive, and noncompliant.
Risk for elevated levels of peer-rated hyperactive behaviors was significant across all groups except for children with elevated oppositional behaviors alone at home.
The effect is to reduce the path from hyperactive to antisocial.
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