Since 2011, Dr. Mateu Servera (UIB) has been Principal Investigator (PI) on research projects focused on Cognitive Disengagement Syndrome or CDS (Sluggish Cognitive Tempo or “Tempo Cognitivo Lento”), funded by the AEI/MICINN. The list of projects is as follows:
LIST OF RESEARCH PROJECTS ON CDS
Dr. Mateu Servera's team has included two of the leading authors in the field of CDS and ADHD: G. Leonard Burns (WSU) and Stephen P. Becker (CCHMC). One or both of them have been present in all these projects.
- Project: El estudio del Sluggish Cognitive Tempo (SCT) en un diseño longitudinal para mejorar la conceptualización del trastorno por déficit de atención e hiperatividad (TDAH). Programa: PNIF - Programa Nacional de Investigación Fundamental No Orientada. Entity: 3320 - Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación. Referencia: PSI2011-23254. Duración: desde: 2012 hasta: 2014.
- Project: El análisis de la validez interna, externa y diagnóstica del Sluggish Cognitive Tempo. Programa: Programa Estatal de Investigación, Desarrollo e Innovación Orientada a los Retos de la Sociedad - Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad. Referencia: PSI2014-52605-R. Duración, desde: 2015 hasta: 2017.
- Project: La caracterización de fenotipos de inatención en niños: los perfiles conductuales y neuropsicológicos del Sluggish Cognitve Tempo y del Trastorno por Déficit de Atención e Hiperactividad (Characterizing Phenotypes of Inattention in Children: Behavioral and Neuropsychological Profiles of Sluggish Cognitive Tempo and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder). Entity: Ministerio de Economia y Competitividad. Secretaría de Estado de Investigación, Desarrollo e Innovación. Referencia: PSI2017-82550-R. Duración: desde:** 2018 hasta**:** 2020.
- Project: ** Examining the clinical and dimensional differentiation of Sluggish Cognitive Tempo and Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder from early childhood through adolescence (Diferencias clínicas y dimensionales en el Sluggish Cognitive Tempo y el Trastorno por Déficit de Atención e Hiperactividad de la infancia hasta la adolescencia.). Entity: Ministerio de Economia y Competitividad (Agencia Estatal de Investigación). Referencia: PID2020-118309RB-I00. Duración: desde**:** 01-Sept 2021 hasta**:** 31-Ago., 2024 (31/01/2025).
- Project: ** Examining Cognitive Disengagement Syndrome and Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder as distinct clinical conditions in Spanish adults (Examinando el síndrome de desconexión cognitiva y el trastorno por déficit de atención con hiperactividad como condiciones clínicas distintas en adultos españoles). Funding Entity: Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness (State Research Agency), Spanish Government. Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (Agencia Estatal de Investigación). Reference: PID2023-148563NB-I00 (CDS_ADHD_AD). Duration: from: September 1, 2024 to August 31, 2028.
LIST OF PUBLICATIONS ON CDS (in reverse chronological order)
The term CDS (Cognitive Disengagement Syndrome) was established by a working group of experts on the subject in 2023 (Becker et. al., 2023 -see reference below-). It was previously known as Sluggish Cognitive Tempo and in Spanish as Tempo Cognitivo Lento.
- Burns, G. L., Becker, S. P., Montaño, J. J., Sáez, B., & Servera, M**.** (2025). Cognitive disengagement syndrome is clinically distinct from ADHD presentations within childhood and adolescence. Journal of Attention Disorders. Advance online publication (27/06/2025). https://doi.org/10.1177/10870547251344719 (JCR = 2.2, Q2 (Psychology, Developmental); SJR = 1.21 Q1 (Clinical & Developmental Psychology)
- Burns, G. L., Montaño, J. J., Becker, S. P., & Servera, M. (2025). Psychometric and Normative Information on the Child and Adolescent Behavior Inventory With Parent Ratings in a Nationally Representative Sample of Spanish Youth. Assessment. Advance online publication https://doi.org/10.1177/10731911251317785 ((JCR = 2.8, Q1 (Psychology, Clinical). SJR = 0.975 Q1 (Clinical Psychology).)
- Burns, G. L., Montaño, J. J., Becker, S. P., & Servera, M. (2023). Cognitive disengagement syndrome symptoms from early childhood to adolescence in a nationally representative Spanish sample. Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 54, 374-388*.* https://doi.org/10.1080/15374416.2023.2272944. Advance online publication (Nov, 6, 2023). (JCR (2022) = 4.96, Q1 (PSYCHOLOGY, CLINICAL))
- Becker, S. P., Burns, G. L., Montaño, J. J., & Servera, M. (2024). Psychometric examination of the patient-reported outcome measurement information system parent proxy pediatric sleep measures from early childhood to adolescence in a nationally representative Spanish sample. Sleep, 47(12), 1-11. https://doi.org/10.1093/sleep/zsae215 (JCR (2023) = 5.3, Q1 (Clinical Neurology) (SJR (2023) = 1.717, Q1 (Neurology (clinical)). First published: 14 Sept 2024
- Burns, G. L., Becker, S. P., Montaño, J. 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, 65(12), 1601-1611. https://doi.org/10.1111/jcpp.14005 (JCR (2022) = 7.6, Q1 (Psychiatry)) (SJR (2023) = 3.133 , Q1 (Psychiatry and Mental Health)). First published: 15 May 2024
- Cano-Crespo, A., Moreno-García, I., Servera, M., & Morales-Ortiz, M. (2024). Emotional Regulation Problems in Cognitive Disengagement Syndrome (formerly Sluggish Cognitive Tempo), Attention Deficit and Hyperactivity Disorder, Anxiety and Depression. The Spanish journal of psychology, 27, e20. https://doi.org/10.1017/SJP.2024.26 (JCR
- Cano-Crespo, A., Moreno-García, I., Servera, M., & Morales-Ortiz, M. (2024). Multi-informant assessment of Cognitive Disengagement Syndrome (formerly Sluggish Cognitive Tempo). Self-reported measures of children in relation to parents. Anales de Psicología / Annals of Psychology, 40(2), 227–235. https://doi.org/10.6018/analesps.587461 (JCR (2022)= 1.7, Q3 (Psychology)). (SJR (2023) = 0.46, Q3 (Psychology, Miscellaneous))