Executive Dysfunction in School-Age Children With ADHD.
Summary of "Executive Dysfunction in School-Age Children With ADHD."
Objective: The study examined executive function deficits (EFD) in school-age children (7 to 14 years) with ADHD. Method: A clinical sample of children diagnosed with ADHD (n = 49) was compared to a population sample (n = 196) on eight executive function (EF) measures. Then, the prevalence of EFD in clinical and non-clinical children was examined at the individual level according to three methods previously applied to define EFD, and a fourth method was included to control for the effect of age on performance. Results: Children with ADHD were significantly more impaired on measures of EF than children without ADHD at the group level. However, only about 50% of children with ADHD were found to have EFD at the individual level, and results appeared relatively robust across methods applied to define EFD. Conclusion: As a group, children with ADHD displayed more problems on neuropsychological measures of EF than non-clinical children; at the individual level, there appeared to be heterogeneity in EF impairment. (J. of Att. Dis. 2010; XX(X) 1-XX).
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Dept. of Psychology.
Journal Details
This article was published in the following journal.
Name: Journal of attention disorders
ISSN: 1557-1246
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- PubMed Source: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20858784
- DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1087054710370935
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