Is a mild deficit in executive functions in boys related to childhood ADHD or to parental multigenerational alcoholism?

Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 415-430

  Wiers, Reinout W ^a,c   Gunning, W Boudewijn ^b   Sergeant, Joseph A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

ADHD; Executive function; Sons of alcoholics; Vulnerability for alcoholism

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD PSYCHIATRY; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; MALE; PARENT;

ALCOHOLISM; ATTENTION; ATTENTION DEFICIT AND DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CHILD; CHILD OF IMPAIRED PARENTS; HUMANS; IMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; MOTIVATION; PSYCHOMOTOR DISORDERS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0032439820     PISSN: 00910627     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022643617017     Document Type: Article

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