Greater attention problems during childhood predict poorer executive functioning in late adolescence

Psychological Science

Volumn 18, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 893-900

  Friedman, Naomi P ^a   Haberstick, Brett C ^a   Willcutt, Erik G ^a   Miyake, Akira ^a   Young, Susan E ^a   Corley, Robin P ^a   Hewitt, John K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; COGNITIVE DEFECT; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); INTELLIGENCE; INTELLIGENCE TEST; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SHORT TERM MEMORY; TWINS; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; AGE FACTORS; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CHILD; COGNITION DISORDERS; COLORADO; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FACULTY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); INTELLIGENCE; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; TWINS;

EID: 34748894877     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9280.2007.01997.x     Document Type: Article

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