Executive function deficits in preschool children with ADHD and DBD

Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 111-119

  Schoemaker, Kim ^a,b   Bunte, Tessa ^b   Wiebe, Sandra A ^c,d   Espy, Kimberly Andrews ^d,e   Deković, Maja ^a   Matthys, Walter ^a,b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

ADHD; DBD; Executive functions; preschool children

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONDUCT DISORDER; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SHORT TERM MEMORY;

ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMORBIDITY; CONDUCT DISORDER; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84855839757     PISSN: 00219630     EISSN: 14697610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7610.2011.02468.x     Document Type: Article

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