Executive Function Predicts Adaptive Behavior in Children with Histories of Heavy Prenatal Alcohol Exposure and Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1431-1441

  Ware, Ashley L ^a   Crocker, Nicole ^a   O'Brien, Jessica W ^a   Deweese, Benjamin N ^a   Roesch, Scott C ^b   Coles, Claire D ^c   Kable, Julie A ^c   May, Philip A ^d,e   Kalberg, Wendy O ^e   Sowell, Elizabeth R ^f,g   Jones, Kenneth Lyons ^h   Riley, Edward P ^a,b   Mattson, Sarah N ^a,b  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d IL   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g CHILDREN S HOSPITAL LOS ANGELES   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive function; ADHD; Executive functioning; Fetal alcohol spectrum disorders; Fetal alcohol syndrome; Multisite study; Neurobehavioral profile

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CHILD; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; ETHNIC GROUPS; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; FETAL ALCOHOL SYNDROME; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; STROOP TEST; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84864561266     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: 15300277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.2011.01718.x     Document Type: Article

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