Parent-child attachment and executive functioning in relation to ADHD symptoms in middle childhood

Attachment and Human Development

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 517-532

  Thorell, Lisa B ^a   Rydell, Ann Margret ^b   Bohlin, Gunilla ^b  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

ADHD; attachment; response inhibition and working memory

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CONDUCT DISORDER; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE TEST; MALE; MOTIVATION; OBJECT RELATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SHORT TERM MEMORY;

AGE FACTORS; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONDUCT DISORDER; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; GOALS; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PSYCHOMETRICS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84864697193     PISSN: 14616734     EISSN: 14692988     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14616734.2012.706396     Document Type: Article

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