Executive functioning and psychological adjustment in children and youth with spina bifida

Child Neuropsychology

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 417-431

  Kelly, Natalie C ^a   Ammerman, Robert T ^b   Rausch, Joseph R ^b   Ris, M Douglas ^c   Yeates, Keith O ^d   Oppenheimer, Sonya G ^b   Enrile, Benedicta G ^d  

^a CITY OF HOPE NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Children; Executive functioning; Psychological; Spina bifida

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEPRESSION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; HUMAN; MENINGOMYELOCELE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SPINAL DYSRAPHISM;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANXIETY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; COGNITION DISORDERS; DEPRESSION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; HUMANS; MENINGOMYELOCELE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SPINAL DYSRAPHISM;

EID: 84865041155     PISSN: 09297049     EISSN: 17444136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09297049.2011.613814     Document Type: Article

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