Working memory, attention, inhibition, and their relation to adaptive functioning and behavioral/emotional symptoms in school-aged children

Child Psychiatry and Human Development

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 105-122

  Vuontela, Virve ^a   Carlson, Synnöve ^a,b,c   Troberg, Anna Maria ^a   Fontell, Tuija ^a   Simola, Petteri ^a   Saarinen, Suvi ^a   Aronen, Eeva T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^c TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Adaptive functioning; Behavioral emotional symptoms; Development; Executive function

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; EMOTION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SHORT TERM MEMORY; PSYCHOLOGY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ATTENTION; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; EMOTIONS; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; PSYCHOLOGY, CHILD;

EID: 84873099282     PISSN: 0009398X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10578-012-0313-2     Document Type: Article

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