The developmental trajectories of executive function of children and adolescents with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

Research in Developmental Disabilities

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1434-1445

  Qian, Ying ^a,b   Shuai, Lan ^a,b   Chan, Raymond C K ^c   Qian, Qiu Jin ^a,b   Wang, Yufeng ^a,b  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY SIXTH HOSPITAL   (China)

^b BEIJING HOSPITAL   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF PSYCHOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Age; Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder; Chinese; Developmental; Executive function

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL SCREENING; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL CAPACITY; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; SCHOOL CHILD; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORKING MEMORY;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; STROOP TEST;

EID: 84874743519     PISSN: 08914222     EISSN: 18733379     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ridd.2013.01.033     Document Type: Article

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