Multiple deficits in ADHD: Executive dysfunction, delay aversion, reaction time variability, and emotional deficits

Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 619-627

  Sjöwall, Douglas ^a   Roth, Linda ^a   Lindqvist, Sofia ^b   Thorell, Lisa B ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

ADHD; emotion recognition; emotion regulation; executive function

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CHILD; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMPULSIVENESS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); LEARNING; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; OBJECT RELATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; REACTION TIME; REFERENCE VALUE; SHORT TERM MEMORY; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CHILD; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PSYCHOMETRICS; REACTION TIME; REFERENCE VALUES; REVERSAL LEARNING; SET (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 84878115876     PISSN: 00219630     EISSN: 14697610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jcpp.12006     Document Type: Article

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