Executive function as a mediator in the link between attention-deficit/ hyperactivity disorder and social problems

Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines

Volumn 54, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 996-1004

  Tseng, Wan Ling ^a   Gau, Susan Shur Fen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

ADHD; executive function; mediator; social problems

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CHILD; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; HUMAN; MALE; MEDIATOR; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SHORT TERM MEMORY; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL PROBLEM; COMPLICATION; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR DISORDERS;

ADHD; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; MEDIATOR; SOCIAL PROBLEMS;

ADOLESCENT; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CHILD; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR DISORDERS;

EID: 84882642646     PISSN: 00219630     EISSN: 14697610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jcpp.12072     Document Type: Article

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