Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and executive functioning in affected and unaffected adolescents and their parents: Challenging the endophenotype construct

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 881-892

  Thissen, A J A M ^a,b   Rommelse, N N J ^a,b   Hoekstra, P J ^c   Hartman, C ^c   Heslenfeld, D ^d   Luman, M ^d   Van Lieshout, M ^d   Franke, B ^e   Oosterlaan, J ^d   Buitelaar, J K ^a,b  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^d VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^e RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

ADHD; Adolescents; Endophenotype; Executive functioning

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CHILD; ENDOPHENOTYPE; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PARENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SHORT TERM MEMORY; SIBLING; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CHILD; ENDOPHENOTYPES; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PARENTS; SIBLINGS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84896476476     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: 14698978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291713001153     Document Type: Article

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