Assessing effortful control in typical and atypical development: Are questionnaires and neuropsychological measures interchangeable? A latent-variable analysis

Research in Developmental Disabilities

Volumn 36, Issue , 2015, Pages 587-599

  Samyn, Vicky ^a   Roeyers, Herbert ^a   Bijttebier, Patricia ^b   Rosseel, Yves ^a   Wiersema, Jan R ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

ADHD; ASD; Effortful control; Neuropsychological measures; Temperament questionnaires

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; ATTENTIONAL CONTROL SCALE; AUTISM; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; EARLY ADOLESCENT TEMPERAMENT QUESTIONNAIRE REVISED; EFFORTFUL CONTROL; EFFORTFUL CONTROL SCALE; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL TASK; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONTROL; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEMPERAMENT;

EID: 84911071851     PISSN: 08914222     EISSN: 18733379     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ridd.2014.10.018     Document Type: Article

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