Testing the Stability and Validity of an Executive Dysfunction Classification Using Task-Based Assessment in Children and Adolescents.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

It is unclear if pediatric executive dysfunction assessed only with cognitive tasks predicts clinically relevant outcomes independently of psychiatric diagnoses. This study tested the stability and validity of a task-based classification of executive function.

Method

A total of 2,207 individuals (6-17 years old) from the Brazilian High-Risk Cohort Study participated in this study (1,930 at baseline, 1,532 at follow-up). Executive function was measured using tests of working memory and inhibitory control. Dichotomized age- and sex-standardized performances were used as input in latent class analysis and receiver operating curves to create an executive dysfunction classification (EDC). The study tested EDC's stability over time, association with symptoms, functional

SUBMITTER: Manfro AG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10259767 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature