Multivariate Assessment of Inhibitory Control in Youth: Links With Psychopathology and Brain Function.

ABSTRACT: Inhibitory control is central to many theories of cognitive and brain development, and impairments in inhibitory control are posited to underlie developmental psychopathology. In this study, we tested the possibility of shared versus unique associations between inhibitory control and three common symptom dimensions in youth psychopathology: attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), anxiety, and irritability. We quantified inhibitory control using four different experimental tasks to estimate a latent variable in 246 youth (8-18 years old) with varying symptom types and levels. Participants were recruited from the Washington, D.C., metro region. Results of structural equation modeling integrating a bifactor model of psychopathology revealed that inhibitory control predicted a shared

SUBMITTER: Cardinale EM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11145514 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature