Working memory and organizational skills problems in ADHD.

ABSTRACT:

Background

This study tested model-driven predictions regarding working memory's role in the organizational problems associated with ADHD.

Method

Children aged 8-13 (M = 10.33, SD = 1.42) with and without ADHD (N = 103; 39 girls; 73% Caucasian/Non-Hispanic) were assessed on multiple, counterbalanced working memory tasks. Parents and teachers completed norm-referenced measures of organizational problems (Children's Organizational Skills Scale; COSS).

Results

Results confirmed large magnitude working memory deficits (d = 1.24) and organizational problems in ADHD (d = 0.85). Bias-corrected, bootstrapped conditional effects models linked impaired working memory with greater parent- and teacher-reported inattention, hyperactivity/impulsivity, and organizational problems. W

SUBMITTER: Kofler MJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5729117 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature