Etiological Networks of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder during Childhood and Adolescence.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The purpose of the current study was to use network analysis techniques to parse relations between attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) symptom domains, domains of executive function, and temperament traits.

Methods

Participants were 420 children aged 6-17 years (55% boys). The majority of the participants were Caucasian (72.86%) and 50% of the sample met diagnostic criteria for ADHD. Both parents and teachers provided ratings of participants' ADHD symptom severity. Parents completed questionnaires pertaining to participants' temperament traits, and participants completed well-validated laboratory measures of executive function.

Results

Results suggested effortful control as demonstrating the strongest relations with ADHD, particularly the parent-

SUBMITTER: Goh PK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8814051 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature