Investigating the associations between irritability and hot and cool executive functioning in those with ADHD.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Irritability is especially pertinent to those with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) as it is highly prevalent and associated with a more severe clinical presentation and poorer longitudinal outcomes. Preliminary evidence suggests that top-down cognitive processes taking place in emotional contexts (i.e., hot executive functions) as opposed to those evoked in abstract scenarios (i.e., cool executive functions) may be relevant to the presentation of irritability in ADHD. This study explored the cognitive mechanisms underlying irritability in young people with ADHD, hypothesising that irritability would be associated with hot, but not cool, executive function impairments.

Methods

Our sample included 219 individuals with ADHD. A composite irritability s

SUBMITTER: Colonna S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8898423 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature