Executive functions and writing skills in children with and without ADHD.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Pediatric attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) has been associated with impairments in executive functioning and academic writing skills. However, our understanding of the extent to which these children's writing difficulties are related to their underdeveloped executive functions-and whether this relation is attributable to specific executive functions-is limited.

Method

A clinically-evaluated and carefully-phenotyped sample of 91 children ages 8-13 (M = 10.60, SD = 1.25; 37 girls) were administered multiple, counterbalanced tests of the three core executive functions (working memory, inhibitory control, set shifting), assessed for ADHD symptoms via multiple-informant reports, and completed standardized, norm-referenced testing of three core writing ski

SUBMITTER: Soto EF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8957092 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature