Executive functions mediate the association between ADHD symptoms and anxiety in a clinical adolescent population.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is associated with a high prevalence of anxiety disorders in children and adolescents. The reasons for this association are poorly understood. Preliminary findings with young adults have suggested that executive functions and functional impairment may mediate the relationship between symptoms of ADHD and mixed anxiety and depressive symptoms. The objective of this study was to explore whether ADHD symptoms, executive functions and functional impairment predict anxiety in a clinical adolescent population. In addition, we investigated the possible mediating role of executive functions and functional impairment in this relationship.

Method

One hundred adolescents with ADHD and their parents completed the ADHD Rating Scal

SUBMITTER: Haugan AJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9510657 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature