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Neuropsychological functioning in girls with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder with and without learning disabilities.
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Neuropsychology [Neuropsychology] 2006 Mar; Vol. 20 (2), pp. 166-77. - Publication Year :
- 2006
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Abstract
- The authors' goal was to assess neuropsychological performance in girls with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and evaluate the role of comorbid learning disabilities (LDs). Participants were 140 girls with ADHD and 122 girls without ADHD, ages 6-17 years. Neuropsychological performance was measured in a standardized manner, blind to clinical status. LD was defined by a combined regression-based and low-achievement classification. ADHD was associated with modest, but significant, neuropsychological impairment, as measured with an aggregate measure of performance and with the Stroop Color-Word Test, independent of age, social class, IQ, and psychiatric comorbidity. Neuropsychological deficits were most pronounced in girls with both ADHD and an LD and in those without medications. These results extend to females the previously documented association of LDs with neuropsychological functioning in males with ADHD.
- Subjects :
- Adolescent
Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity complications
Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity drug therapy
Case-Control Studies
Central Nervous System Stimulants therapeutic use
Child
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders
Female
Humans
Intelligence
Learning Disabilities classification
Learning Disabilities drug therapy
Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity physiopathology
Learning Disabilities etiology
Neuropsychological Tests
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 0894-4105
- Volume :
- 20
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Neuropsychology
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 16594777
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1037/0894-4105.20.2.166