Stability of Executive Function Deficits in Girls with ADHD: A Prospective Longitudinal Followup Study into Adolescence

Neuropsychological deficits in the executive system are major sources of morbidity in individuals with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). We conducted a 5-year longitudinal study of girls with (N = 140) and without (N = 122) ADHD, aged 6-18 years at baseline. Neuropsychological functio...

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Published in:Developmental neuropsychology 2008-01, Vol.33 (1), p.44-61
Main Authors: Biederman, Joseph, Petty, Carter R., Doyle, Alysa E., Spencer, Thomas, Henderson, Carly S., Marion, Bryan, Fried, Ronna, Faraone, Stephen V.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult and adolescent clinical studies
Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity - diagnosis
Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity - psychology
Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
Biological and medical sciences
Case-Control Studies
Child
Child development
Cognition Disorders - diagnosis
Cognition Disorders - psychology
Cognitive ability
Female
Follow-Up Studies
Girls
Humans
Medical sciences
Miscellaneous
Neuropsychological Tests - statistics & numerical data
Neuropsychology
Problem Solving
Prospective Studies
Psychological tests
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychometrics
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
Reaction Time
Reference Values
Sex Factors
Studies
Wechsler Scales - statistics & numerical data
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Summary:Neuropsychological deficits in the executive system are major sources of morbidity in individuals with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). We conducted a 5-year longitudinal study of girls with (N = 140) and without (N = 122) ADHD, aged 6-18 years at baseline. Neuropsychological functioning was assessed using standard neuropsychological testing assessing executive functions (EFs). Girls with ADHD were significantly more impaired than controls in all neuropsychological domains except set shifting. Despite variability in the stability of individual domains of EFs, the majority (79%) of girls with ADHD that met the categorical definition of executive function deficits (EFDs, defined as two or more EF tasks impaired) at baseline continued to have EFDs at the five-year followup. These findings document the stability of EFDs in girls with ADHD from childhood into adolescence.
ISSN:8756-5641
1532-6942
DOI:10.1080/87565640701729755