Cognitive functioning and family risk factors in relation to symptom behaviors of ADHD and ODD in adolescents

Forssman, Linda, Eninger, Lilianne, Tillman, Carin M. , Rodriguez, Alina and Bohlin, Gunilla (2012) Cognitive functioning and family risk factors in relation to symptom behaviors of ADHD and ODD in adolescents. Journal of Attention Disorders, 16 (4). pp. 284-294. ISSN 1087-0547

Full content URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1087054710385065

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Objective: In this study, the authors investigated whether ADHD and oppositional defiant disorder (ODD) behaviors share associations with problems in cognitive functioning and/or family risk factors in adolescence. This was done by examining independent as well as specific associations of cognitive functioning and family risk factors with ADHD and ODD behaviors. Method: A sample of 120 adolescents from the general population was assessed on various cognitive tasks. ADHD and ODD behaviors were measured through parental and teacher ratings based on Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (4th edition) criteria. Parents and adolescents provided information regarding measures of family risk factors. Results: The results show that only cognitive functioning was associated with ADHD behaviors, and family risk factors were, independent of cognitive functioning, associated with ODD behaviors. Conclusion: These results suggest that cognitive performance bears a specific significance for ADHD behaviors, whereas family risk factors have specific importance for ODD behaviors.

Keywords:Cognitive function, Family risk factors, ADHD, attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder symptoms, Oppositional defiant disorder
Subjects:A Medicine and Dentistry > A990 Medicine and Dentistry not elsewhere classified
C Biological Sciences > C820 Developmental Psychology
Divisions:College of Social Science > School of Psychology
ID Code:22932
Deposited On:27 Apr 2016 15:15

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