Article
Familial clustering of executive functioning in affected sibling pair families with ADHD.
Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry - 1 Apr 2005
Slaats-Willemse Dorine, Swaab-Barneveld Hanna, De Sonneville Leo, Buitelaar Jan
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To investigate familial clustering of executive functioning (i.e., response inhibition, fine visuomotor functioning, and attentional control) in attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)-affected sibling pairs. METHOD: Fifty-two affected sibling pairs aged 6 to 18 years and diagnosed with ADHD according to DSM-IV performed the Stroop test, go/no-go task, two different fine visuomotor tracking...
Topics
- Adolescent
- Attention
- Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity
- Child
- Cognition Disorders
- Female
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
- Humans
- Inhibition, Psychological
- Male
- Netherlands
- Phenotype
- Psychomotor Performance
- Siblings
