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Early identification of ADHD risk via infant temperament and emotion regulation: a pilot study.
Journal of child psychology and psychiatry, and allied disciplines - 1 Sept 2015
Sullivan Elinor L, Holton Kathleen F, Nousen Elizabeth K, Barling Ashley N, Sullivan Ceri A, Propper Cathi B, Nigg Joel T
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BACKGROUND: Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is theorized to have temperamental precursors early in life. These are difficult to identify because many core features of ADHD, such as breakdowns in executive function and self-control, involve psychological and neural systems that are too immature to reliably show dysfunction in early life. ADHD also involves emotional dysregulation, and these...
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