Article
Association between hyperactivity and executive cognitive functioning in childhood and substance use in early adolescence.
Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry - 1 Feb 1999
Aytaclar S, Tarter R E, Kirisci L, Lu S
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To determine whether deficient executive cognitive functioning (ECF) in association with high behavioral activity level comprise components of the liability to substance abuse. METHOD: A high-risk (HR) group having fathers with a lifetime DSM-III-R diagnosis of a psychoactive substance...
Topics
- Adaptation, Psychological
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity
- Chi-Square Distribution
- Child
- Cognition Disorders
- Diagnosis, Dual (Psychiatry)
- Father-Child Relations
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
- Humans
