Kandice J Benallie, Maryellen Brunson McClain, Sarah E Schwartz, Gwendolyn Davis, Andrea Lopez
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Abstract
Children with ADHD, autism, and/or IDD often demonstrate EF challenges. Many children with these conditions likely demonstrate overlapping and differing EF presentations and profiles of strengths and difficulties. The extant literature investigating the impact of co-occurring ADHD and IDD on the EF of autistic children is limited and contradictory, potentially due to varying levels of symptom severity, undiagnosed co-occurring ADHD and ID, and overlapping areas of EF. Consequently, we examine how autism symptomology, ADHD symptomology, and cognitive functioning predict the EF of autistic children. Participants were 65 autistic children between the ages of 6 and 17 years and their caregivers. Multilevel modeling was used to determine the impact of ADHD symptom severity, autism symptom severity, and cognitive functioning on the EF of children with autism. Aspects of ADHD symptomology - specifically hyperactivity - and autism symptomology - namely social communication difficulties - had a significant and positive relation with EF functioning. After controlling for hyperactivity and social communication skills, there were significant differences in EF domains with emotion regulation being the most negatively impacted. The severity of ADHD and autism symptoms is positively related to EF difficulties in autistic children. Specifically, greater levels of hyperactivity and social communication difficulties predict more EF challenges. Emotion regulation appears to be the EF skill most impacted. A significant association between cognitive functioning and EF was not found in this sample.
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The purposes of Child Neuropsychology are to:
publish research on the neuropsychological effects of disorders which affect brain functioning in children and adolescents,
publish research on the neuropsychological dimensions of development in childhood and adolescence and
promote the integration of theory, method and research findings in child/developmental neuropsychology.
The primary emphasis of Child Neuropsychology is to publish original empirical research. Theoretical and methodological papers and theoretically relevant case studies are welcome. Critical reviews of topics pertinent to child/developmental neuropsychology are encouraged.
Emphases of interest include the following: information processing mechanisms; the impact of injury or disease on neuropsychological functioning; behavioral cognitive and pharmacological approaches to treatment/intervention; psychosocial correlates of neuropsychological dysfunction; definitive normative, reliability, and validity studies of psychometric and other procedures used in the neuropsychological assessment of children and adolescents. Articles on both normal and dysfunctional development that are relevant to the aforementioned dimensions are welcome. Multiple approaches (e.g., basic, applied, clinical) and multiple methodologies (e.g., cross-sectional, longitudinal, experimental, multivariate, correlational) are appropriate. Books, media, and software reviews will be published.
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