Child NeuropsychologyPub Date : 2024-05-01Epub Date: 2023-08-24DOI: 10.1080/09297049.2023.2247603
James D Lynch, Yingying Xu, Kimberly Yolton, Jane C Khoury, Aimin Chen, Bruce P Lanphear, Kim M Cecil, Joseph M Braun, Jeffery N Epstein
{"title":"[Formula: see text] Environmental predictors of children's executive functioning development.","authors":"James D Lynch, Yingying Xu, Kimberly Yolton, Jane C Khoury, Aimin Chen, Bruce P Lanphear, Kim M Cecil, Joseph M Braun, Jeffery N Epstein","doi":"10.1080/09297049.2023.2247603","DOIUrl":"10.1080/09297049.2023.2247603","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Executive functioning (EF) abilities develop through childhood, but this development can be impacted by various psychosocial environmental influences. Using longitudinal data from the Health Outcome and Measures of the Environment (HOME) Study, a prospective pregnancy and birth cohort study, we examined if psychosocial environmental factors were significant predictors of EF development. Study participants comprised 271 children and their primary caregivers (98.5% mothers) followed from birth to age 12. We identified four distinct EF developmental trajectory groups comprising a consistently impaired group (13.3%), a descending impairment group (27.7%), an ascending impairment group (9.95%), and a consistently not impaired group (49.1%). Higher levels of maternal ADHD and relational frustration appear to be risk factors for increased EF difficulty over time, while higher family income may serve as a protective factor delaying predisposed EF impairment. Important intervention targets might include teaching positive and effective parenting strategies to mothers whose children are at risk for EF dysfunction.</p>","PeriodicalId":9789,"journal":{"name":"Child Neuropsychology","volume":" ","pages":"615-635"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2024-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10891297/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10668319","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Child NeuropsychologyPub Date : 2024-05-01Epub Date: 2023-07-03DOI: 10.1080/09297049.2023.2229026
Ashley M Whitaker, Zachary B Wood, Kelsey Hawthorne, Leanne Mendoza
{"title":"Assessing learning and memory among patients with pediatric brain tumor (PBT): a comparison of measures.","authors":"Ashley M Whitaker, Zachary B Wood, Kelsey Hawthorne, Leanne Mendoza","doi":"10.1080/09297049.2023.2229026","DOIUrl":"10.1080/09297049.2023.2229026","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Patients with pediatric brain tumor (PBT) can have memory deficits due to tumor location, medical complications, and treatment. The main objective of this study was to investigate whether the California Verbal Learning Test-Children's Version (CVLT-C; 1994) and briefer Child and Adolescent Memory Profile (ChAMP; 2015) similarly identify such deficits. Seventy-five patients with PBT ages 8-16 (<math><mover><mrow><mi>x</mi></mrow><mo>‾</mo></mover></math> = 13.1 years, <i>SD</i> = 2.1) were administered the ChAMP or CVLT-C. Rote verbal learning, long-term retrieval, and recognition were analyzed using standardized <i>z</i>-scores. Analyses of differences between measures did not reach statistical significance. Both measures indicated significant downward shifts across free retrieval trials from normative means, with scores approximately 1/3 (ChAMP) to 1/2 (CVLT-C) <i>SD</i> below means across learning and long-term retrieval trials. Scores on recognition trials did not differ significantly from the normative mean. Post-hoc analyses using a subset of the sample who received cranial irradiation (<i>n</i> = 45) similarly found no significant differences between memory measures. Additional post-hoc examination of proportion of participants falling within or below the \"below average\" range (≤8th percentile) revealed comparable performance between the two measures, whereas the proportion of participants falling at or below 1.5 <i>SD</i>s below the mean on retrieval trials was lower using ChAMP Lists as compared to the CVLT-C. Given the ChAMP is less demanding in terms of time and effort and utilizes more updated and representative normative data, this study supports the ChAMP as a useful tool to evaluate learning and memory within this population.</p>","PeriodicalId":9789,"journal":{"name":"Child Neuropsychology","volume":" ","pages":"551-562"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2024-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9740472","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Child NeuropsychologyPub Date : 2024-05-01Epub Date: 2023-07-25DOI: 10.1080/09297049.2023.2233155
Cristin M Holland, Kiarra Alleyne, Arline Pierre-Louis, Ravi Bansal, Angeliki Pollatou, Kristiana Barbato, Bin Cheng, Xuejun Hao, Tove S Rosen, Bradley S Peterson, Marisa N Spann
{"title":"Utilizing maternal prenatal cognition as a predictor of newborn brain measures of intellectual development.","authors":"Cristin M Holland, Kiarra Alleyne, Arline Pierre-Louis, Ravi Bansal, Angeliki Pollatou, Kristiana Barbato, Bin Cheng, Xuejun Hao, Tove S Rosen, Bradley S Peterson, Marisa N Spann","doi":"10.1080/09297049.2023.2233155","DOIUrl":"10.1080/09297049.2023.2233155","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Identifying reliable indicators of cognitive functioning prior to age five has been challenging. Prior studies have shown that maternal cognition, as indexed by intellectual quotient (IQ) and years of education, predict child intelligence at school age. We examined whether maternal full scale IQ, education, and inhibitory control (index of executive function) are associated with newborn brain measures and toddler language outcomes to assess potential indicators of early cognition. We hypothesized that maternal indices of cognition would be associated with brain areas implicated in intelligence in school-age children and adults in the newborn period. Thirty-seven pregnant women and their newborns underwent an MRI scan. T<sub>2</sub>-weighted images and surface-based morphometric analysis were used to compute local brain volumes in newborn infants. Maternal cognition indices were associated with local brain volumes for infants in the anterior and posterior cingulate, occipital lobe, and pre/postcentral gyrus - regions associated with IQ, executive function, or sensori-motor functions in children and adults. Maternal education and executive function, but not maternal intelligence, were associated with toddler language scores at 12 and 24 months. Newborn brain volumes did not predict language scores. Overall, the pre/postcentral gyrus and occipital lobe may be unique indicators of early intellectual development in the newborn period. Given that maternal executive function as measured by inhibitory control has robust associations with the newborn brain and is objective, brief, and easy to administer, it may be a useful predictor of early developmental and cognitive capacity for young children.</p>","PeriodicalId":9789,"journal":{"name":"Child Neuropsychology","volume":" ","pages":"582-601"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2024-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10808270/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10002425","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Child NeuropsychologyPub Date : 2024-05-01Epub Date: 2023-06-22DOI: 10.1080/09297049.2023.2226351
Esther H H Keulers, Christine Resch, Lisa M Jonkman, Petra P M Hurks
{"title":"Further validation of a new ADHD screening questionnaire measuring parents' explanations (time processing, cognition, and motivation) of inattention symptoms in their school-aged children.","authors":"Esther H H Keulers, Christine Resch, Lisa M Jonkman, Petra P M Hurks","doi":"10.1080/09297049.2023.2226351","DOIUrl":"10.1080/09297049.2023.2226351","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The triple pathway model suggests that different neuropsychological factors underlie symptoms of inattention (i.e., time, cognition and/or motivation problems). However, screening instruments asking individuals to judge the link between these neuropsychological factors and inattention are lacking. The recently developed screening questionnaire, PASSC, aims to examine these factors possibly causing inattention by asking parents to indicate to what extent their child experiences inattention symptoms and to what extent different neuropsychological factors explain this inattention. The present study extends prior validation research of the PASSC by examining associations between PASSC inattention explained by time, cognition, and/or motivation and children's performance on tests measuring these same three constructs. Results indicated positive correlations between PASSC inattention explained by time and less accurate performance on a time discrimination test, and between PASSC inattention explained by cognition and more working memory errors as well as higher attention switching costs. Furthermore, children whose parents indicated that their inattention was best explained by cognition showed higher switching costs than children whose inattention was best explained by motivation. This support for construct validity of the PASSC is limited to two PASSC explanations (i.e., time, cognition) and a subset of tests (i.e., time discrimination, attention switching, memory span). Future research should focus on integrating PASSC and performance test results to differentiate between children with attention problems but different underlying neuropsychological problems. Concluding, the PASSC can be a promising screening tool to identify inattention in children and the underlying explanation indicated by parents.</p>","PeriodicalId":9789,"journal":{"name":"Child Neuropsychology","volume":" ","pages":"539-550"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2024-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10029834","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Child NeuropsychologyPub Date : 2024-05-01Epub Date: 2023-09-04DOI: 10.1080/09297049.2023.2252967
Jessica C Luedke, Gray Vargas, Dasal Tenzin Jashar, Amanda Morrow, Laura A Malone, Rowena Ng
{"title":"[Formula: see text] Cognitive disengagement syndrome in pediatric patients with long COVID: associations with mood, anxiety, and functional impairment.","authors":"Jessica C Luedke, Gray Vargas, Dasal Tenzin Jashar, Amanda Morrow, Laura A Malone, Rowena Ng","doi":"10.1080/09297049.2023.2252967","DOIUrl":"10.1080/09297049.2023.2252967","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Children with long COVID often report symptoms that overlap with cognitive disengagement syndrome (CDS, previously sluggish cognitive tempo (SCT)), a set of behaviors distinct from attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) including excessive daydreaming, mental fogginess, and slowed behavior and thinking. Those with long COVID also frequently report low mood and anxiety, which are linked to CDS. The relationships between cognitive difficulties, mood, and functional impairment have yet to be explored in pediatric long COVID. Specifically, it is unclear how much cognitive difficulties (CDS, inattention) contribute to functional impairment, when accounting for mood/anxiety symptoms in this population. Retrospective parent-reported data was collected from 34 patients with long COVID (22 females, M<sub>age</sub> = 14.06 years, SD = 2.85, range 7-19) referred for neuropsychological consultation through a multidisciplinary Post-COVID-19 clinic. Compared to community and clinically referred samples, on average, long COVID patients showed elevated CDS symptoms, including Sluggish/sleepy (e.g., fatigue) and Low Initiation subscales (e.g., difficulty performing goal directed behaviors). Low Initiation, mood, anxiety, and inattention were associated with functional impairment. In multiple hierarchical regression models, after controlling for mood and anxiety, Low Initiation and inattention were no longer predictive of functional impairment. Instead, anxiety remained the sole predictor of functional impairment. Our results demonstrate that children with long COVID have high levels of CDS symptoms. The association between cognitive difficulties and functional impairment dissipated with the inclusion of mood and anxiety, suggesting behavioral health interventions targeting anxiety may help improve daily functioning and quality of life in pediatric long COVID patients.</p>","PeriodicalId":9789,"journal":{"name":"Child Neuropsychology","volume":" ","pages":"652-672"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2024-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10155299","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Child NeuropsychologyPub Date : 2024-05-01Epub Date: 2023-08-30DOI: 10.1080/09297049.2023.2252962
Vahid Nejati, Aida Peyvandi
{"title":"The impact of time perception remediation on cold and hot executive functions and behavioral symptoms in children with ADHD.","authors":"Vahid Nejati, Aida Peyvandi","doi":"10.1080/09297049.2023.2252962","DOIUrl":"10.1080/09297049.2023.2252962","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Children with ADHD struggle with impaired time management, indicating premature and temporally inadequate behavioral style. This study aimed to evaluate the impact of time perception remediation on hot and cold executive functions (EFs) and behavioral symptoms in children with ADHD. In this pilot study, an RCT design was employed to investigate the effects of the intervention on children with ADHD. The participants were assigned to either the control group (<i>n</i> = 15) or the intervention group (<i>n</i> = 13). The intervention group receive 10-12 sessions of program for attentive remediation of time perception (PART). Time perception, N-back, Wisconsin card sorting, Go/No-Go, balloon analog risk, Iowa gambling tasks, and Conner's parental rating scale were used for the assessment in three baseline, post-intervention, and follow-up sessions. Repeated measures ANOVAs were used for analysis. The results suggest improved time perception and risky decision making in intervention group. Working memory, inhibitory control, and cognitive flexibility did not improve after intervention. The behavioral symptoms ameliorated after intervention. Time perception is trainable in children with ADHD. This training effect transfers to hot EFs and behavioral symptoms, but not cold EFs. A cognitive model has been proposed based on the results of this studies and other cognitive training studies.</p>","PeriodicalId":9789,"journal":{"name":"Child Neuropsychology","volume":" ","pages":"636-651"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2024-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10486858","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ned Chandler-Mather, Ali Crichton, Doug Shelton, Katrina Harris, Caroline Donovan, Sharon Dawe
{"title":"Carer-reported sleep disturbance and carer- and teacher-rated executive functioning in children with prenatal alcohol exposure and Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder","authors":"Ned Chandler-Mather, Ali Crichton, Doug Shelton, Katrina Harris, Caroline Donovan, Sharon Dawe","doi":"10.1080/09297049.2024.2337715","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/09297049.2024.2337715","url":null,"abstract":"Children with prenatal alcohol exposure (PAE) and Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) have high rates of sleep disturbance and marked difficulties with executive functioning (EF). Sleep disturba...","PeriodicalId":9789,"journal":{"name":"Child Neuropsychology","volume":"49 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2024-04-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140565911","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The diagnosis of ADHD in children and adolescents with epilepsy: a scoping review","authors":"Sébastien Gionet, Maryse Lord, Vickie Plourde","doi":"10.1080/09297049.2024.2337954","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/09297049.2024.2337954","url":null,"abstract":"Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is often diagnosed in children and adolescents with epilepsy, but clear clinical guidelines on how to make this diagnosis are still lacking. Without ...","PeriodicalId":9789,"journal":{"name":"Child Neuropsychology","volume":"2013 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2024-04-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140565913","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Longitudinal study of personal space in autism","authors":"Kosuke Asada, Hironori Akechi, Yukiko Kikuchi, Yoshikuni Tojo, Koichiro Hakarino, Atsuko Saito, Toshikazu Hasegawa, Shinichiro Kumagaya","doi":"10.1080/09297049.2024.2337753","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/09297049.2024.2337753","url":null,"abstract":"The size and regulation of personal space are reportedly atypical in autistic individuals. As personal space regulates social interaction, its developmental change is essential for understanding th...","PeriodicalId":9789,"journal":{"name":"Child Neuropsychology","volume":"85 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2024-04-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140565918","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Child NeuropsychologyPub Date : 2024-04-01Epub Date: 2023-05-19DOI: 10.1080/09297049.2023.2213461
Claire M Champigny, Samantha J Feldman, Nataly Beribisky, Mary Desrocher, Tamiko Isaacs, Pradeep Krishnan, Georges Monette, Nomazulu Dlamini, Peter Dirks, Robyn Westmacott
{"title":"Predictors of neurocognitive outcome in pediatric ischemic and hemorrhagic stroke.","authors":"Claire M Champigny, Samantha J Feldman, Nataly Beribisky, Mary Desrocher, Tamiko Isaacs, Pradeep Krishnan, Georges Monette, Nomazulu Dlamini, Peter Dirks, Robyn Westmacott","doi":"10.1080/09297049.2023.2213461","DOIUrl":"10.1080/09297049.2023.2213461","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This clinical study examined the impact of eight predictors (age at stroke, stroke type, lesion size, lesion location, time since stroke, neurologic severity, seizures post-stroke, and socioeconomic status) on neurocognitive functioning following pediatric stroke. Youth with a history of pediatric ischemic or hemorrhagic stroke (<i>n</i> = 92, ages six to 25) underwent neuropsychological testing and caregivers completed parent-report questionnaires. Hospital records were accessed for medical history. Spline regressions, likelihood ratios, one-way analysis of variance, Welch's t-tests, and simple linear regressions examined associations between predictors and neuropsychological outcome measures. Large lesions and lower socioeconomic status were associated with worse neurocognitive outcomes across most neurocognitive domains. Ischemic stroke was associated with worse outcome in attention and executive functioning compared to hemorrhagic stroke. Participants with seizures had more severe executive functioning impairments than participants without seizures. Youth with cortical-subcortical lesions scored lower on a few measures than youth with cortical or subcortical lesions. Neurologic severity predicted scores on few measures. No differences were found based on time since stroke, lesion laterality, or supra- versus infratentorial lesion. In conclusion, lesion size and socioeconomic status predict neurocognitive outcome following pediatric stroke. An improved understanding of predictors is valuable to clinicians who have responsibilities related to neuropsychological assessment and treatments for this population. Findings should inform clinical practice through enhanced appraisals of prognosis and the use of a biopsychosocial approach when conceptualizing neurocognitive outcome and setting up support services aimed at fostering optimal development for youth with stroke.</p>","PeriodicalId":9789,"journal":{"name":"Child Neuropsychology","volume":" ","pages":"444-461"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2024-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9858937","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}