Uppsala University, Department of Psychology reports research in child psychology
2007 NOV 19 -- Data detailed in 'Early concurrent and longitudinal symptoms of ADHD and ODD: relations to different types of inhibitory control and working memory' have been presented. "The aim of the present study was to investigate how three different types of inhibitory control -interference control within task, interference control outside task, and prepotent response inhibition -and two types of working memory -verbal and spatial -would relate to early symptoms of attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and oppositional defiant disorder (ODD), both concurrently and longitudinally Seventy-two preschoolers, 1/3 who had been identified as being at risk for developing ADHD and/or ODD, completed neuropsychological tasks designed to measure inhibitory control and working memory," researchers in Uppsala, Sweden report. "Behavioral symptoms were measured through parental and teacher ratings of the DSM-IV criteria for ADHD and ODD Our results suggest distinct types of inhibitory control as being good predictors of concurrent and longitudinal symptoms of ADHD, rather than ODD," wrote K.C. Brocki and colleagues, Uppsala University, Department of Psychology. The researchers concluded: "However, no associations were obtained between working memory and ADHD or ODD symptoms either concurrently or longitudinally This study emphasizes the need to isolate complex executive processes and break them down into components in order to properly understand the neuropsychological roots involved in ADHD and ODD." Brocki and colleagues published their study in the Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines (Early concurrent and longitudinal symptoms of ADHD and ODD: relations to different types of inhibitory control and working memory. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines, 2007;48(10):1033-41). For additional information, contact K.C. Brocki, Uppsala University, Dept. of Psychology, Uppsala, Sweden. Publisher contact information for the Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines is: Blackwell Publ Ltd., 108 Cowley Rd., Oxford OX4 1JF, Oxon, England. Keywords: Sweden, Uppsala, Abnormal Child Psychology, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Developmental Disabilities, Mental Health, Psychiatry. This article was prepared by Mental Health Weekly Digest editors from staff and other reports. Copyright 2007, Mental Health Weekly Digest via NewsRx.com.
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