Title

Working Memory Deficits And Social Problems In Children With Adhd

Keywords

ADHD; Central executive; Social problems; Working memory

Abstract

Social problems are a prevalent feature of ADHD and reflect a major source of functional impairment for these children. The current study examined the impact of working memory deficits on parent- and teacher-reported social problems in a sample of children with ADHD and typically developing boys (N=39). Bootstrapped, bias-corrected mediation analyses revealed that the impact of working memory deficits on social problems is primarily indirect. That is, impaired social interactions in children with ADHD reflect, to a significant extent, the behavioral outcome of being unable to maintain a focus of attention on information within working memory while simultaneously dividing attention among multiple, on-going events and social cues occurring within the environment. Central executive deficits impacted social problems through both inattentive and impulsive-hyperactive symptoms, whereas the subsidiary phonological and visuospatial storage/rehearsal systems demonstrated a more limited yet distinct relationship with children's social problems. © 2011 Springer Science+Business Media, LLC.

Publication Date

8-1-2011

Publication Title

Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology

Volume

39

Issue

6

Number of Pages

805-817

Document Type

Article

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.1007/s10802-011-9492-8

Socpus ID

79959844164 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/79959844164

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